Drones

As the multitrillion-dollar infrastructure bill wends its way through Congress, its exact parameters and legislative outcome remain uncertain. But whatever the eventual contours of the final bill, a certain ideological argument has already been put forward—and it should be a winner in the public imagination. Whereas the private sector and…

Earlier this year, when a glacier burst in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, triggering deadly flash floods, hundreds of workers who were repairing the road got stuck. India’s National Disaster Response Force sought the help of Chennai-based drone company Garuda Aerospace to help in the rescue mission. A team…

China’s rescue efforts in the aftermath of the floods in central Henan province are being aided by state emergency teams as well as individuals and volunteer groups harnessing the power of technology in a critical hour. From conventional online spreadsheets to mobile apps designed to help people with disabilities and…

Ultimately, when NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where I am a senior antenna engineer, began to seriously consider a Europa lander mission, we realized that the antenna was the limiting factor. The antenna needs to maintain a direct-to-Earth link across more than 550 million miles (900 million km) when Earth…

JAMMU: Drone activity was detected near the Jammu Air Force station once again on Wednesday morning, less than a week after a flying machine was spotted along the Line of Control (LoC) in Pallanwala area of Akhnoor. “Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV/suspected drones) were spotted at two different locations in Satwari…

In new clarifications issued on Wednesday, and referring to media reports that certain governments across the world, including in India, had allegedly been using its hacking software Pegasus to target people journalists, lawyers and and human rights activists, Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group said that any claim that a name…

The Northern Tornado Project surveyed and used drones in some of the locations and relied on satellite imagery for others Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) has determined four tornadoes struck different Ontario communities Thursday in addition to the one that wreaked havoc in southeast Barrie and Innisfil. All five…

The draft Drones Rules, 2021, replacing the regulations issued in March this year, mark a new paradigm of light-touch governance. Based on trust, self-certification, clever tech and non-intrusive monitoring, the proposed regulations could help develop and promote the use of drones while ensuring oversight to address security concerns. The policy…

BERLIN—Rescuers in Germany and neighboring countries were racing to find survivors from the region’s worst flooding in decades, as the death toll rose to nearly 160 and hundreds remained missing following days of torrential rainfall. German authorities used helicopters and drones to locate survivors who fled to roofs and high…

Synopsis ​​The three key technology components of counter-drone systems — detection, identification and interdiction — individually fall under multiple regulatory domains. Combining all three into a single system is a tough regulatory challenge.On Thursday, the civil aviation ministry released the draft of the national drone policy. The rules, after public…