Amid a strict COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China, local firefighters are using drones to make contactless deliveries of food and other necessities. Continue reading
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Finnish Defence Forces to Spend $15M on Surveillance Drones
The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) announced on Monday it is seeking suitable suppliers of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), also referred to as drones, to be used for intelligence gathering purposes. Continue reading
Amazon Drone Crashes Hit Jeff Bezos’ Delivery Dreams
Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes in 2013 and pledged to fill the skies with a fleet of delivery drones that could zip parcels to customers’ homes in 30 minutes. Asked when this future would arrive, the Amazon.com Inc. founder said he expected drone deliveries to commence in the next five years or thereabouts. Continue reading
Ukrainian Soldier Takes Russian Drone Apart and Finds Plastic Bottle Top for Fuel Cap
Ukraine’s defense ministry shared a video showing a soldier dismantling a Russian military surveillance drone, highlighting a string of surprisingly unsophisticated features. Continue reading
Drones and 5G to Help Restore Power Outages in Australia
Endeavour Energy, the electricity distribution network that supplies power to more than 2.6 million people in New South Wales (NSW), conducted its first on-site inspection of physical electricity infrastructure using a combination of 5G, cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), drone technology, and ultra-high definition (UHD) cameras. Continue reading
German Study on Use of Drones to Service Offshore Wind Farms
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, a publicly-traded electric utilities company and Energiekontor AG, wind farms and solar parks developer, and DLR, Germany’s research centre for aeronautics and space, have announced a new three years research on the use of transport drones to complement helicopter and ship deployments when servicing offshore wind farms. Continue reading
UK Royal Navy Launches Second Round of Heavy Lift Challenge
The UK Royal Navy’s DE&S Future Capability Group (FCG) has launched the second round of the Heavy Lift Challenge. The challenge, which sees uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) put through their paces, was organised in collaboration with the Royal Navy 700X Naval Air Squadron and for the Royal Navy Office for the Chief Technology Officer. Continue reading
Second Successful Flight for DARPA Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC)
DARPA and its U.S. Air Force partner recently completed a free flight test of the Lockheed Martin version of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC). Continue reading