NASA aims for air traffic control system for commercial drones
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Tianjin expo reveals Chinese UAV innovations, aspirations
According to Chinese press reports, a family of inflatable UAVs were unveiled at a recent technology exhibition.
Chief designer Zhang Bing Yan introduced the "software...
OSCE to use Austrian-made drones to monitor Ukraine conflict
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has Friday confirmed it will use Austrian-made drones for observational purposes in eastern Ukraine.
The Vienna-based...
Canadian police use UAV to find family lost in forest
Earlier this year the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Nova Scotia unveiled a new fleet of vision-enabled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for purposes that include...
Making drones more customizable
A first-ever standard “operating system” for drones, developed by a startup with MIT roots, could soon help manufacturers easily design and customize unmanned aerial...
SACAA on track to introduce UAV regulations by March 2015
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) says it is on track with the finalization of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) regulations, which are set...
Amazon unveils Drone Store
Amazon has unveiled the Drone Store to cater for all our creative aerial needs.
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Russian Reconnaissance-Strike Drone Chirok to Begin Tests in 2015
Moscow Research Radio Engineering Institute CEO Yuri Nevzorov told RIA Novosti that the Russian reconnaissance and strike drone "Chirok" will begin tests in 2015.
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VTOL UAVs may appear in Russian Navy in one year
Research and development company Radar MMS is waiting for the Russian Navy to place orders for its Breeze, a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL)...
Topcon Releases Two New UAS for Aerial Mapping, Touts RTK Solution
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US Army’s New Laser Cannon Blasts Drones Out of the Sky
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US Army to deploy Mind-Controlled UAS
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Mobile phone-detecting drones serve as disaster relief aids
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Multiple UAVs perform autonomous formation flights
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US Predator vs. China’s CH-4 drone
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This is a real race for superiority. The People’s Liberation Army’s CH-4 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is receiving high-profile...
After the Flood: microdrone is finding land mines
Airborne support in the search for survivors and land mines: in the wake of a natural disaster in Serbia/Bosnia and Herzegovina, rescue teams have...
US to move drone base to northern niger
A repositioning of the U.S drone force in Africa.
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The US military will shift its drone flights in Niger from Niamey to a...
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Stealthy aerial video of Apple’s upcoming spaceship campus
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IAF shoots down Syrian Yasir UAV
A Syrian Air force unmanned air system (UAS) that entered the Israeli airspace was shot down by a Patriot missile.
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