555 The Washington State Department of Natural Resources received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to use unmanned aerial vehicles in monitoring wildfires that pose an urgent threat. “Use of a UAV can help get real-time information to firefighters on the ground,” said Peter Goldmark, commissioner of Public Lands, earlier …
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555 Sometimes I spend days wondering what I’m going to write about for UAS Magazine and other times stories just fall into my lap. The feature story I just completed for the next issue of our print magazine and a story posted this week on our website are good examples …
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Campaigners raised alarm bells today after the Ministry of Defence signed a £17 million contract with Silicon Valley defence tech startup Anduril. Marketing itself as the “Lockheed Martin of the 21st century,” Anduril has already worked with the Home Office, rolling out AI watchtowers to identify migrants crossing in small boats. …
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KING 5 followed Snohomish County’s Emergency Management team as they fly drones to help prepare for emergencies. SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — High above the newly constructed Index-Galena Road, a 4 1/2-foot-long drone snaps pictures. The aircraft is mapping out the road for Snohomish County’s 911 system. “Once we got the …
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Anduril Industries revealed, on December 1, its Roadrunner family of vertical takeoff-and-landing unmanned aerial vehicles. The six foot-long Roadrunner is designed with a modular payload system facilitating reconfiguration for varying missions. The Group 3 drone uses twin thrust-vectored turbojet engines to reach what the California-based company calls “high subsonic” speeds …
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Alone, in the middle of a parking lot, sat a lifeless drone. Officially known as a “small unmanned aircraft system,” the drone is the latest high-tech surveillance tool that the New Orleans Police Department plans to put to work. Ironically, it sat in a lot near the NOPD Police Academy …
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WhiteFox Defense Launches Scorpion 3: A New Portable Solution for Drone Threats by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2023 In an era where drone-related security threats are increasingly prevalent, especially in conflict regions like Ukraine and Israel, the demand for innovative and efficient counter-drone technologies …
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AP, MOUNTAIN VIEW, California From underwater drones to electronic warfare, the US is expanding its high-tech military cooperation with Australia and the UK as part of a broader effort to counter China’s rapidly growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday met with Australian …
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The exercises will build skills, improve integration and “rapidly accelerate” the sophistication and scale of autonomous maritime systems that the allies can deploy and operate, Austin said. The top defence officials also explained that the military technologies powered by AI would, for instance, improve a network of buoys operated by …
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TEKEVER is a global leader in unmanned systems technology. CRFS is a pioneer in building ultra-sensitive RF receivers for spectrum monitoring and geolocation. Together, the companies have successfully completed phase one of their system integration partnership and launched the first sub-tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) carrying highly sensitive RF sensors …
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