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Aloft

China’s “Land Aircraft Carrier” Powers Drones Mid-Flight

The US approach has leaned toward laser because the precision suits long-range, single-drone missions. China's microwave approach suits

Rafael SuárezApr 21

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface

Bell

This $155 Drone Built With a $5 Chip Hits 67 mph

Nobody asked Max Imagination to do this. There was no grant, no sponsor, no defense contract. Just a YouTuber, an ESP32 microcontroller that costs about as much as a decent burrito, a consumer 3D printer, and a question that apparently needed answering: how fast can you go when the budget ceiling is $155? The answer,…

Rafael SuárezMar 22

ShadowBreak Intl's Flying Sword drone destroys targets at 450 km/h through kinetic impact alone. No warhead. Fiber-optic guidance. Defense-only access.

Ukraine

ShadowBreak Intl’s “Flying Sword” Drone Is a 450 km/h Kinetic Projectile With No Warhead Required

ShadowBreak Intl's Flying Sword drone destroys targets at 450 km/h through kinetic impact alone. No warhead. Fiber-optic guidance. Defense-only access.

Haye KestelooMar 20

FPV

Blackbird Builder Benjamin Biggs Opens Up About the 690 km/h Drone, John Wick, and the Sound Barrier Wall

There is a specific sound a drone makes at 690 km/h. It is not the low hum you hear at a park. It is a high-pitched scream — brief, startling, and then gone. Most people watching laugh. They cannot process what just happened. Benjamin Biggs, the Melbourne aerospace engineer behind the Blackbird speed drone, has…

Haye KestelooMar 2

Australia

Tekron Admits To DJI Drone Price Fixing in Australia

Australia’s competition watchdog just swatted a drone distributor out of the sky. (just like a famous australian Kangaroo punched this drone out of the sky) Drone TK Australia Pty Ltd, trading as Tekron, has admitted to engaging in resale price maintenance after directing resellers not to advertise or sell DJI drones below specified prices, as…

Rafael SuárezFeb 26

DJI

DJI Matrice 4TD Drones Tested Over Moree

Police in regional Australia are about to test a capability that feels like a preview of where public safety aviation is heading. In Moree, NSW Police are deploying DJI Matrice 4TD aircraft as part of a six month trial that allows officers in Sydney to remotely pilot drones operating more than 600 kilometers away, as…

Rafael SuárezFeb 20

Bell

Ben Biggs hits 690 km/h in unofficial drone speed run, reclaims title from Luke Maximo Bell

Australian aerospace engineer Benjamin Biggs and the Drone Pro Hub team are back. Weeks after Luke Maximo Bell reclaimed the Guinness World Record for fastest drone with his Peregreen V4 at 657.59 km/h (408.6 mph), Biggs took his upgraded Blackbird to the Australian outback and hit a peak GPS speed of 690 km/h (428.8 mph)…

Haye KestelooFeb 2

Ulysses Mako AUV being used for seagrass restoration in Perth, Australia | Photo Credits: Stathi Weir, Ulysses

Underwater drone

Ulysses’ Mako AUV and Fujitsu’s “Ocean Digital Twin” Are Exactly the Direction Underwater Drones Need

If you’ve ever wondered about what the the deepest point in the ocean actually looks like, a new AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) by Fujitsu may hold the answer. We have a ton of quadcopters on the consumer side, plus a (somewhat) healthy pipeline of professional and enterprise systems. Meanwhile, the underwater world still feels like…

Zachary PeeryJan 30

Australia

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