Iran on December 27 successfully tested its Skyguard Air Defence System to shoot down hypothetical enemy drones, according to Fars News Agency.
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QuadCopter Shoots Infrared Beams
The Byrobot Drone Fighter is a quadrotor that can shoot infrared beams at other Drone Fighters in an invisible war. Continue reading
Loud CA-27 Sabre Korean War Jet Fighter at Temora
This short video shows the Temora Aviation Museum’s Korean War-era Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-27 Sabre displaying at Temora in Australia during 2014. Continue reading
Navmar Gets $12M Conract for TigerShark Sensors in Afghanistan
Navmar Applied Sciences Corp., Warminster, Pennsylvania, is being awarded an $11,831,173 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N68335-14-C-0131) to extend a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research effort in support of the Copperhead Unmanned Air Systems, specifically TigerShark unmanned aerial vehicle.
UAS Films Sydney’s New Year Fireworks Broadcast Worldwide
In what is believed to be a world first, the Sydney NYE fireworks will be broadcast to the world thanks to a specially-built drone.
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DARPA’s Fast Lightweight Autonomy Programme
DARPA aims to give small unmanned aerial vehicles advanced perception and autonomy to rapidly search buildings or other cluttered environments without teleoperation. Continue reading
Japan to use Airships for 2020 Olympics Security
Secom Co., Ltd. will use unmanned airships for its security service starting in 2016, leveraging information technology to address an expected personnel shortage heading into the Tokyo Olympics. Continue reading
Cloud Seeding UAV in California
California communities suffering from extreme drought could soon get help from an unlikely source — unmanned aerial vehicles. Continue reading