Extending the Battery Life of Small Drones to Provide Continuous Live Monitoring
The battery limitation of small drones (they last about 30 minutes) is a major obstacle to continuous flight time. To address this […] More
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Disaster-Mapping Drones Often Neglect Deadliest, Costliest Events and Hardest-Hit Areas
Every year, disasters kill an average of 60,000 people, affect 200 million and cause US$150 billion in damage. To combat these devastating […] More
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The Role of Drones in Future Terrorist Attacks
Terrorist groups have already begun to use aerial drones to conduct and coordinate attacks. As these groups learn lessons from previous attacks, […] More
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Air Force Tech Demo Shows Mission Effectiveness in CBRN Environment
To demonstrate a system of systems to protect warfighters, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Chemical and Biological Technologies Department (CB), in […] More
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Drone Technology Available for Radiological Monitoring in Emergency Situations
An IAEA-developed instrumentation and methodology for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) equipped with radiation detectors, cameras and GPS devices has been tested and […] More
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EDA Spotlight: CBRN Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)
CBRN Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS) aims for an especially important goal: to come up with concepts for combining and integrating […] More
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Qatar: U.S. Air Force EOD and Security Forces Team Up for Counter UAS Training
Small UAS are a concern for bases throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and […] More
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Does Your Drone Have What It Takes to Help First Responders?
2020 First Responder UAS Endurance Challenge accepting submissions until 18 December. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) First Responder […] More
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Successful First Test Flight for DARPA Gremlins X-61A Vehicle
But Let’s Still Not Feed Them After Midnight The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gremlins program successfully concluded the first full-scale […] More
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Caltech-JPL Team Builds Robot for Exploring Underground Arenas
A robot designed and built by undergraduate students at Caltech working with graduate students at Caltech and JPL, which Caltech manages for […] More
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Nuclear Warheads? This Robot Can Find Them
Picture a swarm of autonomous, three-foot rolling robots armed with smart detectors to support nuclear safeguards and verify arms-control agreements. The prototype […] More
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Dedrone Acquires Battelle’s ‘DroneDefender’ Counter-UAS Tech
Dedrone today announced the purchase of DroneDefender from Battelle. This purchase includes all assets and intellectual property associated with DroneDefender. With this acquisition, […] More
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