With all the wet weather the Bay Area has had this winter, the mosquito population is expected to explode. Thankfully, Santa Clara County has a new weapon in its arsenal against the pesky insects — industrial-sized drones. Continue reading
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Ukraine Rapidly Expanding its ‘Army of Drones’
Ukraine says it is rapidly increasing its production of drones as demand grows on the front line.The government has relaxed import laws and scrapped taxes for drone parts and equipment. The expansion is being funded by a successful fundraising campaign called the Army of Drones. Continue reading
Chinese TB-001 Scorpion Drone ‘Encircled’ Taiwan
A Chinese TB-001 Scorpion medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drone has flown an apparently unprecedented mission around Taiwan, according to authorities on the island. The drone sortie came as part of the latest spike in Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) air and naval activity in the Taiwan Strait, something that has become more commonplace in recent months. However, according to local reports, this is the first time that Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has publicly acknowledged that a PLA aircraft ‘encircled’ the island in this way.
World’s First Autonomous Electric Ferry
Stockholm launches the world’s first self-driving commercial passenger ferry – entirely powered by electricity. The Norwegian shipping company Torghatten AS is behind the initiative and will operate the passenger ferry between the Stockholm islands of Kungsholmen and Södermalm. Continue reading
Turkey’s TEKNOFEST Started With Fighting UAV Competition
Bursa is hosting the ‘Fighting UAV Competition’, organized as part of the TEKNOFEST Aviation, Space and Technology Festival, with the support of the Metropolitan Municipality. In the event, in which the people of Bursa also showed great interest, children are introduced to science and technology in different stands set up by the Metropolitan Municipality. Continue reading
Indian Army to Get Made-In-India Nagastra-1 Kamikaze Drones
Solar Industries Nagpur announced it has bagged an order to supply unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ‘Nagastra’ to the Indian Army, beating competitors from Israel and Poland. Continue reading
A-10s at Davis-Monthan to be Replaced by New ‘Power Projection Wing’
The U.S. Air Force plans to put a new Special Operations power projection wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, replacing A-10s that have been there for years, service and Congressional officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine. Continue reading
Ukraine’s One Way Aerospace to Demo Kamikaze Drones to NATO
Ukraine-based start-up One Way Aerospace, which makes low-cost, domestically produced kamikaze drones, said it will demonstrate a long-range system to the country’s Ministry of Defense and an undisclosed European NATO partner. Continue reading