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Sgt. Ryan Minton’s concerns about soldiers’ survival in the drone-dominated combat of the future initially led him to his basement, where he started tinkering with electronics he bought online. Now working in a special innovation lab for Army personnel in Bavaria, Minton is putting the finishing touches on a drone detector that soldiers can wear like protective gear. Continue reading
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just announced multiple contract awards to support Department-wide access to Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) capabilities that help detect, track, identify, and mitigate threats posed by unauthorized or malicious unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Shield AI and Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) have just announced the successful field demonstration of a coordinated autonomous search mission with three NCSIST Mighty Hornet III unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), resulting in a renewed partnership to continue development with Hivemind more broadly across the Institute. Continue reading
The Hawker Tempest arrived too late to become as famous as the Spitfire or Mustang, but it may have been the most dangerous Allied piston fighter of the final year of World War II. Continue reading
The Department of War, through Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401), is enhancing its counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) marketplace to improve how military organizations, domestic law enforcement agencies, and international allies and partners identify, evaluate and acquire validated counter-drone technologies.
F-DRONES in Ukraine has presented a new middle-strike class unmanned strike system, CAPITAN at the Technological Forces of Ukraine event. CAPITAN is a Ukrainian middle-strike drone system designed to detect and engage stationary and mobile enemy targets at an operational-tactical depth of up to 100 km.
Mechanical Engineering students at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University teamed up to retrofit a fixed-wing drone with a hydrogen fuel cell system — a technically complex and ambitious undertaking.
The standard advice for filming a solo water session is always the same: skip the drone and buy a 360 camera on a long stick. Until recently, that was the only smart choice. Regular drones get blinded by water reflections, drop tracking the second you stand up, and touchscreens are useless with wet hands. Continue reading