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At nine-thirty in the evening, one otherwise nondescript day in November 1954, a Belgian man named Roelants was riding his bicycle in the village of Dudzele, West Flanders. As he passed a dairy, he witnessed a bright light rapidly descend from the sky. As he cycled closer, the light — …

Despite disappointment in December, new tests of the “Golden Horde” weapons system of swarming drones will begin in February, the U.S. Air Force said. An element of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Vanguard project, the system involves unmanned aerial vehicles, working as a group to communicate, choose targets and then …

socastcmsRssStartAnthony AlisocastcmsRssEnd iStock(DENVER) — In the latest bid to solve the question of mysterious drone sightings vexing authorities in northeastern Colorado, a state surveillance airplane loaded with sophisticated cameras and sensors was launched Monday evening. However, it did not detect any suspicious drone activity Monday despite a five hour-flight over …

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 …

The Tempest fighter jet is set to replace the RAF’s Typhoon and is being developed by BAE Systems, Leonardo, MBDA and Rolls Royce. A prototype is on display for a fortnight in the RAF Museum at Cosford. Students from RAF Cosford are among those who have visited to see the …

Image copyright DJI Drone-maker DJI has pledged to add plane and helicopter “detection” features to its consumer drones, to reduce the risk of collisions. Some of DJI’s industry-focused drones already have the feature built in but it has now pledged to add it to all drones weighing more than 250g …

A 15-month-old girl travelling home with her parents after visiting relatives in Jakarta is believed to be the youngest victim of the Lion Air plane crash. Kyara Putra is among those missing and presumed dead after the crash on Monday, along with father Rizal Gilang Sanusi Putra and mother Wita Seriani, both 26. …