Artificial Intelligence UAV Defeats Human Pilot in Simulation
Artificial intelligence (AI) won air combats in a high-fidelity simulator aganist human pilots.
The AI was recently assessed by subject-matter expert and retired United...
Drones Instead of Engineers in Effort to Find Landslides
Drones help protect West Virginia from landslides.
Woolpert Inc., a Beavercreek-based engineering firm, says its UAS are now monitoring landslide areas in northern West...
Hoverboards – From Now On in Real Life
Implant Sciences Corporation, an American company from the explosives-trace-detection business is in the process of purchasing Zapata Industries SAS, a French hoverboard company that...
Drone Detecting Radars Equip Helicopters
The navalised variant of the the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (Hokum-B) attack/reconnaissance helicopter - the Ka-52K Katran - will be equipped with a compact active...
Farewell Remote Controllers, Hello Brain Controlled UAV’s
A new research out of Arizona State University with DARPA funding.
Using a skullcap fitted with 128 electrodes wired to a computer, researchers are able...
Artificial Intelligence to Help Regulate Drones Traffic
The London-based big data startup Flock is building a platform for performing real-time quantified risk analysis of drone flights, including by applying AI (artificial...
Delivering Medical Samples, UAVs Save Lives
Michigan-based Vayu, Inc. made history when it completed the first ever series of long-range, fully autonomous drone flights with blood and stool samples this...
New Publication: US Drone Anti-Terrorist Attack Policy
The White House has released an edited version of President Barack Obama's once-secret policy on using drone aircraft to combat terrorists around the world,...
Flying a Drone from Your Own Living Room
The world of "first person view" (FPV) flying, where pilots wear video specs to see from the drone’s point of view while it flies...
UAS with High Resolution Cameras to Iraq
Iraq is to acquire the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a USD8.3 million deal announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD). Insitu...
Smart Watches Hacking Showcased by Chinese Hackers
Until not long ago China was reluctant to open to the developments in the Internet shpere. However, in recent years this country has been...
Ultra-Compact Camera for Drones Released
Leading drone manufacturers are integrating various types of small-size cameras into their systems. The problem becomes pronounced in terms of size and the picture...
Aerostats with Cameras for Internal Security Missions
Aerostats serve for various missions in the homeland security sphere.
Russia’s National Guard is planning to purchase four PA-60 aerostats in 2016-2017, the press office...
UAVs Able to Turn with Moving Weights’ Help
Sampath Reddy Vengate, a recent MA graduate from University of Texas at Arlington in science and engineering, is the first person to successfully test...
Initiatives for Safely Operating Multiple Drones
Last week the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy hosted the first-ever Workshop on Drones and the Future of Aviation, which gathered...
Arctic-Capable Surveillance Drone Successfuly tested
A prototype of an Arctic-capable solar-powered drone for monitoring and telecommunications transmissions has successfully performed a 50-hour-long test-flight in Russia. Designers are preparing a...
UAVs for Maritime Environment Protection
The Mexican Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) announced that it had deployed Arcturus T-20 JUMP unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to the coast of Sonora...
Aircraft Nearly Hit by Quadrocopter UAV
Drones might risk commercial aircraft while flying nearby.
Lufthansa Airline company confirmed an incident involving a near-miss between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone,...
More than Half Million Drones – Challenge to Authorities
At a recent conference at the White House on the future uses of drones in US airspace, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) director told the...
Home Deliveries by Drones Becoming Everyday Reality
Amazon has announced a partnership with the UK Government to explore the steps needed to make the delivery of parcels by small drones a...
The Modern American Hero: Unmanned Vehicle?
With the advent of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) like the Reaper and Predator drones, it is becoming increasingly clear to many military strategists that...
Drone to Test Networks Security
At the recent Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas, cybersecurity researchers showed how drones can help secure wireless networks and bulster cybersecurity.
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