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The FAA Just Tested a New Drone Finding System
With increasing numbers of drones straying into commercial airspace, it is only a matter of time until one of the many near misses turns into a collision and causes some serious damage or even worse, loss of life. While the recent collision at Heathrow turned out not to be a drone…
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CRACUNS Drone Able to Deploy from Underwater Station Developed
Drones may be beginning to fill the skies and seas for a number of purposes, but what if a drone could lurk beneath the surface, just waiting to be deployed on an aerial operation? A drone developed by John Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Lab can do just such a thing, able…
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US Drones Experience Spike in Unexplained Crashes
20 US military drones inexplicably crashed during 2015, and the Pentagon refuses to say why, The Washington Post reports. Half of the unmanned aerial vehicles involved are the US’s new Reaper drone, which cost $14 million (£9.8 million) each. The other 10 accidents involved the older Predator drone. Unconfirmed rumours…
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Selex Develops Falcon Shield Anti-Drone System
Despite the rise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), from hobbyist to commercial and military, in the US, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has so far failed to properly regulate the use of drones, famously culminating in a small UAV crashing on the White House lawn. In the absence of proper legislation,…
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FLARES – A New Drone Launch and Retrieval System
Just like a full-sized aeroplane, landing a fixed wing drone is no easy feat, made even more difficult under poor ground conditions and lack of space. Most drone makers accept this issue by designing their drones to handle light crash landings. Sometimes this just isn’t reasonable, be it due to…
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US Army Tests New Drone Swarm
The latest drone test exercise run by the US Army was different to most, in that instead of showcasing a brand new multi-million-dollar aircraft, it instead used a swarm of standard off-the-shelf consumer drones. The objects of these exercises were twofold. Firstly, deploying the drones as a swarm to simulate…
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Anti-Drone Rifle Disables UAVs Up to 400 Metres Away
Drones are one of the latest areas of technology that the public has widely accepted. Ranging from their use at filming sports events from different angles to being used for racing, weapons and more, they are certainly adaptable and dangerous. Two months ago it was revealed that most drones could…
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China Bans Supercomputer and UAV Exports Based on National Security Concerns
The Chinese superpower seems to be a bit concerned about its latest tech getting into the wrong hands and has banned the export of unlicensed supercomputers and some UAV models. The ban seems to forbid any company attempting to export machines capable of outputting eight TFlops of data or more…
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Drone Seized over Sporting Event Again!
As drones are becoming cheaper and more commercially available, owners are getting more experimental with what they could fly over and potentially record. Earlier this year police arrested a pilot for attempting to film a Premier League football match and now another drone operator has been arrested for flying over…
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US Military Catches up With the UK with Drones
Drones! These really expensive remote controlled annoyances are huge. If you don’t own one, you will have probably seen one or at least heard of them. This story comes to us from the US military; they have adopted a new drone to use in the strive for ultra covert operations…
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FAA Signs off on AIG Using Drones for Insurance Inspections
The Federal Aviation Administration gave the go ahead to AIG this week to use UAVs for tasks that may be too risky for people to actually do. The FAA also gave permission to State Farm and USAA insurance companies to use the UAVs as well. The UAVs can help to…
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Watch: The Millennium Falcon Drone
Drones come in all shapes and sizes these days, but we’ve never seen one quite like this. Olivier-FR designed this drone to resemble everyone’s favourite spacecraft – the Millennium Falcon. The drone is probably as close as you could get in controlling your own Millennium Falcon, and you can too – the…
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DJI to Disable Drones Over Washington, DC After Incident
DJI will disable its drones over Washington, DC after an earlier incident which involved one of its Phantom drones crashing on the White House lawn. The Chinese company told The Wall Street Journal that they will be using their GPS tracking system to remotely disable their drones from flying in the…
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How to Make Your Own Racing Drone
Popular tech-centric YouTube channel ‘Tested’ has produced a handy guide to producing your own racing drone. Racing quadcopters have been the subject of a number of enthralling YouTube videos, showing packs of drones whizzing past trees at ridiculous speeds with inches to spare. Just take a look at this one:…
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FAA Proposes Restrictive Drone Regulation
The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing incredibly restrictve drone regulation. The most frightening news for drone pilots, is the possibility of the FAA making it mandatory for operators to have hours of manned flight experience and a pilot license. They’re also reportedly proposing…
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