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. Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $4.6 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for dynamic, airborne missions as part of its Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements (AIR) program. Continue reading
German prosecutors announced on Monday the arrest of a Lebanese man suspected of being affiliated with the Hezbollah militant group. He is accused of sourcing drone components intended for export and use in attacks against Israel. Continue reading
The Munich-based manufacturer of dual-use reconnaissance drones that use multi-sensor technology to collect data for government agencies and commercial users, Quantum Systems, confirms for the first time the deployment of a previously unreleased AI sensor upgrade of the type “Receptor AI” in Ukraine. Continue reading
Perching with winged Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has often been solved by means of complex control or intricate appendages. Mohammad Askari, Michele Benciolini, Hoang-Vu Phan, William Stewart & Dario Floreano, researchers at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, present a method that relies on passive wing morphing for crash-landing on trees and other types of vertical poles: Continue reading
The U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office is seeking to develop a high-energy laser that can defeat groups 1 through 3 unmanned systems. Continue reading
Defence Secretary John Healey joined allies and partners in signing a document establishing a framework for the international capability coalition to supply drones for Ukraine: Continue reading
A fleet of drones patrolling New York City’s beaches for signs of sharks and struggling swimmers is drawing backlash from an aggressive group of seaside residents: local shorebirds. Continue reading
NAVAIR has selected Near Earth Autonomy to lead one of the teams demonstrating optimized logistics using rotorcraft for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under the Naval Aviation Systems Consortium (NASC). Continue reading