Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel have developed a system that will determine how to pinpoint the location of a drone operator who may be operating maliciously near airports or protected […]
Researchers from NCCR Robotics consortium at the University of Zurich and microprocessor company Intel have collaborated to develop a quadcopter that can learn to fly acrobatics autonomously. Their novel algorithm enables the drone to fly […]
BlackBerry and drone detection company, Dedrone, have partnered to build an instant notification system for unauthorized drone activity in sensitive airspace. Dedrone will be integrating BlackBerry® AtHoc software into its products to enable real-time secure […]
ADVACAM – a spin-off of the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) – and the Laboratory of Multi-robot Systems (MRS) at CTU are partnering to develop a drone that will independently search for radiation. “The […]
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. – based in San Diego, CA – recently announced that the Kratos Unmanned Systems Division has received a $19 million contract for the purchase of 21 high-performance jet target […]
A team of researchers based at Aalto University (Finland), UCLouvain (Belgium), and New York University (USA) is gathering extensive radar measurement data with the goal of improving the detection and identification of unmanned aerial vehicles […]
Delivery drones are now capable of delivering supplies to marines in combat, allowing emergency food and ammunition deliveries in a short amount of time. The autonomous drones can carry 60 pounds (~ 27 kilos) of […]
Exyn Technologies – a spinoff of the University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory – has introduced a new mission behavior for military surveillance and reconnaissance missions called Scoutonomy. Built on […]
The European Defense Agency (EDA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are partnering on two new projects that will explore unknown or potentially hazardous environments: using drones to monitor disaster-stricken regions or toxic spill sites; […]
Researchers from Binghamton University and Ukraine have developed a new technique using hybrid drones and shrunken technology to identify unexploded ordinances (UXO) from the air. “There’s this kind of evolutionary moment when the two technologies […]
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