Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense shared a video in a tweet on Friday, taken from the vantage point of the drone and purportedly showed a Russian soldier walking in a grassy area with his hands up after surrendering. Continue reading
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UK Future Flight Challenge Funds AI Research for BVLOS Infrastructure Flights
The ‘Intelligent Drones for Port and Highways Technology’ (InDePTH) project, which is part of the ‘Future Flight Challenge Phase 3’ programme, has received government backing, thanks to major new funding available via research agency UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to help achieve an ambitious vision for the UK’s future drone economy. Continue reading
Velodyne Lidar Supplies Lidar Sensors to GreenValley International
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. has announced a multi-year agreement to provide its lidar sensors to GreenValley International for handheld, mobile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) 3D mapping solutions, including in GPS-denied environments. Continue reading
Epirus Invests $2.5M in DroneShield
DroneShield Ltd has advised that it has received a binding commitment from Epirus Inc. to raise US$2.5 million via a placement of 18,500,000 fully paid ordinary shares in the Company at $0.20 per Share. Continue reading
Russia to Build Iranian Drones Domestically
Russia has reached a deal with Iran to begin manufacturing kamikaze drones on Russian soil, after long weeks of attacking Ukrainian cities with Iranian-made aircraft. Continue reading
Hermeus Completes Major Ramjet Trial
Hermeus has demonstrated turbojet to ramjet transition within its engine, Chimera. This is one of the most important technological feats to making operational hypersonic flight a reality. Continue reading
Taiwan Shows Off Radar-Killing Kamikaze Drones
The Taiwan drone exhibition event this week was hosted by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), a Taiwanese government-owned military technology manufacturer that develops a wealth of the Republic of China Armed Forces’ weapons. Continue reading
Optimization Design of Propeller for Ultra-High-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Ultra-high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle raises a high demand for the efficiency of propeller at low Reynolds numbers. An optimization method for low Reynolds number propeller is established by iterative optimizations of the sectional airfoils and the chord, pitch distributions in this paper. Continue reading