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Air Force's Predator, Reaper drones pass 4 million flight hours
Mar 12, 2019 (UPI)
Air Force officials said Monday in an announcement that the flight hours, and time it took to reach the milestone, "are a testament to the value of the aircraft...
MQ-9 Reaper drone detachment in Poland is fully operational
Mar 08, 2019 (UPI)
New facilities at Miroslawiece Air Base in Poland, where Air National Guardsmen, the Polish Air Force and private contractors operate the unmanned aircraft, wer...
XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator drone makes maiden flight
Mar 08, 2019 (UPI)
The long-range, high subsonic unmanned aircraft completed its test objectives during a 76-minute flight Tuesday, according to news releases from the U.S. Air Fo...
Drones help scientists count koalas in Australia
Mar 01, 2019 (UPI)
An algorithm processes the drone's infrared readings and determines whether the heat signatures belong to a koala or some other animal. Researchers plan to even...
Boeing unveils fighter jet-sized drone designed for Australia
Feb 28, 2019 (UPI)
The system was viewed Wednesday by Australian Defense Minister Christopher Pyne at Avalon Airport in Victoria, Australia, 25 miles north of Melbourne. The first...
Exyn launches autonomous aerial robot for underground mine mapping and inspection
Feb 27, 2019 (SPX)
Dundee Precious Metals ("DPM"), a publicly traded Canadian-based international mining company, selected Exyn as its technology partner to advance its initiative...
Indian air force downs drone near Pakistan border: police
Feb 26, 2019 (AFP)
Villagers discovered debris from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) not far from the Pakistan border in western Gujarat state, police sources told AFP. "A UAV has...
NASA tests urban drone traffic management in Nevada, Texas
Feb 20, 2019 (SPX)
The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems in Las Vegas and the Lone Star UAS Center for Excellence and Innovation in Corpus Christi, Texas, will host demonstr...
Illegally drones pose an outsized risk for US aviation and the public
Feb 15, 2019 (SPX)
"My fear is that, sooner or later, an illegally operated drone will cause a catastrophic aviation accident," writes Dombroff, an Alexandria-based member of the ...
UK plans drone 'swarm squadrons' after Brexit
Feb 11, 2019 (AFP)
In a hawkish speech in London, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said leaving the European Union was an opportunity for Britain "when we must strengthen our gl...
Hughes satellite modems power beyond-line-of-sight comms for UAVs
Feb 11, 2019 (SPX)
Customized to meet specific operational requirements, the specialized Hughes HM400 delivers enhanced satellite-based communications for remotely piloted aircraf...
German Forces Begin Training Courses on Armed Israeli Surveillance Drones
Feb 05, 2019 (Sputnik)
The German officials, a pilot and sensor operator, began the eight-week training session in late January, according to the Jerusalem Post, which reported that t...
Airborne Response supports fire and rescue exercise with drones and aerostats
Jan 30, 2019 (SPX)
Deploying a force comprised of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Tethered Aerostat Systems (TAS) flight teams, Airborne Response was able to provide a compreh...
ZX Lidars achieves world-first wind Lidar measurements from a drone
Jan 29, 2019 (SPX)
ZX Lidars provides vertical and horizontal profiling wind Lidars to accurately measure wind conditions remotely and above or ahead of their installed position. ...
Taiwan unveils new drone as China tensions mount
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
China still sees Taiwan as part of its territory to be reunified, despite the two sides being ruled separately since they split in 1949 after a civil war. Beiji...
Ecuador eradicates Galapagos rats using drones
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
The experiment, in which 3,000 kilograms (over 6,600 pounds) of poison was distributed, was the first using drones, although some poison was also spread by rang...
Staff fraud may cost China's DJI drone maker $150 million
Jan 21, 2019 (AFP)
The world's top civilian drone maker said in an internal memo that most of the employees involved in the fraud worked in the supply chain, and 29 were fired whi...
Drones shown to make traffic crash site assessments safer, faster and more accurate
Jan 18, 2019 (SPX)
It is one of the most vulnerable times for "secondary accidents," which often can be worse than an original source of the slowdown, according to the U.S. Depart...
New study shows animals may get used to drones
Jan 17, 2019 (SPX)
Unmanned aircraft systems provide new opportunities for data collection in ecology, wildlife biology, and conservation. Yet, several studies have documented cha...
Military help UK police respond to Heathrow drone threat
Jan 09, 2019 (AFP)
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said the military had been sent to Europe's busiest airport at the request of police. It follows a similar deployment at Gatw...
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