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The T28 is a tracking antenna that enables establishing a long-range communication link between an airborne aircraft and its ground control station. The new version of the T28 tracking antenna allows for the installation of two directional antennas, making it compatible with MIMO systems and similar technologies. This system enables more …

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 …

ADVERTISEMENT New method for dynamic drone tracking in GPS-denied environments by Staff Writers Fuzhou, China (SPX) Aug 21, 2023 A study published in Engineering introduces a novel image-based visual servoing (IBVS) method for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to track dynamic targets in GPS-denied environments. Titled “Dynamic Target Tracking …

The Federal Aviation Administration recently took a major step toward expanding the prevalence of aerial drones in American life by creating a system for identifying and tracking them. The new system is part of a steady march by the FAA to build a legal and technological infrastructure that allows for …

U.S. Customs and Border Protection have been criticized for flying a predator drone usually used to track and kill terrorists over Minneapolis as the city entered its fourth day of intense protests over the killing of George Floyd. Civil right advocates condemned the agency for flying the drone over the …

DJI’s Aeroscope mobile unit in use. (DJI) Chinese drone-maker DJI, which holds a 70 percent market share in the worldwide civil drone market, advocates a local-broadcast identification solution to the issue of integrating unmanned systems into global airspace. Local-broadcast technology provides law enforcement and governments with the ability to track …

DJI drone. (Mark Colborn) The Department of Homeland Security is working toward conducting separate series of evaluations later this year of systems that can be used to detect, track, identify, and in some cases, defeat drones flying in areas where they don’t belong. By early this summer, the DHS Science …

Photo courtesy of DARPA The U.S. military’s top think-tank is thinking of ways to map and track potentially harmful drones over major American cities. Last month, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced the launch of the Aerial Dragnet program “to provide persistent, wide-area surveillance of all [drones] operating below …