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3 Drone Companies to Build Drones For US Air Force’s “Skyborg”

Boeing, General Atomics and Kratos were chosen by the Air Force’s Skyborg program to create drone prototypes for the air vehicle portion to carry the AI computer brain. The timing for building the first test vehicles of the autonomous combat drone is a mere five months. The Air Force’s Skyborg program is planning on building […]

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12.1 Million In Funding Raised For US Counter-UAS Firm Dedrone

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) firm, Dedrone, is a San Francisco-based firm that specializes in counter-drone technology, which has raised $12.1 million in funding from investors to move the company forward in the counter-drone technology market. In a news release on October 1, 2020, Dedrone announced this new development.  The funding was led by the European

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Five Ways Drones Can Be Used Profitably Now & In The Future

As the development and use of drones continues is on a rapid rise, so is the diversity of the commercial use of drones, whether for recreational enjoyment and/or in the business sector. The following are some of the common uses already, such as agricultural use, geo-mapping, inspection of various infrastructures, parcel delivery, professional aerial photography,

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Malicious Drone Operators Can Now Be Easily Identified Thanks To New Technology

When just a few drones can cause chaos, being able to pinpoint the location of such malicious drone operators would be a great new advancement in technology. The good news is that academics from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel have demonstrated a potential means to do just that. By analyzing the

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Parrot’s ANAFI USA Takes Off With Solutions for the Public Safety Industry

Parrot’s ANAFI USA, which was designed for public safety and enterprise use, was recently (June, 2020) released with positive reactions from the industry. Parrot has become known for its strong network of partnerships and subsidiaries. It has invested impressive time and money in building a portfolio that enables a business solution. The hardware release of

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Parrot and Hoverseen Develop Drone-In-A-Box Technology

The French leading UAV maker, Parrot, is partnering with Hoverseen, another French company, an automatic-drone startup, to create an automated drone-in-a-box technology. Such a partnership makes it possible for clients to deploy Parrot’s enterprise-level ANAFI drone as an automated, drone-in-a-box surveillance solution, which is capable of dispatching and charging from a lightweight docking and recharging

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Professor Uses Drones To Help Fellow Refugees

Mehdi Salehi grew up in Afghanistan under the Taliban, and witnessed firsthand how drones can be used for destructive purposes. Now, however, he lives in New York and is Adjunct Communications Professor at Adelphi University, having fled Afghanistan. Although he had previously seen the destructive use of drones, now he is using drones as a

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The Role of Drones in Cybersecurity

Drone Cybersecurity: In the last decade we have seen unprecedented growth of the global market of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and this growth is projected to be over $43 billion by 2024. Unlike the days when drones were only used for military purposes, they now come in all sizes, with great versatility and different degrees

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Utility Industry: How Drones Radically Provide Safety for Utilities

Utility Industry: Few, if any other industry, have benefited more from drone technology than utilities, and one of the most important reasons is that, because so much of its work is hazardous, drones have minimized much of that danger. Another important reason why public utilities have gained significantly by adopting drones is the sheer amount

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Drones Are Ideally Suited For Special Weapons and Tactics Teams

Special Weapons and Tactics teams, also known as SWAT teams, are elite tactical units that have been trained to perform high-risk operations like hostage rescues. Members of a SWAT team are equipped with heavy-duty body armour, and often carry specialized firearms. They are also aided, whenever possible, by aerial assistance facilitating the tactical implementation of

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