Drone

Zimbabwe will speed up the process of buying drones worth US$2 million to be used at all ports of entry to reduce smuggling, while plans are at an advanced stage to place a CCTV camera system at border posts. The country is losing millions of dollars in potential revenue as …

Source: Citadel Defense Counter-drone provider Citadel Defense just scored another contract with the U.S. defense department in what has become a string of awards from defense agencies worldwide. According to a Citadel press release, the startup garnered $5 million to protect soldiers from potentially hostile drones on the battlefield using its …

Connected Warrior JADC2 needs to be Pentagon’s ‘big bet,’ Flournoy says By Lauren C. Williams Mar 31, 2021 The Biden administration will have to make big bets on technology from autonomous systems to cyber if it wants to keep military edge in the coming decades, according to a former …

A new strategic partnership between Toyota Tshusho and Zipline in Japan will enable nation-scale, on-demand drone delivery of critical medical supplies. Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho) is one of Japan’s general trading companies and a member of the Toyota Group.  The partnership with Zipline in Japan will bring medical drone …

At last week’s “Let’s Talk Drones” chat room, the audience got to see an end-to-end Flytrex drone delivery: from the order, placed on a phone app, to the delivery of a hot Starbuck’s coffee drink at the Flytrex and Causey Aviation operations center in Fayetteville, NC.  The whole process was …

CIRC’s 5G autonomous drone solution to take off with CHT’s collaboration Press release Tuesday 30 March 2021 With the impending arrival of the 5G generation in Taiwan, CIRC has developed its 5G autonomous drone solution that leverages Chunghwa Telecom (CHT)’s high-speed 5G connection to achieve remote control of the autonomous …

See this image change at Ellipsis Earth Drones are proving to be a critical tool for environmentalists.  Now, a city in the U.K. is utilizing the sophisticated technology of Ellipsis Earth to address the problem of trash with drones. Cities Today reports that a pilot program in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) …

Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) are a critical component of urban air mobility, drone taxis, and more future applications of flight.  Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky Innovations is at the forefront of VTOL development. Creating the Future of Vertical Flight: A Sikorsky Innovations Perspective “Use the greatest of caution when …

SEOUL, South Korea: A new drone delivery service in Ireland, run by Samsung Electronics, promises to deliver digital devices within minutes of their being ordered. Samsung officials said that it began operating drones last week in Oranmore, west of Dublin, in partnership with Manna Drone Delivery. Initially, drones will fly …

Drones, IUDs and Sex Tapes: High profile Northern Michigan court cases could set precedents The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped legal cases from proceeding through the courts. In northern Michigan, cases involving constitutional rights, personal health and technology could set precedents, while another netted a large settlement. Long Lake Township …