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From Lancets and Super Pantsirs to Small Missile Subs and Dr…

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240812/from-lancets-and-super-pantsirs-to-small-missile-subs-and-drone-docks-whats-new-at-army-2024-1119737530.html From Lancets and Super Pantsirs to Small Missile Subs and Drone Docks: What’s New at ARMY-2024? From Lancets and Super Pantsirs to Small Missile Subs and Drone Docks: What’s New at ARMY-2024? Sputnik International This year’s ARMY forum is being attended by military delegations from 83 countries, with over …

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Nokia AI drones in a box — is this our first taste of Skynet…

Nokia and Swisscom Broadcast today announced the launch of the largest Drones-as-a-Service network in the world, designed to augment Switzerland’s emergency response capabilities — and with it, they are putting AI in the sky.  The platform, Nokia Drone Networks, is designed to be used by large-scale public and commercial operators …

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China test-flies biggest cargo drone as low-altitude economy…

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China flew its biggest-yet unmanned cargo aircraft designed for civilian use, as the world’s top drone-making nation steps up test flights of autonomous aerial vehicles (UAVs) that could ultimately ferry everything from takeouts to people. Packing a payload capacity of 2 metric tons, the twin-engine …

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Tech bros are betting they can help win a war with China

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About a year and a half after that conversation, Luckey left Facebook, freeing him to pursue a defense company with Stephens, whose venture firm, Founders Fund, would become a major investor. Luckey, now 31, is a new breed of startup founder and defense-company executive. He is rarely seen wearing anything …

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China eyes anti-drone technology as key to future battlefiel…

Another article in May highlighted some of the technology being studied, including Britain’s DragonFire, a high-powered laser weapon that was successfully tested in January. The military has also published regular articles about the use of the technology in conflicts such as Ukraine and Gaza. One article in June argued that …

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Prisons Dept teams up with MOSTI to counter drone smuggling …

KUALA LUMPURL: The Prisons Department has forged a strategic partnership with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) to address the growing threat of drone intrusions aimed at smuggling prohibited items into prisons. In a statement today, Prisons Department Commissioner-General Datuk Seri Nordin Muhamad said an Anti-Drone System and …

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What opposition to delivery drones shows about big tech’s di…

Scratch a digital capitalist and you’ll find a technological determinist – someone who believes that technology drives history. These people see themselves as agents of what Joseph Schumpeter famously described as “creative destruction”. They revel in “moving fast and breaking things” as the Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, used to put …

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