Tag Archives: Lasers

In short: A Melbourne company has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by the ADF to trial anti-drone technology. It uses directed energy in the form of light to disable unmanned aerial vehicles. What’s next? The firm expects to deliver its system to the ADF for evaluation by the middle of …

Researchers at Princeton have developed a new approach for detecting greenhouse gas leaks. The team used lasers combined with the agility of drones to accurately detect and quantify large and small greenhouse gas leaks, localizing the source of emissions to within a meter. The technology is also capable of spotting unseen leaks …

Purdue researchers used drones and LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) mapping systems to better understand the history of Dana Island, located off the southern coast of Turkey. Credit: Purdue University A quarry, a prison site or a religious location? Purdue University engineering and liberal arts researchers are using drones to …

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 – …

SINGAPORE: For the second time in less than a week, operations at Changi Airport have been disrupted because of unauthorised drone activity in the area.  The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said that approximately 15 departures and three arrivals were delayed on Monday (Jun 24), while seven flights were diverted. …

Drones have arrived in US airspace, and now they are multiplying. By 2022, 700,000 of the little unmanned aircraft could be exploring American skies, according to the FAA, delivering packages, monitoring traffic, inspecting bridges, and filling other yet to be discovered niches. To do that work, every last one will …