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An inside look as a team of drone and law enforcement experts explain the real life challenges of capturing precise aerial images of crime scenes at night. As part of DRONELIFE’s participation in the FAA’s Drone Safety Awareness Week, DRONELIFE will feature stories according to the themes outlined.  Today, we …

Drone-mounted lasers have revealed details of the architecture of an ancient island settlement off Florida’s Gulf coast, researchers said in a new paper published on Monday. University of Florida archaeologists, doctoral candidate Terry E Barbour and Professor Ken Sassaman, used aerial drones with light detection and ranging (Lidar) sensors – …

Image caption Drones are an increasingly common sight and, outwardly, this one is no different Police Scotland has unveiled a new aerial drone system to help in searches for missing and vulnerable people. The remotely-piloted aircraft system (RPAS) can see things we can’t to try to work out where people …

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … your burrito being carried by a six-rotor drone from the delivery service UberEats! This week, the now-everything-transportation company unveiled its newest drone, which Uber says should make its first delivery in San Diego next summer. Or at …

For three talented drone photographers, Halloween proved to be a real treat after their tricked-out videos won the 2019 Skypixel Short Film Contest on Friday. Sponsored by DJI and Skypixel, the sixth annual contest paid out nearly $50,000 worth of drone photography equipment. Skypixel is DJI’s social-media/sharing platform for aerial …

AI & Analytics DARPA to add reasoning to autonomous teams By Susan Miller Sep 04, 2019 While teams of autonomous systems offer great potential – think drone swarms — they currently require a human to direct actions, anticipate problems and make decisions when circumstances change. They’re also relatively slow, …

Unmanned Systems ROBOpilot turns manned aircraft to drones in first 2-hour flight By Susan Miller Sep 16, 2019 A mechanical pilot recently completed a two-hour flight at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. ROBOpilot, a collection of mechanical arms, cables, pumps and computer equipment, interacts with an aircraft the way …

SINGAPORE, 1 November 2019 –( ASIA TODAY )– Changi Airport Group (CAG) and The Drone Racing League (DRL) – the world’s only professional circuit for drone racing – today announced a partnership for Singapore to host its first professional drone race, the DRL Allianz: Singapore Champions, at Gardens by the …

Pentagon Marine Corps commandant not keen on zero-based budget review By Lauren C. Williams Oct 08, 2019 The Marines Corps isn’t likely to take up the Army’s zero-based budgeting process it calls “night court,” Commandant Gen. David Berger said at an Oct. 3 event. Speaking at The Heritage Foundation, …

Cyber How the Air Force upgraded cyber testing for weapons systems By Lauren C. Williams Oct 23, 2019 The Air Force is leaning on agile and DevOps methodologies to help boost cybersecurity while testing new weapons systems. Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, commander of Air Force Materiel Command’s 96th Test …