Tag Archives: Drones

Turkey agrees to provide drones to Egypt

Turkey agreed to provide its increasingly popular drones to Egypt after the two countries normalised ties following a decade of rupture, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is set to travel to Egypt on Feb. 14 to meet counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in his …

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India’s quest for aatmanirbharta in drones

The word “drone” refers primarily to unmanned aircraft guided by remote control or onboard computers. The drone sector is a sunrise sector in India with the potential to significantly impact defence, surveillance, internal security, disaster management, agriculture, healthcare, geo-spatial mapping, mining, infrastructure, and aerial photography and cinematography, among many other …

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From crop dusters to drones, farmers embrace technology

On Aug. 3, 1921, Army Air Corps pilot Lieutenant John A. Macready, piloting a specially modified Curtiss JN4 Jenny, spread lead arsenate over a six-acre grove of 6,000 catalpa trees at Postmaster… Premium Content is available to subscribers only. Please login here to access content or go here to purchase a subscription.  

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Drones are hit and miss for Ukrainian soldiers

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STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS Tent fire at Grand Parade encampment – January 22, 2024 | SaltWire Watch on YouTube: “Tent fire at Grand Parade encampment – January 22, 2024 | SaltWire” By Inna Varenytsia DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – A Ukrainian soldier near the front line looks into …

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Ukraine’s AI Drones Are Making War Much Deadlier for Russia

Israel’s use of artificial intelligence to help its forces select targets for air strikes worries A.I. skeptics and human-rights advocates. A targeting A.I. is only as smart as the people who trained it—and those people are prone to dropping bombs in the wrong places, these experts warned. All that is …

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American Drones Are a ‘Force Multiplier’ for US Security and…

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America has long turned toward technology to better protect service members and civilians. From sonar and radar to GPS and now unmanned aerial systems, the adoption of new tools has meant increased mission success with fewer lives lost. Indeed, drones have far outgrown their novelty status and have become important tools for the military, federal …

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NASA drones fly for Air Taxi research

The space agency reports that the drones successfully flew around obstacles and each other during takeoff, flew along a planned route, and then landed. This was all done autonomously without a pilot controlling the flight. Pictured above, an Aerialworx Alta-8 small Unmanned Aircraft System testbed vehicle flies above the location …

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