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  The proliferation of drones in the Ukraine war is fuelling a fresh arms race between manufacturers of unmanned aerial systems and communications engineers developing radio wave scramblers and GPS jammers.   Exhibitors at the Paris Eurosatory military expo told the Associated Press on Tuesday that pilots and their units …

The nearest the world has seen to a fully autonomous weapon in the Ukrainian conflict to date comes from Britain, according to Justin Bronk, a senior research fellow for air power and technology at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).  He says the Brimstone missile, made by Franco-British company MBDA, …

Reliance group firm Jio Platform’s Asteria Aerospace and Adani Defence and Aerospace have expressed their intent to scale up production and assemble drones in the country So far, there are 270 drone startups in India. Representational image The Gautam Adani-led Adani Group and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd, for long …

Robots used to search drug smuggling tunnels vary in size but are equipped with lights, a camera and the ability to retract their running gear to fit into narrow spaces. (Photo by Kasey Brammell/Cronkite News) Border Patrol agents in September found 7.5 pounds of cocaine in a lead-lined compartment in …

Perched in his fire tower high above the pine trees, Nick Dutton leans back and nods to the cascading hills and mountains behind him. “I love being out here, just away from stuff,” he says. “I mean, you can’t really complain.” Dutton, a fire tower operator, is sitting in his …

So far, development of the electric vertical-lift aircraft that will enable our dreams of future urban air taxis has largely been the purview of small aviation startups. The “bigs,” Boeing and Airbus, have acquired or partnered with smaller firms, while automakers – who bring expertise in mass-production if not flying …

On Friday night in an old newspaper printing plant in Austin, the future of drone automation lifted off, accelerated and flew, nearly fast enough to beat one of the best drone pilots in the world. Gabriel Kocher, known in the professional Drone Racing League as Gab707, sat behind a net, …

A model of a CH-7 HALE Stealth Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft is seen on display at the Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai, south China’s Guangdong province. China’s drones are now flying in the Middle East, as Beijing is more willing than the United States to sell its military UAVs to other …