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DoorDash has unveiled its purpose-built autonomous aircraft powered by DoorDash Air, and outlined plans for an end-to-end drone delivery system with infrastructure and delivery orchestration designed to scale for all local businesses. Continue reading
Ukrainian developers have literally taken ambush drones to another level, with a new model that hangs from power lines while waiting for targets.
The F-104 Starfighter was built around a brutally simple Cold War philosophy: make a fighter smaller, faster, and higher-flying than almost anything the Soviet Union could put in the sky. Designed by legendary engineer Kelly Johnson after speaking directly with American pilots fighting in Korea, the aircraft combined a massive J79 engine with razor-thin wings barely 22 feet across, creating a machine pilots nicknamed the “missile with a man in it.” Continue reading
Propulsion has always been at the core of aircraft performance. As defence drones undergo a rapid performance escalation on the modern battlefield, there remains a critical, unmet need for advanced propulsion systems capable of establishing true drone air dominance.
Ukrainian company Ptashka Drones has equipped its FPV drones with microphones to detect targets by sound. The UAVs have also been given a function which allows several drones to remain on standby and respond quickly when a target appears.
Skydio’s first fixed-wing drone does not look quite like a conventional aircraft, and that is by design. The F10 Lightrunner features an asymmetrical layout with its camera positioned outside the rotor plane, giving operators an unobstructed view during flight. Continue reading
Ukraine has deployed a newly developed interceptor drone to counter Russian jet-powered Shahed strike drones, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced recently, following an operational briefing from acting Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Oleksandr Poklad. Continue reading
To address the evolving challenges of detecting and defeating unmanned aerial systems at extended ranges, Northrop Grumman will develop next-generation air-breathing propulsion for the U.S. Army, significantly enhancing the range and air defense capabilities of the Army’s eXtended Range Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (XRC). Continue reading