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US Army To Field Test Tactical High Power Operational Responder

March 11, 2021 Managing Editor

The US Army plans to conduct field-testing as early as 2024 of THOR – Tactical High Power Operational Responder – a new microwave weapon designed to protect military bases from incoming drones. An on-site demonstration […]

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New Partnership Prevents Drones From Zero-Day Cyber Attacks

January 26, 2021 Managing Editor

SparkCognition and SkyGrid have formed a new partnership to protect drones from zero-day attacks – cyber attacks that occur when a newly discovered software vulnerability is discovered by hackers. They are using an airspace management […]

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US Army RFP Seeks Drones To Deliver Supplies To Field Infantry Brigade Combat Teams

January 21, 2021 Managing Editor

The U.S. Army recently issued an RFP for drones that can deliver supplies to infantry brigade combat teams in the field. The concept – called the “Joint Tactical Autonomous Aerial Resupply System (JTAARS) – has […]

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Quieter Drones Possible Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

January 19, 2021 Managing Editor

Miranda Costenoble, a graduate student researcher with the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), recently presented her work on enabling the development of quieter small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS). Her research demonstrates how information […]

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Aevum Releases Rocket-Launching Drone

January 12, 2021 Managing Editor

Aevum – an aerospace startup – recently released its rocket-launching drone designed to send small satellites into orbit without a pilot or a launchpad. Called the RAVN-X, after flight testing it is scheduled to launch […]

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US Navy Uses Camera-Equipped Drones To Detect Distant Targets

January 5, 2021 Managing Editor

Under the Submarine-Launched Unmanned Aerial System (SLUAS), the U.S. Navy is equipping submarines with camera-equipped drones that can be launched to detect targets too far away to be seen through a submarine periscope. Called “flying […]

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Marine Corps System Command Seeks Sources For Man-Portable System Able To Launch Swarms of Kamikaze Drones

December 15, 2020 Managing Editor

Marine Corps System Command (MARCORSYSCOM) has released an RFI for industry sources to produce a man-portable system capable of launching swarms of kamikaze drones over contested battlefields. Officially described as  an “individually operated, man-portable, anti-material, […]

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How Will Bumblebee Flight Impact Next Generation Drones and Autonomous Vehicles?

December 8, 2020 Managing Editor

A collaboration of researchers from UNSW Canberra, Bielefeld University, The Max Planck Institute, Brown University, and The University of California are studying how bumblebees fly – with an eye to applying that knowledge in the […]

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Army Funds $8M Research Project with University of Illinois for Autonomous Charging System for Drones

October 20, 2020 Managing Editor

The Army Research Laboratory’s Combat Capabilities Development Command has funded a four-year, $8 million research project with The University of Illinois Chicago to build an autonomous charging system that can support swarms of drones. The […]

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Tube-Launched SQUID Drone Removes Requirements for Takeoff Conditions

September 22, 2020 Managing Editor

Researchers at Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab have built a tube-launched drone that removes the standard requirements for takeoff conditions. The football-shaped foldable quadrotor is fired out of a cannon, unfolds itself, and then […]

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