Chinese researchers have developed a new approach to significantly enhance the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries, a breakthrough that could one day enable drones to fly much farther on a single charge. Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
Killer Drone Downs Intruder Drones with Metal Chains
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a new concept for drone defence: Thin chains are fired at incoming drones, entangled in their rotors, and bring them down in a controlled manner. Simulations and initial field tests demonstrate the basic functionality of this approach. Continue reading
Otto Aerospace Laminar-Flow Aircraft Flight Test Advances DARPA Research
Otto Aerospace has announced the successful completion of a flight-test campaign for its unmanned drone aircraft designed around its proven laminar-flow technology, which dramatically reduces aerodynamic drag by maintaining smooth, uninterrupted airflow over an aircraft’s surfaces. Continue reading
Pierce Aerospace Selected to Build Remote ID Network for NASA
Pierce Aerospace, a pioneer in Remote ID technologies, announced that it has been selected by Metis Technology to deploy Remote ID sensors throughout the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area. Continue reading
New System Designed to Protect Drones From Cyber Threats
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have begun developing what they describe as a world-first cybersecurity system aimed at protecting drones from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. Continue reading
SOCOM wants ‘Acoustic Rainbow’ Tech for Silencing Drones
Acoustic rainbows may sound psychedelic, but the concept has nothing to do with hallucinations. By dispersing sound waves, noisy objects can potentially be made far less audible. That promise has drawn the interest of U.S. Special Operations Command, which is seeking Acoustic Rainbow Emitters (ARE) for drones under a Small Business Innovation Research solicitation that closed March 25. Continue reading
Autonomous and Efficient Large-Scale Snow Avalanche Monitoring with an Unmanned Aerial System
Avalanches occur in remote, hazardous terrain, making timely data collection difficult. Unmanned fixed-wing aerial vehicles offer a practical way to gather large-area imagery for mapping avalanche activity. Continue reading
Parallel Flight Technologies and Alpha Unmanned Systems Support US Navy on UAS Heavy-Fuel Research
Parallel Flight Technologies, Inc., a developer of next-generation unmanned aircraft systems, and Alpha Unmanned Systems, a European manufacturer of fuel-powered helicopter UAVs, have announced a collaboration to advance heavy-fuel propulsion for unmanned aviation in support of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR). Continue reading