Drones

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Saturday its forces destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones being used in an attempt to attack a key bridge linking Russia to the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula, forcing its temporary closure for a third time in less than a year. How long can consumer spending prop…

Early chess computers were better than grandmasters at calculation but worse in judgement, and so the idea arose to pair them to get the best of both worlds. It worked, but not for long: Computers finally got too good to need human advice. Are we now at that sweet spot…

Jamming systems can neutralize drones by causing them to crash, land, or return to the operator. They work by blasting electromagnetic noise at the radio frequencies that drones use to operate and emit information. This drowns out the conversation between a drone and its operator. The UK estimates that Ukraine…

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Russia says it destroyed 281 Ukrainian drones in a week as shelling continues apace and troops step up pressure Russia’s defence ministry said it had destroyed a total of 281 Ukrainian drones over the past week, including 29 over the western regions of Russia, indicating the scale of the drone…

PARIS: Should they stay or should they go now? Eighteen months after the start of the war in Ukraine, many Western companies in Russia are still assessing the pros and cons. According to a count by the Yale University, around a hundred companies from the G7 nations are still operating…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Updated : , ,   NEW YORK (AP) — Those attending outdoor parties or barbecues in New York City this weekend may notice an uninvited guest looming over their festivities: a police surveillance drone. The New York City police department plans to pilot the unmanned aircrafts in response…

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…