Chinese authorities use drones to monitor and follow foreign journalists as they report from the country, as well as detaining, harassing and threatening them with non-renewal of their work permits if they report on topics deemed sensitive by the government, according to a new report on journalists’ working conditions. Four …
Read More »WSJ: China Supplied Ukraine With Tens Of Thousands of Drones…
10 PICTURE: FOCUS.UA The Ukrainian forces massively use them at the front. Iran has sold Russia thousands of drones to bomb Ukrainian cities, and another 6,000 drones are to be produced in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone under an Iranian license. Meanwhile, Ukraine buys drones in much larger quantities to …
Read More »ICAR Showcases Agri-Drones for Modern Farming
Home News With a focus on reducing laborious tasks, enhancing productivity, estimating crop yield, managing soil health, and more, the demonstration of agri-drone technology drew the attention of farmers. A total of 81 farmers …
Read More »Iran’s Drones Are the New Blueprint for International Warfar…
Iran’s stealth drones and their copycats are popping up on battlefields from Ukraine to Sudan, making it a standout in global drone warfare and raising concerns about increasing military instability around the world. In the past forty years, Iran has emerged as an expert in low-tech drone warfare thanks to …
Read More »Teledyne to Showcase Its Advanced UAV and Camera Technology …
Teledyne will feature their latest products and solutions at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2024 taking place April 22–25, 2024, in San Diego, California. Visitors to the Teledyne booth #3325 can expect innovative solutions for unmanned systems from Teledyne DALSA, FLIR, and Geospatial for defense, municipal infrastructure, precision agriculture, power line surveillance, mapping, …
Read More »Paris races to perfect counter-drone tech for Summer Olympic…
Are authorities in France at risk of not having new counter-drone tech available when the Paris Summer Olympics begin in July? That’s the sound of recent media reports that weigh in hard on spooky UAV themes, while often giving lighter treatment less dramatic aspects of the story. The most recent wave of worrisome-sounding reports …
Read More »Drone Strikes on Myanmar Military Capitol Signify Deteriorat…
By David Scott Mathieson Photo from NBC News Myanmar’s civil war entered a dramatic new phase late last week with an attack by multiple drones against the capital Naypyidaw. An estimated 23 fixed-wing drones targeted the military headquarters and the air force runway at Naypyidaw airport, and reportedly also targeted …
Read More »Federal Grant for WCCC Drone Program in Precision Agricultur…
New funding boosts precision agriculture studies, promising advancements in farming efficiency and sustainability Warren County Community College (WCCC) has recently been awarded a substantial $699,000 federal grant, earmarked to enhance its innovative precision agriculture program through the advanced application of drone technology. This latest funding boost is part of a …
Read More »Russia Deploys RPG Rocket-Armed Aerial FPV Drones to Target …
The Russian Ministry of Defense released a video on April 6, 2024, demonstrating the use of innovative drone warfare tactics. The footage showcased First Person View (FPV) drones, armed with the warhead of an RPG-7 type rocket, being used by the Russian armed forces to target Ukrainian patrol boats on …
Read More »Researchers develop tech to obfuscate images captured by hou…
Sighted systems can capture voluminous amount of private and personal videos, which exposes the users to risk. Researchers have developed tech that can allow robots to complete their tasks, while making the images incomprehensible to humans. The robots just need to recognise certain patterns, and can work just as …
Read More »