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Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Cargill pilots tech for more efficient cotton irrigation Commodity trading giant Cargill is partnering with Australia-based Goanna Ag to test new technology advancing irrigation efficiency on cotton fields in the southern U.S. …

China successfully conducted a flight test for a large twin-engine unmanned cargo drone developed by Sichuan Tengden Sci-tech Innovation Co. The new drone has a wingspan of 16.1 meters, height of 4.6 meters, cargo volume of 12 cubic meters, and a maximum payload capacity of 2 tonnes. The 20-minute flight …

Romania’s largest private healthcare services company MedLife has launched the first mobile testing centre for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) using drone technology.  The initiative trialled at Electric Castle, at one of the largest music festivals in Southeast Europe, involved the use of a medical drone to transport samples collected at …

The Manta Ray drone completed testing in the last three months off California The new class of uncrewed underwater vehicle’s future missions are unknown It moves through the water using ‘efficient, buoyancy-driven gliding’ By Matthew Cox Published: 05:04 EDT, 2 May 2024 | Updated: 05:04 EDT, 2 May 2024 A …

The Ukrainian group of volunteer engineers ‘Wild Hornets’ demonstrated an FPV drone that boasts a target detection, lock-on, and tracking system, releasing the corresponding video on their X/Twitter account. Training Wild Hornets 🐝🔥 Details later 😎 #WildHornets #ukrainewarnews pic.twitter.com/2qi1LNB0do — Wild hornets (@wilendhornets) April 20, 2024 Ukrainian military news portal …

Last spring, the Pentagon’s Test Resource Management Center received requests from two program offices to provide support for upcoming hypersonic flight tests — one over the Atlantic Ocean and one over the Pacific. The flights would be 10 days apart. In the past, the testing community wouldn’t have been able …

A novel mission tracking bats and how they might be affected by offshore wind energy projects was completed October 2 by Saildrone with one of its uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) and the non-profit Bat Conservation International. “Saildrone and Bat Conservation International (BCI), a global conservation organization dedicated to ending bat …

From 12 to 22 September 2023, over 300 participants from 15 Allied and three partner nations, the European Union and the private sector gathered in the Netherlands to increase their ability to counter potential threats posed by the malign use of small drones. NATO’s Counter Unmanned Aircraft System Technical Interoperability …

Skyborne Technologies has conducted a series of successful guided flight tests of the air-launched Gannet Glide Drone. The Gannet program aligns directly with the goals of the Australian Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) enterprise. “Skyborne has developed research and development capabilities enabling future Defence partnerships which facilitate Australian innovation. The …

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions successfully tested the XQ-58A Valkyrie Block 2 unmanned aircraft last week at the Yuma Proving Ground, as reported first by Interesting Engineering. Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have been utilized in combat for about 20 years. Despite being costly …