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DJI FlyCart 30 Maps Timor-Leste Manganese 800 Meters Down
Estrella Resources has deployed a DJI FlyCart 30 heavy-lift quadcopter in Timor-Leste to fly a drone-mounted geophysical survey that can image manganese mineralization down to 800 meters (2,625 feet) below the surface, the kind of depth that until recently required…
BAE, Anduril Shortlisted for UK Apache Wingman Drone
The UK Ministry of Defense announced on May 15 that BAE Systems, Anduril Industries, Tekever, and Thales UK have been shortlisted to develop autonomous drones that will fly alongside the British Army’s AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. The four firms will…
Australia Picks PteroDynamics Transwing VTOL for Navy Logistics
A U.S. drone company just landed its first international defense contract, and it came from a customer that has been thinking hard about how to keep ships supplied across the Pacific. PteroDynamics, a Colorado-based developer of autonomous VTOL aircraft, announced…
Amazon Prime Air Targets Metro Atlanta As Walmart And Wing Already Own Georgia Skies
Amazon is pushing into a metro Atlanta market where Walmart and its drone partner Wing already operate from at least six area cities. Amazon spokesperson Cait Freda confirmed to WSB-TV that the company is setting up meetings with local officials…
Canadian Military Activates Counter-Drone Defenses At Naval Bases, Wrestles With Halifax Harbor Identification Problem
The Canadian Armed Forces have quietly activated counter-drone systems at major ports and air bases, starting with the naval installations that protect frigates, submarines, and Arctic patrol ships in port. Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, told…
An-28 Becomes World’s First Drone-Launching Drone Hunter
Ukraine just did something no military has done before. On April 23, footage from Ukrainian pilot Tymur Fatkullin showed an Antonov An-28 turboprop firing P1-SUN interceptor drones from underwing pylons in combat, then watching them ram Russian Shaheds out of…
Australia Bets $5B on Laser and Interceptor Drone Defense
Australia just unveiled a decade-long counter-drone push worth up to $7 billion AUD (about $5 billion USD), anchored by two Melbourne companies building hardware the Defence Industry Minister compared to Star Wars, as The Sydney Morning Herald reported. The initial…
China’s “Land Aircraft Carrier” Powers Drones Mid-Flight
A Chinese research team has demonstrated a ground-based microwave system that beams power to a drone while is flying, keeping fixed-wing aircraft airborne for more than three hours in tests, as reported by The South China Morning Post The system…
DJI Power 1000 Mini Review Lands With An 8/10 From The Verge, US Sale Still In Limbo
DJI launches the Power 1000 Mini globally today, and The Verge’s Thomas Ricker posted his review this morning giving it an 8 out of 10. The headline finding: it is the smallest 1 kWh portable power station on the market.…
DJI Mini 5 Pro Review At Six Months: YouTuber Flying Filmmaker Says Camera Wins, Wind Still Hurts
YouTube creator Flying Filmmaker has published a six-month verdict on the DJI Mini 5 Pro, and his conclusion is blunt: if a pilot wants the best sub-250g drone on the market, this is the one to buy. His review video…
Harvard Students Build Fixed-Wing VTOL Drone to Track Sperm Whales in Dominica
Two Harvard mechanical engineering seniors have built a fixed-wing VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) drone from scratch to help marine biologists locate sperm whales tagged with VHF (very high frequency) transmitters off the coast of Dominica, according to a project…
Chinese Researchers Release Open-Source Flight Control Software for Bamboo Drones
Researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University’s (NPU) School of Civil Aviation in Xi’an, China have published what they describe as the world’s first open-source flight control system built specifically for bamboo-frame unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), releasing the software and hardware configuration…