Tagged: Research
Wingcopter and ZAL to Develop Hydrogen Power for Delivery Drones
Wingcopter, the German developer and operator of delivery drones, and Hamburg-based ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research GmbH have announced a development partnership. Together, they intend to explore the potential of green hydrogen to power Wingcopter’s drones, which are already purely electric, and develop a sustainable, hydrogen-based propulsion system. The
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Propeller Advance Paves Way for Quiet, Efficient Electric Aviation
Electrification is seen as having an important role to play in the fossil-free aviation of tomorrow. But electric aviation is battling a dilemma: the more energy-efficient an electric aircraft is, the noisier it gets. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a propeller design optimisation method that
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Military Research Unit to Unveil Taiwan-Developed Drones
A Taiwan top military research unit will unveil a series of domestically made attack drones in Taichung Tuesday, including a loitering munition similar to the United States’ AeroVironment Switchblade 300, a source told CNA. According to the unnamed source, the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) will unveil
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GA-ASI Continues LongShot Support
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is pleased to continue supporting the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) LongShot program. LongShot changes the paradigm of air combat operations by demonstrating an unmanned air-launched vehicle capable of employing air-to-air weapons. Current air superiority concepts rely on advanced manned fighter aircraft to provide
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German Researchers Find Security Vulnerabilities in DJI Drones
Researchers from Bochum and Saarbrücken have detected security vulnerabilities, some of them serious, in several drones made by the manufacturer DJI. These enable users, for example, to change a drone’s serial number or override the mechanisms that allow security authorities to track the drones and their pilots. In special attack
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Microsoft Researchers Use ChatGPT to Control Drones
A team of researchers at the Microsoft Autonomous Systems and Robotics Research Group including Sai Vemprala, Rogerio Bonatti, Arthur Bucker, and Ashish Kapoor has extended the capabilities of ChatGPT to robotics, and controlled multiple platforms such as robot arms, drones, and home assistant robots intuitively with language. Have you ever
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Autel Evo Lite+ Flies Over Volcano
An Autel Robotics drone was used by a scientific team of international academics to document activities on Irazú Volcano in Costa Rica. The Autel EVO Lite+ drone was selected by the scientists because of its high-quality sensor and durability, making it an ideal solution for conducting professional research with
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Collins Aerospace Teams with SRB Saudi Arabia Aerial Systems
Collins Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding with SRB Aerial Systems L.L.C to support research, development and execution of unmanned aerial systems and robotics for use by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Collins will provide its extensive Unmanned Aerial Systems or UAS integration experience to SRB Aerial Systems. The
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Radiation Detection Drones Tested at Belgian Site
Test flights of drones fitted with equipment to identify and measure the radiation being emitted from a plume source have been conducted at the Mol site of Belgium’s Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN). Further tests flights are planned for later this year to prove a new, precise measurement technique. In October
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Mobility Venture Firm Releases ‘Moving World’ Report
UP.Partners, a mobility focused multi-strategy investment firm released its inaugural Moving World Report: 2023 Macro and Micro Trends in Mobility. The report draws evidence from dozens of interviews and hundreds of research studies to explore the multiplicity of important innovations and market dynamics impacting the movement of people and goods
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Mississippi State University Gets $19M Department of Homeland Security UAS Research Funding
Mississippi State University (MSU) has once again been tapped to lead a major uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) research, testing and evaluation project on behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Homeland Security’s Office of Procurement Operations, on behalf of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), has awarded
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Drone Use in Construction Can Increase Fall Risk
With the increased use of drones in construction, safety concerns have arisen related to worker distraction and potential collisions while operating at heights. The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR), recently analyzed the behaviors of 153 participants “with varying construction experience” in a virtual construction site. Findings show that
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Rocket-Powered Bell X-2 – Fast and Dangerous
The Bell X-2 (nicknamed “Starbuster”) was an X-plane research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2–3 range. The X-2 was a rocket-powered, swept-wing research aircraft developed jointly in 1945 by Bell Aircraft Corporation, the United States Air Force and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to
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GA-ASI to Support DARPA’s Liberty Lifter Program
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) was awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the development of an aircraft capable of sustained seaborne strategic and tactical lift. The U.S. Defense Department announced on Nov. 25, 2022, that the $8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract award is in support
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GA-ASI to Build Off-Board Sensing Station for AFRL
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. will manufacture and perform demonstration flights of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) unmanned Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) aircraft. Following a 12-month base period that culminated in a critical design review (CDR), AFRL exercised a build and flight test option. GA-ASI’s innovative Gambit
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Future US Combat Drone Completes Ground Engine Test
Blue Force Technologies and the Air Force Research Laboratory have successfully completed a ground test for a novel carbon fiber composite propulsion flowpath system for BFT’s Fury uncrewed fighter under the AFRL Bandit program. As announced in Mar 2022 BFT, an agile aerospace and defense company based in North Carolina,
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Hermeus Selects Pratt & Whitney F100 Engine for Hypersonic UAS
Hermeus has selected the Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan to integrate into its larger hypersonic engine. Securing an off-the-shelf turbine engine will save Hermeus billions of dollars in research and development costs and years of schedule. Pratt & Whitney’s F100 turbofan, which is used in the F-15 and F-16 aircraft,
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Swift Tactical Systems to develop UAVs and UAMs flight planning for urban environments in Japan
San Clemente CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2023 –
Swift Engineering announced its Japanese Subsidiary, Swift Xi, signed an agreement with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in a project called “Digital Infrastructure Development Project for Digital Transformation of Industries: Research and development on 3D spatial information infrastructures.” Both
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