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 …
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Ukrainian and Russian drone developers are racing to develop autonomous First Person View (FPV) attack drones immune to radio-jamming. Ukrainian lawyer and activist Serhii Sternenko recently shared a video of one such drone developed by the 60th and 63rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the video, the …
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ANRA Technologies, a global leader in uncrewed vehicle mission management and operations solutions, and NAVOS Air, an Instrument Flight Procedure Products and Services company, announced a collaboration to incorporate flightpath procedures into ANRA’s Vertiport Management Service for Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) aircraft operations for Urban Air Mobility. This joint undertaking …
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As drones revolutionise military, commercial and other activities, an imperative need for ‘traffic management’ of these flying objects has emerged with a start-up by two entrepreneurs from Assam providing solutions for it. Already working with the Indian Air Force for detection and counter-measures of drones, the duo has now …
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Picture for representational purpose only | (Pic: Express) With the exponential rise in drone usage across various sectors like industrial applications, agriculture, logistics and defence, the need for indigenous avionics systems has become crucial. In order to reduce the dependence on foreign drone technology, the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) …
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Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, was recently awarded a new prime contract to develop an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) that can autonomously resupply forward-deployed ground forces. The firm-fixed-price, multiple-award contract has a period of performance of 18 months to build a single prototype for the Marine Corps. “Leidos …
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Israel Aerospace Industries Thursday announced it has been awarded a U.S. Defense Department contract to develop a new attack drone called Point Blank. It can be carried and used by a single soldier without support and can attack a variety of targets. IAI described it as a “hybrid electro-optically guided …
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Oklahoma City based DronePort Network (DPN) has entered into a contract with Osage LLC to develop and manage Skyway 36. This facility and its adjacent land provide nearly 2,300 square miles of Class G airspace available for flight testing only four miles from downtown Tulsa Oklahoma. Skyway36 features newly renovated …
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Aerodynamic, efficient anemometer uses smart materials to measure wind speed, direction A team of researchers at the Ohio State University has designed a smart wind sensor that could one day be used on drones and other small, autonomous aircraft, which are poised to become fixtures of daily life. As …
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QUT researcher Dr Aaron Mcfadyen has mapped air traffic around airports. Image: QUT/Anthony Weate Airservices and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have inked a partnership to develop an automated and near real-time flight approval system to speed up how quickly drones can operate in the air, particularly during emergencies and …
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