Lucknow: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Dynamatic Technologies Ltd (DTL) on Wednesday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for manufacturing and marketing of IAI’s unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Indian potential customers. The pact was signed here on the opening day of DefExpo 2020. …

Lake Kivu Challenge: Courtesy African Drone Forum The African Drone Forum (ADF) officially kicked off today in Kigali, Rwanda, and drone businesses from around the world were there to demonstrate their technology to heigh level African stakeholders.  (Livestream the ADF events here.) Africa represents a huge opportunity: both for communities …

Drones take to China’s skies to fight coronavirus outbreak In coronavirus-hit China, not wearing a face mask is a big no-no. Now, drones equipped with loudspeakers are out admonishing those who fail to follow public-health safety practices. On microblogging platform Weibo, a video posted by Zhejiang News’s broadcasting channel …

Courtesy: NBEC A collaboration between one of Britain’s major radar companies and a group of drone researchers is improving the nation’s unmanned aerial traffic systems. Radar specialist Aveillant partnered with the National Beyond Visual Line of Sight Experimentation Corridor in December to trial a unique holographic radar technology. The test …

Fortem Technologies Wins Contract From Department of Defense for Advanced Airspace Security and Defense System AI-powered detection and mitigation solutions selected to support Defense Innovation Unit’s charter to counter improvised threats PLEASANT GROVE, Utah, Feb. 3, 2020 — (PRNewswire) —   Fortem Technologies, the market leader of C-UAS security and …

image courtesy Fortem Technologies Counter drone technology is one of the biggest sectors in the drone industry these days.  Sophisticated and easy to use drone identification and mitigation systems are critical to increasing commercial adoption of drone technology.  These systems don’t just keep unwanted drones out – they allow legitimate …

The last time an airport in Europe was disrupted following supposed sightings of drones, London Gatwick was locked down for 36 hours, over 1,000 flights were diverted or cancelled, and more than 140,000 passengers had their travel plans ruined. Today, a similar but fortunately less dramatic scenario has unfolded at …

Courtesy: DARPA In the future of urban warfare, swarms of autonomous drones and ground vehicles will win battles before they even begin. DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program recently tested a swarm of 250 unmanned vehicles in a mock city at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Mississippi. The …

DES MOINES, Iowa (WOWT)– Traffic may not be so bad on interstates and highways after crashes thanks to some new technology. PHOTO: Drone, Photo Date: November 24, 2014 (Source: Andrew Turner / CC BY 2.0) The Iowa State Patrol is now looking to the skies to help them reconstruct accident …

A video is doing the rounds on the internet in which Chinese officials in rural areas are creatively using drones to make sure local residents don’t gather together without wearing masks as the nation battles against the deadly coronavirus. Also read: Death toll rises in China In the viral video, …