Drones

The competition course was designed by a professional drone pilot and contains seven gates in a volume of 30 by 30 by 8 meters. The arrangement of the gates requires the drones to carry out complex acrobatic maneuvers, where Swift , the autonomous-drone system, has a much tighter line than…

Overnight strikes on Pskov are reported to have damaged several military transport aircraft and forced the closure of the airport of the western Russian city, which is close to the NATO frontier and home to an elite airborne unit implicated in war crimes against Ukrainian civilians. Andriy Yusov, a spokesperson…

Technology The Swift AI has beaten expert drone racers in high-speed races using an on-board computer that fuses artificial intelligence and classical algorithms – a method that could speed up delivery drones By Matthew Sparkes Swift (blue) races against the drone (red) of Alex Vanover, the 2019 Drone Racing League…

Ukraine claims that an attack that damaged five fighter planes at a Russian airfield was carried out using “cardboard” drones from Australia. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) told the Kyiv Post on Saturday that it had struck a MiG-29 and four Su-30 fighter jets at Kursk airfield in western Russia. As…

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Updated August 29, 2023 at 7:24 p.m. EDT|Published August 29, 2023 at 2:22 a.m. EDT A funeral for Valeriy Chekalov, Yevgeny Prigozhin's logistics chief, took place on Aug. 29 at St. Petersburg's Northern Cemetery, Russian media said. (Video: Reuters) Wagner Group boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin was buried without public display or…

The US Air force has requested $5.8 billion to build 1000 to 2000 XQ-58A Valkyrie fighter jet companion drones over the next five years. They can cruise at 550 mph and fly at up to 45,000 feet altitude with a range of 3,000 nautical miles. The NY Times reported each…

Russia's military co-operation with Iran will not succumb to geopolitical pressure, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, following a report that Washington has asked Tehran to stop selling drones to Moscow. “There are no changes, and co-operation with Iran will continue,” Ryabkov said, according to a report on Saturday…

Russia thwarts Ukrainian attack on Crimea involving 42 drones: Defence Ministry AFPLast Updated: Aug 25, 2023, 08:07 AM IST Synopsis "Nine UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were destroyed... over the territory of the Republic of Crimea. 33 UAVs were suppressed by electronic warfare and crashed without reaching the target," Russia's defence…

Hurricane season is starting to ramp up, with a rare storm hitting in southern California and increased activity in the Atlantic. The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season officially began June 1, and hurricane hunters are at the ready to fly in and around these tropical systems to provide forecasters with the…