Military
While Israel has previously dealt with Iranian drones, it seems that Hamas has acquired a similar technology that enables the organization to use explosive-laden drones. Israel intercepted six weaponized drones through various means. A number of them were intercepted by IAF fighter jets, while one was intercepted by the Iron
Video
On March 21st 2016 Lockheed Constellation named "Columbine" by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower departed Marana Regional Airport in Southern Arizona. The plane was beginning a ferry flight to Bridgwater Virginia for a full restoration. The Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") is a propeller-driven, four-engine airliner built by
Electronic Systems
Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT is vigorously pushing ahead with the development of a collision warning system for civil and military drones. After the radar sensor as the core element of a collision warning system was already successfully tested in flight as part of the ProSA-n (military) and KoKo2 (civil) study
Propulsion
Gasoline and diesel engines, which are powered by fossil fuels, will soon be sidelined by climate change. Instead, new propulsion systems will be required. One fuel with a big potential is hydrogen. Hydrogen vehicles are equipped with a reinforced tank that is fueled at a pressure of 700 bar. This
Commercial
Parrot, a European drone group, announced its collaboration with Textron Systems - a global provider of unmanned air, surface and land products, services and support for aerospace and defense customers. Combining Parrot’s durable ANAFI USA and ANAFI platform drones with Textron Systems’ Optice software, professionals can now enhance their
Accidents
Air force soldiers responsible for operating the Iron Dome shot down an IDF drone during the recent fighting in Gaza because they mistakenly identified it as a hostile aircraft, causing great concern among IDF officials. This unusual incident sent shockwaves through the Air Force, which operates the Iron Dome air
Commercial
The FBI has announced the start of an investigation into a strange near-miss incident that occurred on February 9, 2021 in the skies over Tucson. At around 10:30 p.m. on that date, a helicopter operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, was reportedly buzzed by
Electronic Systems
A nanophotonics-based LiDAR technology developed by a POSTECH research team was presented as an invited paper in Nature Nanotechnology, the leading academic journal in the field of nanoscience and nanoengineering. In this paper, a POSTECH research team (led by Professor Junsuk Rho of the departments of mechanical engineering and chemical
Tethered
DroneShield Ltd announced its expansion into counterdrone capabilities through tethered aerial vehicles via a partnership with Zenith AeroTech. Zenith AeroTech is a US-based developer of highly customisable, heavy-lift tethered aerial vehicles (“TAVs”). As part of the integration partnership, Zenith AeroTech deploys DroneShield’s DroneSentry-C2 command-and-control ecosystem into its own family
Commercial
WISeKey, a global cybersecurity, AI and IoT company, announced that it is strengthening its partnership with Parrot, the European drone group. WISeKey will not only be securing Parrot’s drones, it is also entering into a new collaboration with Parrot and with a leading cybersecurity certification and audit company. Together
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is teasing a new air-launched effect, a part of a growing portfolio of in-development drones that it plans to launch from its MQ-9A Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). The company released a digital rendering of two UAVs flying slightly behind an MQ-9
Business
Senator John Hoeven announced a $6 million award from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to General Atomics to demonstrate satellite to MQ-9 Reaper laser communications. Currently, satellite communications rely on radio frequencies, which require significant amounts of power and are vulnerable to interception and jamming. By utilizing laser communications, this