To combat desertification and drought, the UK’s Newton Khalidi-funded project aims to tackle drought in Jordan with drones. Continue reading
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Ford Patents Autonomous, Air-Ground Last-Mile Delivery System
Ford Motor Co. last week published a patent that outlines a system for “decentralized hybrid air-ground autonomous last-mile goods delivery.” That’s a mouthful, but essentially Ford wants to use its delivery vans to directly launch and control unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. Continue reading
New York UAS Test Site Selected for FAA UTM Field Test
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a task order contract to the New York UAS Test Site (NYUASTS) for the next uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS or drone) integration project to help advance the reality of safe, high-volume drone operations, and the development of a UAS traffic management (UTM) system. Continue reading
Ukraine Unveils New Additions to ‘Drone Army’
The Ukrainian Army is doubling down on its use of drones in combating Russia’s invasion, having raised some $20 million in donations from abroad for remote-controlled aircraft. Continue reading
American Made sUAS Target Drone
Autonomous Flight Technologies, Inc. has developed and prototyped an American made target drone designed to be utilized in CUAS testing named T.H.R.E.A.T (Tactical High Reconnaissance Aerial Evasive Target). Continue reading
Taiwan Fires Flares at Chinese Drones Flying Over Heavily-Fortified Kinmen Islands
The Taiwan Army Kinmen Defense Command stated on the morning of Thursday (August 4) that the Kinmen and Beiding areas detected two unidentified aircraft passing over the sky on Wednesday (August 3) evening. They fired flares to drive them away. Continue reading
Ukraine Orders Vector Drones from Quantum-Systems
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has selected Vector drones from Quantum-Systems. The delivery in military support for Ukraine’s armed forces is being financed by German funds for security capacity building. Continue reading
West Point Cadets Get CLDT Drone Training
Improving data collection and communication methods on the battlefield is an ever-evolving process at the West Point U.S. Military Academy. Because of this, professors in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science lent their robotics expertise to cadets to expand their training in battlefield tactics through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) during Cadet Leadership Development Training from July 26-28. Continue reading