A consortium led by AGS Airports in partnership with NHS Scotland to deliver what will be the UK’s first medical distribution network using drones has launched its next phase. Continue reading
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Demining Researchers Use Drone-Based, Machine-Learning Detection System
Oklahoma State University, and researchers led by Jasper Baur and Gabriel Steinberg, co-founders of the Demining Research Community, a nonprofit organization bridging academic research and humanitarian demining efforts have been in Oklahoma for two weeks, setting up grids of mines and munitions to train a drone-based, machine-learning-powered detection system. Continue reading
University of Alabama Gets FAA Grant to Improve Drone Responses to Disasters
Efforts to better coordinate drone responses to natural and human-made disasters have landed The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a three-year, $828,070 grant, the second-largest in a group recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Continue reading
Norway Issues RFI in Advance of VTOL UAS Procurement
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) has issued an RFI entiteld ‘Market Survey – Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Role 2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)’. The Agency intends to procure VTOL UAVs for the Norwegian armed Forces. Continue reading
Teledyne FLIR Debuts SIRAS Drone for Public Safety and Industrial Inspection
Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated has launched SIRAS, a professional drone that includes a quick-connect dual radiometric thermal and visible camera payload. Engineered for data security, performance, and affordability, SIRAS is optimized for industrial and utility inspection, public safety, firefighting, and search and rescue missions. Continue reading
Taiwan Downs Drone off Chinese Coast
Taiwanese troops on Thursday (Sept. 1) shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that had intruded over Lion islet in Kinmen County and failed to heed warnings, after the government vowed to take tough measures to deal with an increase in such intrusions. Continue reading
Video of Mysterious Drone Swarm Over US Navy’s Most Advanced Destroyer Released
The U.S. Navy has released a new video from an incident that involved six unidentified drones flying over its most advanced surface combatant, the USS Zumwalt. The incident occurred in the waters off the coast of Southern California in April 2019.
Liteye Systems Announces Man-Portable Multi-Domain Explore (MDX) Platform
Liteye Systems, Inc. a world leader in Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS), launches its newest product within the Liteye SHIELD Defense & C-UAS Solutions product line today, the Multi-Domain Explorer (MDX). Continue reading