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Auterion, the Swiss-American drone software company behind the open-source PX4 autopilot system, has secured $130 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners to accelerate deployment of AI-powered drone swarms for military operations. The funding round values the Arlington, Virginia-based company at “north of $600 million” according to Bloomberg. The funding comes as…
For every drone pilot who has watched a bird effortlessly glide on the wind and felt a pang of jealousy, this one’s for you. Researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University have unveiled RoboFalcon 2.0, a flapping-wing drone that so perfectly mimics the flight of a bird that it can take off and fly slowly on its…
The bustling airports of Copenhagen and Oslo were turned into ghost towns, forced to shut down for hours after sightings of unidentified drones
The FAA provides no manufacturing tolerance for the 250-gram weight threshold for drones such as the DJI Mini 5 Pro, unlike EASA in Europe.
Three young men from the Amish community, embraced the future of agriculture by launching their own drone-spraying business with DJI drones.
The Oklahoma National Guard is now training its troops to fight and win in this new, transparent battlespace. As seen in a recent U.S. Army article
In the world of counter-drone technology, the options have always been a trade-off. You can use a messy jammer, an expensive missile
A European NATO member is set to acquire a high-power laser air defense system from an Australian firm, marking a significant escalation in the race to field effective countermeasures against the growing threat of weaponized drones. This move signals a pivotal shift from costly traditional air defenses to more sustainable directed energy weapons, a development…
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