– Vodafone has collaborated with Manna Air Delivery in Ireland, a company with six years of experience in urban drone deliveries, to remotely pilot a delivery drone over two kilometres using Vodafone’s mobile network. Continue reading
Ukraine Captures Russian Troops Using Only Drones and Robots
Ukrainian forces have for the first time captured Russian troops without the use of infantry, relying solely on drones and ground-based robotic systems, Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade said on July 9. Continue reading
Department of Homeland Security Issues Drone as First Responder (DFR) Systems Tech Note
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security just published a TechNote outlining the framework for the procurement of authorised equipment for Drone as First Responder systems. Continue reading
Unleashing U S Military Drone Dominance
The Pentagon has announced sweeping new changes intended to surge the fielding of small drones, including weaponized types, across the entire U.S. military. Most notably, certain types of smaller unmanned aerial systems (UAS) will now be treated as “consumables,” more akin to hand grenades and other kinds of ammunition, than aircraft, which has broad ramifications. Continue reading
Firestorm and HP Team on Expeditionary Manufacturing in Commercial and Humanitarian Environments
– Firestorm Labs, Inc., a supplier of advanced additive manufacturing and drone production solutions, has secured exclusive distribution rights from HP Inc. for its mobile Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printing technologies. Continue reading
Electric Motorbikes Avoid Drone Detection
When Anton Wass founded Stark Future, his goal wasn’t to break into the defense industry — it was to build a better motorcycle. Continue reading
Ukraine Unveils Pocket-Sized Net Launcher Against FPV Drones
Ukrainian defense company TENETA has developed a new lightweight, single-use anti-drone device designed to counter enemy FPV drones and reconnaissance quadcopters. Continue reading
Dragon Drone Uses Thrust Vectoring to Carry Objects
Engineers at the University of Tokyo JSK Robotics Laboratory had been working on a drone that represents the latter called the “Dual-Rotor embedded multilink robot with the Ability of multi-deGree-of-freedom aerial transformatiON” – a mouthful, so just DRAGON for short. Continue reading