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Citadel Defense Scores U.S. Military Contract for Counter-dr…

Photo courtesy of Citadel Defense C-UAS provider Citadel Defense Company this past week won its sixth government contract, signing an agreement to provide the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency counter-drone measures in support of Special Operations Command requirements Recognizing that rogue UAVs can threaten troops on the ground, several defense agencies are ramping up …

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Drones Optimize Notre Dame Firefighting Efforts

via WikiCommons licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International During the devastating fire last week that severely damaged the Notre Dame Paris, firefighters deployed DJI drones to help fight the blaze. According to French media, Parisian firefighters borrowed DJI Matrice 120 and Mavic Pro UAVs from the Ministry …

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Drone discovers a Hawaiian plant that was thought to be exti…

Image: Ken Wood, National Tropical Botanical Garden By Adam Rosenberg2019-04-20 15:27:39 UTC Hey there, Hibiscadelphus woodii. How you been? The plant, which is also known as “Wood’s hau kuahiwi” and was thought to be extinct, is apparently still around and possibly even flourishing in its native Hawaii. Researchers for the …

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Taiwan follows US in shutting out China’s top tech

TAIPEI — Taiwan is widening its crackdown on government procurement of Chinese technology to servers, cloud computing and other services and equipment, which is expected to include Alibaba Group Holding, Huawei Technologies, Lenovo Group and Xiaomi, citing security risks. The Nikkei Asian Review in January first reported that Taiwan was drafting a …

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Commercial Drone Alliance Points Out the Major Flaw in FAA P…

CC0, Maxpixel.net News and Commentary. The comment period has closed on the FAA’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on the Safe and Secure Operations of Small UAS, and the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems over people.  Major manufacturers, community-based organizations, and …

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