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In the Moscow region, the CEO of Umatex Group, the only Russian carbon fiber producer and a key supplier of raw materials for the production of Shahed/Geran drones, was found shot to death. The death of the Russian top manager was reported by the Russian channel Astra. The body
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Authorities in Poland have said that two Belarusian citizens were detained and a drone was “neutralised” after it was flown over government buildings and the presidential residence in the capital city, Warsaw. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said early on Tuesday that members of the country’s State Protection Services
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A game developer who admitted operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire was sentenced Monday to a mix of prison and home detention. Peter Tripp Akemann, 57, of Culver City, pleaded guilty in February to a federal class-A misdemeanor count
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A new twin-jet engine flying-wing drone design has emerged in China. While details are currently limited, the Chinese aviation industry has been developing an expanding array of flying-wing unmanned aircraft, including as unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAV) and high-altitude intelligence-gathering platforms, often in cooperation with state-run research institutions. TWZ assessed
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The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) has begun pilot operations of ZALA ZARYA unmanned aerial systems equipped with artificial intelligence for automated wildfire detection, according to ZALA Aero’s press office. The ZALA ZARYA product line includes the ZALA ZARYA-1 and ZALA ZARYA-1M models, which are currently deployed in
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Royal Navy warships and Royal Marines operating behind enemy lines will be supported from the air by two drone systems now ready for front-line operations. After two years of trials and development, including collaboration with operational partner forces, a fleet of Malloy T-150 Unmanned Air Systems will be deployed to
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Teams of U.S. Air Force and industry planners, operators and technologists gathered in a conference room in 2024 to imagine an air war over Taiwan, but this wargame came with a twist. The advent of collaborative combat aircraft (CCA)—a family of largely autonomous, jet-powered combat aircraft capable of
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On September 9th, Sichuan Tengdun Science and Technology Co., Ltd. learned that its independently developed large-scale modular commercial drone recently conducted a high-load continuous airdrop test at Zigong Lantian Airport. The drone dropped three packages totaling 1.2 tons at an altitude of 300 meters, with a landing accuracy of
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Through an ongoing collaboration, NASA and the Department of War are working to advance the future of modern drones to support long distance cargo transportation that could increase efficiency, reduce human workload, and enhance safety. Researchers from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley recently participated in
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As Russia’s war machine grinds forward in eastern Ukraine, there is another offensive being waged far beyond the front line. Russia is ramping up nightly drone attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure, and as it rapidly increases its production of those weapons its strikes are intensifying. Many of
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In the 1960s, the Soviet Union stunned Western intelligence with the Caspian Sea Monster, a massive, winged ship that skimmed just above the water’s surface, hidden from radar. Turkey has revived and modernized that concept with TALAY, the world’s first sea-skimming multipurpose unmanned aerial vehicle. Ankara-based defense innovator
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The U.S. Air Force is seeking new technological solutions to coordinate swarms of small unmanned aircraft in contested environments where traditional satellite navigation is compromised. A new request for information (RFI) released by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) outlines plans to develop advanced position, navigation, and timing (PNT)