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The Inland Valley Development Agency (IVDA) engaged a team of professional drone pilots to work with a certified structural engineer on an aerial inspection of San Bernardino's Mountain View Avenue bridge. The collaboration was made possible through the UAS Center at SBD, located at the San Bernardino International
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At an unassuming industrial estate in northern Ukraine, two former Microsoft executives and a team of engineers are producing military drones that can travel over long distances and carry large payloads. AeroDrone, which made crop-dusting drones prior to the war and now supplies Ukraine’s armed forces, makes unmanned aircraft
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China claims to have conducted an aerial clash in which an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operated by artificial intelligence (AI) outsmarted a drone operated by a human pilot on the ground. The exercise was conducted by a team of Chinese researchers led by professor Huang Juntao from a People’s
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One year into the Ukraine conflict, Moscow has introduced a VR-controlled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle that is expected to give it additional firepower in the skies. Russia has added a new weapon to its armoury – a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) – days after its “special military operation” in Ukraine entered the
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Dynamic UTM/USSP provider, Airwayz, has announced that it is collaborating with NLR - Netherlands Aerospace Centre to support the development of the drone industry across Europe. The partnership will see Airwayz and NLR combine efforts to perform trials together, research best practice, accelerate R&D, and – where appropriate
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Is Iran Contributing to Russian Drone Manufacturing in Yelabuga? A Russian drone manufacturer, established in same city as visited by Iranian drone delegation, also advertises Western drone components. Introduction The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Iran and Russia signed an agreement to establish a drone manufacturing facility 1,000
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This month. Rolls Royce, Boeing, and Nasa began testing the B-52's New Engines that will keep it in the air defending America for over 100 years. since it first flew in 1952! The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed
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For the first time, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has revealed the technical futures of Turkey’s first flying-wing, deep-strike stealth unmanned fighter jet, Anka-3. The state-of-the-art platform is expected to make its maiden flight this year. The features of the unmanned fighter jet and a photo of the aircraft were
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Guiding us through the forest in eastern Ukraine on foot, Ukrainian soldiers eventually brought us to a clearing where they showed us the wreckage of a weaponized drone which they said they shot down with their AK-47 automatic weapons over the weekend. The drone was a Mugin-5, a commercial unmanned
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The Danish Defence Ministry has issued a multimillion-dollar tender for several small drones intended for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and fire support operations. The Tenders Electronic Daily, an online version of the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union that details public procurement efforts on the continent, published last
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Global supplier of airborne ice protection solutions, CAV Ice Protection Limited, has filed for a patent for an anti-icing solution for small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) that it claims could revolutionise commercial drone use in cold climates. Engineers at the County Durham based manufacturer, which is part of the CAV
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At least one of the Shahed-129 unmanned aerial vehicles operated by Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has been fitted with a previously unseen sensor, prompting speculation that it is a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that could significantly improve the force's situational awareness. The UAV was