On 8th of April 2024, the defenders of Ukraine repelled a massive Russian armoured attack near Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast. As per usual, Russians lost a lot of equipment and troops. The fields are quite open there and the Ukrainian FPV drones had a busy day. But one Russian tank …
Read More »Drone maker DJI facing U.S. FCC ban — the national security …
U.S. authorities have their sights set on China-based drone maker DJI, a company that has popularised drones for consumer and commercial markets globally. The U.S. Congress intends to ban it, as they have begun to see DJI as a national security threat. Once the bipartisan legislation passes and the firm …
Read More »Ukraine Propeller Yak-52 Shoots Down Russian Drones WW2-Styl…
Summary Ukrainian Yak-52 shooting down Russian drones like it’s 1945. War in Ukraine echoing past conflicts mixed with new technologies. Swarms of cheap drones need to be shot down by machine guns to preserve SAMs. Those thinking the war in Ukraine has echoes of the world wars were greeted with …
Read More »Vertical Flight Society Completes Drone Design Competition f…
Sat, Apr 27, 2024 Texas A&M Takes Home the Gold Despite the Inclement Weather The Vertical Flight Society Selected the Winners of this year’s Design-Build-Vertical Flight Student Competition, sending the team from Texas A&M home with the gold. The competition assesses student’s ability to draft, develop, and construct a VTOL …
Read More »Septentrio enhances drone navigation with advanced GNSS modu…
Septentrio enhances drone navigation with advanced GNSS module integrations by Erica Marchand Paris, France (SPX) Apr 23, 2024 Septentrio, a specialist in high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, is enhancing its collaboration with top drone technology firms like 3DR, Holybro, ARK Electronics, and Systork. These partnerships are fostering the development …
Read More »Virginia Tech students protest War in Gaza, intending multip…
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) — Unrest continues at colleges and universities across the country. Demonstrators from New York’s Colombia University to California’s Cal State are addressing the war in Gaza. On Friday, April 26, protests began much closer to home, though it was a much more peaceful scene at Virginia Tech …
Read More »Comment: Congress can add drones to fight against wildfires
By Paul Peterson / For The Herald The old adage “Mother Nature is the great equalizer” rings particularly true in recent decades, as we’ve witnessed some of the most devastating weather and fire disasters in our nation’s history. Washington state is no stranger to these tragic events: The Labor Day …
Read More »Puma Exploration Leverages Drone Tech for Targeted Explorati…
Apr 26 2024Reviewed by Lexie Corner A high-resolution magnetic survey has been initiated at Puma Exploration Inc.‘s Williams Brook property in Northern New Brunswick. Drilling has confirmed a favorable prospective gold corridor, and the drone survey will cover a distance of 6 km along the Lynx Gold Trend and a …
Read More »Drones fall into Ohio River during Fest-a-Ville performance
A WHAS11 reporter witnessed at least five drones fall out of the sky. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — If you were at Waterfront Park for the first night of Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville on Thursday, you may have noticed some slight hiccups during the new drone show. Four drones dropped into the Ohio River after …
Read More »Boeing, Lockheed Passed Up for Air Force Drone Program
The U.S. Air Force has chosen two companies that it will continue to fund as part of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, and the decision leaves out some major defense contractors. The Air Force this week said Anduril and General Atomics will continue on with the program to supply …
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