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When the new U.T.SEC trade fair makes its debut in hall 12 of Exhibition Centre Nuremberg on 2 and 3 March 2017, the exhibition will be complemented by a highly diverse conference programme. An initial look at the conference topics shows that future applications for unmanned systems or drones will be wide-ranging.
Drone delivery startup Flirtey has raised $16 million in Series A funding to bring its high-flying service to new customers, companies and possibly countries. Earlier, the startup raised $120,000 in seed funding and participated in the Y Combinator accelerator.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is sponsoring, for the third consecutive year, the UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ annual Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge as part of the company’s global commitment to encourage innovative thinking in engineering and technology, and inspire young engineers of the future.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) is taking full advantage of leading technology to gain a two-fold benefit: Obtain a more informative vantage point, and increase safety for sworn personnel and civilians during certain tactical response operations.
In order to be at the front-line along with other nations empowering their defense systems, Russia, one of the powerful nations of the world, too is focused on fuelling its defense system. Continue reading
GENIUS NY, a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, has introduced six finalist teams that have been selected to compete for the competition’s $2.75 million in prizes. The companies, which are developing innovations in the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and the internet of things (IoT) sectors, were selected from a pool of 250 submissions.
From January 17th to 20th, 2017, the 47th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum took place in Davos, Switzerland. To protect against drones, forces responsible for security put their trust in a drone defense system from Dedrone.
High-altitude drone tests new Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, surveillance technologies potential to support commercial spacecraft.