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The Israeli military deployed small flocks of quadcopter drones over the southern Gaza Strip with each device monitoring a specific patch of land, The Times of Israel learned at the time. When a rocket or mortar launch was detected, other armed aircraft or ground-based units attacked the source of the fire. Continue reading
Hexcel, a global supplier of advanced composites technologies, announced the successful maiden flight of a lightweight camera drone, developed using Hexcel HexPly carbon fiber prepregs. The composite drone was developed by a team of students from the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in Wels with composite materials supplied by Hexcel Neumarkt in Austria. Continue reading
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For the first time ever, a swarm of agricultural drones sprayed fields in Turkey’s Samsun’s Terme district. Continue reading
A Florida man has been arrested, accused of destroying a law enforcement drone. Investigators said Wendell Goney, 50, of Eustis, shot down a Lake County Sheriff’s Office drone. Continue reading
A Meituan drone grasps a delivery box at the 2021 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai
Meituan, China’s leading e-commerce platform for services, has introduced a new, self-developed drone model and announced plans for a drone logistics network pilot program in Shanghai. Continue reading
senseFly, a supplier of fixed-wing mapping drones, has announced the launch of eBee TAC, an advanced fixed-wing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) optimized for covert tactical mapping operations in defense, security and governmental sectors. Continue reading
Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc., a developer of detection apparatus and unmanned technologies, has announced a contract for the sale and delivery of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust to perform critical environmental operations in Madagascar. Continue reading
GE and Microdrones have entered into a worldwide licensing partnership, where Microdrones will bring the GE industrial drone line to market globally, providing professionals access to powerful aerial surveying technology that will enable them to work more efficiently, accurately, safely and profitably. Continue reading