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The drone delivery landscape is rapidly evolving, with companies like Amazon, Walmart, Zipline, DJI, and Matternet all playing a role. It is also driven by a combination of factors, including technological advancements with drones having a longer battery life, increased payload capacity, and improved autonomous capabilities. Governments around the world …

Robert Schumann, Chief Executive Officer, Blue Vigil, holding an Autonomous Aerial LED person-portable light. Blue Vigil Beta trails of Blue Vigil’s Autonomous Aerial LED (ALED) technology have been announced. And attendees at World of Concrete 2024 will be one of the first to be able to check it out. The startup …

Skyports Drone Services in collaboration with Makutu has successfully completed maiden test flights for a new drone inspection service set to help water companies monitor and improve the quality of river and coastal water. The new service, which combines Skyports Drone Services’ expert remote drone operations and winch technology with …

Israel’s use of artificial intelligence to help its forces select targets for air strikes worries A.I. skeptics and human-rights advocates. A targeting A.I. is only as smart as the people who trained it—and those people are prone to dropping bombs in the wrong places, these experts warned. All that is …

In the era of Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, industries and companies are adopting futuristic technologies due to their transformative impact on various facets of business operations. The U.S.-based multinational retail corporation, Walmart, has announced that it is taking major steps to enhance its customers’ shopping experience. At the CES …

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, certain franchises stand as pioneers, reshaping our interaction with the world. From drones to broadband connectivity and IT solutions for businesses to tech education for the next generation, these five tech-related franchises are at the forefront of innovation and change. Within these tech-centric franchises …

Moscow is still dodging sanctions on the tech that its forces need to fight in Ukraine, recently importing almost $9 billion in “high priority” electronics that the US and its allies barred from entering Russia, according to a new report by US and Ukrainian researchers. Such components are mostly microchips, …

YellowScan, a global leader and designer of the next generation of manned and unmanned LiDAR solutions, announced the release of its new bathymetric system, the YellowScan Navigator, at CES 2024. We have all witnessed the impact of climate change: drier and warmer seasons, interspersed by heavy rains and flooding rivers. These …

AeroVironment, Inc. announced the first successful multi-drop, live fire GPS-guided Shryke munitions from the VAPOR® 55 MX, all-electric unmanned aircraft system in collaboration with Corvid and L3Harris Technologies. The VAPOR 55 MX carried four rounds simultaneously and flawlessly showcased the live fire effects of this capability.  The integration of Shryke munitions on …

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) demonstrated its rapidly maturing open standards-based autonomy ecosystem for Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) on an MQ-20 Avenger® as part of a live flight test on Nov. 2, 2023. The flight combined three autonomy providers, government-provided human-machine interface (HMI) hardware, and GA-ASI’s autonomy core …