It is reported that the Army is making plans of using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the first time ever to locate people washed away in floods and reconnaissance in Assam. A major demonstration involving the Army, Navy, Indian Air Force, central paramilitary forces, Assam Government and civil administration, is
This summer, small autonomous airplanes will begin carrying life-saving blood to 20 hospitals and healthcare centers across Western Rwanda, Africa, in one of the first-of-its-kind drone-based delivery demonstrations. The drone delivery system is part of a program envisioned by the Rwandan government, who has contracted
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The German army plans to rent five unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems from Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) at a cost of €580 million. The systems are IAI's most advanced UAVs the Heron TP, also adopted in recent years by the Israeli air force, which calls it Eitan.
Military
BlueBird has unveiled a new version of its SpyLite mini unmanned air vehicle, which the company says can perform covert surveillance missions in GPS-denied and jamming conditions. Ronen Nadir, chief executive of BlueBird, says the new version of the SpyLite has enhanced navigation and communication capabilities for mission continuity
Technology
Fighter pilots undergo extensive specialized training to be able to outwit opponents in battle, and that professional experience seems like it would be hard, even impossible, to replicate. But a new artificial intelligence system, ALPHA, has been besting expert pilots in combat simulations, even when the A.I. is given
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Enlisted airmen will begin training to fly the RQ-4 Global Hawk this September, Air Combat Command chief Gen. Hawk Carlisle said Tuesday. Speaking during an enlisted all-call that was broadcast on Facebook Live, Carlisle said career enlisted aviators will make up the first two enlisted pilot initial classes
In January of 2014 CybAero signed a major order on three systems with the Chinese company Jolly. Earlier this year CybAero, together with Jolly and their customer CSSC, performed deck-landing tests along the coast of Sweden. The positive results from these tests led to a plan for continued testing.
Insitu will provide unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) services via ScanEagle aboard one Coast Guard National Security Cutter (NSC) with three, one-year options following a contract award announcement this week. The Coast Guard procured the necessary services through a pre-existing multiple award contract executed by Naval Air Systems Command.
The Lockheed Martin AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar recently demonstrated its ability to identify and track unmanned aerial systems and pass that information to a command and control node, a key capability as the battlespace rapidly becomes more crowded with emerging air threats. The demonstration showed that the Q-53
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US Nuclear Corp has announced the Aerial Radiation Detection instruments of the DroneRAD system. In this time of multiple threats to our security: dirty bombs; cyber crime; shooters in public places; homemade bombs; misinformation; etc. we feel extremely vulnerable; perhaps more vulnerable than ever before. With the advent of Drone
Turkmenistan is interested in Belarusian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and dirigibles, the press service of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus told BelTA. In particular, there is an interest in unmanned dirigibles and aircraft systems with the operational radius of up to 290km, which are batch-produced by the
The US Navy will launch its first at-sea "air show" of dozens of drones swarming in formation late next month, according to officials with the Office of Naval Research. The demo will feature more than 30 Raytheon-built Coyote unmanned aircraft systems launched in rapid succession and