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The New York State Thruway Authority announced it will launch a pilot program using drones in partnership with New York based nonprofit NUAIR. The initiative, which is at no cost to the Authority, has the potential to increase efficiency and improve safety while lowering costs for inspections of bridges, culverts,
Testing
HMS Prince of Wales has launched drones from her flight deck as the Royal Navy begins exploring the use of crewless technology on the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. Fixed-wing drones - called the QinetiQ Banshee Jet 80+ - flew from the carrier’s vast flight deck to assess how they
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In Adelaide, South Australia, a Flinders University College of Science and Engineering research project with conservation charity Koala Life and the State Government is developing non-invasive koala monitoring techniques with drones and a special facial recognition software program to count, identify and re-identify koalas in wild populations. The project is
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In a bid to further intensify green cover in the State, the Seedcopter initiative by Marut Drones in collaboration with the Forest Department and ITES of Telangana, began on Friday last week. It was inaugurated by actor Rana Daggubati and Chief Conservator of Forests, IFS MJ Akbar, at KBR National
Military
Korean Air has secured a government contract to develop a low-observable unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to advance South Korea’s stealth technology. The contract award came from the Korea Research Institute for Defense Technology Planning and Advancement (KRIT), says Korean Air. The project involves producing a UAV that aids the
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Florida Tech graduate Henry B. Castellanos ’00 has donated an unmanned aircraft designed meticulously to replicate a United Airlines Boeing Dreamliner (Boeing B787-8). The project, which cost over $70,000 to complete over a span of more than three years, won three of the top prizes at the Top Gun
Agriculture
Scientists will be flying drones to monitor tree health as part of an initiative to cut the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. The drones, fitted with hyperspectral cameras, will be flown over woodlands in Suffolk. Sensors in these cameras can be fine-tuned to measure the range of colours in the
Law Enforcement
The Dutch police regularly use drones made by Chinese company Da Jiang Innovations (DJI), which the Ministry of Defense banned over serious concerns about data security. There are various indications that images and other data from the drones leak to the Chinese government, Trouw, De Groene Amsterdammer and EenVandaag reported
Events
China has revealed a drone concept similar in mission – and appearance – to the U.S.-made Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie as countries race to invest in “loyal wingman” drones to help protect pricier crewed fighter jets. The long-range FH-97 drone concept unveiled on Wednesday can carry different types of weapons, and
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Easy Aerial, a provider of autonomous drone-based inspection, monitoring and surveillance solutions, today announced its North America manufacturing facility has achieved AS9100 certification and registration, a standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry. The designation is the result of the company passing stringent audit requirements and evaluations of its
Data Links & Communications
Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the MITRE Engenuity Open Generation 5G Consortium will bring 5G to the New York State 50-mile unmanned aircraft systems corridor between Syracuse and Rome. Open Generation has determined this corridor is a prime location to launch the nation’s first 5G unmanned aircraft systems testing
Military
Several NATO navies together with the navies of Australia and Brazil, industry, and research organisations have gathered in Portugal to take part in a large-scale experimentation to develop and test operational concepts and requirements, interoperability, technological advances, and new developments in sensors, actuators, command, control, and communications (C3), tactics and