Are US-Made Drones Too Expensive?
The Pentagon-developed camera drones are more expensive and less capable than the Chinese-made ones that they were supposed to replace, according to an internal...
US Air Force Looking to Modernize Its EW Capabilities
Adversaries of the US have noted the opportunity to disrupt U.S. forces through the spectrum, adopting high-tech methods to block access and jam or...
Is Stealth Technology Obsolete?
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for revolutionary enabling technologies for land, sea, air, and space applications that would put...
Special Operations Need New Skills
While in the past two decades, US special operations forces have played a key role in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, bigger potential adversaries...
Hardened Cybersecurity Declared to Protect Critical Infrastructure
The U.S. Energy Department announced a 100-day plan to harden security systems for the country’s electrical infrastructure and increase the ability to detect and...
China – Electric Car Banned from Military Facilities
All Tesla vehicles are now banned from Chinese military bases and other sensitive military complexes.
The Chinese military has banned Tesla cars from entering its...
Is it Biometrics 3.0 or Pseudo-Technology?
Emotion recognition technology - can it be considered biometrics 3.0? Emotion recognition technology tracks traits such as facial muscle movements, vocal tone and body...
New Competitor to Black Hornet Nano Drone?
A tiny surveillance drone unveiled by a Chinese company is a copy of the Black Hornet Nano. The developer, privately owned Huaqing Innovation, said...
Urban Air Mobility – First Time Over Beijing
Flying taxis can improve urban traffic in a sustainable way. A new eco-friendly passenger-grade autonomous aerial vehicle provides a low-altitude solution for future transportation...
US Defense Industries Under Threat
China is exploring limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of American F-35 fighter jets and other sophisticated...
New Chinese UAV Successfully Performed Ecological Mission
China deployed a large unmanned aerial vehicle for ecological protection. The UAV was designed to generate artificial precipitation in northwest China’s Gansu Province.
The flight...
China Joining Unmanned Delivery Regulation
Recent regulation efforts made by US and European authorities regarding drone delivery are now joined by a Chinese move to regulate delivery flights by...
Chinese Drone Giant Blacklisted – What’s the Effect on the Drone...
The Chinese drone manufacturer DJI, one of the largest and most popular drone companies in the world — has been added to the US...
Watch: Complex Infrastructure Task Completed by Drone
Drones have been executing more and more missions in the infrastructure field - monitoring, inspection, maintenance, etc., helping cut costs and keeping workers out...
Successful Testing of UAV-Helicopter Collaboration
When visibility is reduced, it is difficult for the helicopter crew to locate the target, especially at long distances. The use of a UAV...
China Advancing Border Security Solutions for Harsh Environments
China has been looking to enhance its border security capabilities through the testing of advanced unmanned technology. Private Chinese arms firms are providing the...
Watch China’s New Drone Swarm Capabilities
China has been working for several years on using small UAVs in a swarm. Now it seems that the Chinese military (PLA) will deploy...
Suicide Drones to be Launched from Helicopters
Both Russia and China have been advancing the development of suicide drone technologies, presenting serious challenges to military forces around the world.
The Russian military...
Chinese UAV Completed Emergency Exercise
The China-developed Wing Loong-2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has completed the country’s first large UAV-supported emergency communication exercise. According to its developer, the Aviation...
New Heavy-Lift Drone Unveiled
With increased payloads and flight ranges, aerial logistics is expected to be one of the initial commercial applications of autonomous aerial vehicles as it...
Restrictions on Chinese Chip Giant
The US has set restrictions on China's biggest chipmaker out of concerns about military use of technology.
The US Commerce Department sent a letter to...
US Offering Practical Alternative Vis a Vis Chinese Threat
“Six of 10 aerial drones used by American state and local law enforcement agencies are Chinese-made,” according to the Heritage Foundation think tank. The...
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