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#363 Uncrewed Vessels and Unprecedented Data
In its seventh Allocation Round the UK executed the largest offshore wind auction in European history, putting pen to paper on 8.4GW of new capacity,
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US Navy conducts test of new laser weapon system
A ground-based laser system homed in on the red drone flying by, shooting a high-energy beam invisible to the naked eye. Suddenly, a fiery orange
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Drone delivers defibrilator to save dying man
An autonomous drone has helped to save the life of a man who collapsed on a driveway in Sweden. The patient had gone into cardiac
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Algorithm Bests Human Opponents in Drone Race
An autonomous quadrotor drone has bettered the performance of two human pilots in a drone race for the very first time, primarily thanks to a
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Swiss Startup Designs Prototype Wireless Underwater Drone
A company have developed what is claimed to be the “world’s first wireless compact underwater drone”. Hydromea, which is a startup based in Switzerland, is
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Autonomous drone designed to explore ocean depths
In a study to explore the depths of the ocean, an aquatic drone has been designed by a Californian company – Saildrone. They have produced
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US startup design world’s largest drone that can deliver satellites
An American startup company have designed the largest Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) by mass. According to an article on Business Wire, Aevum, which is a
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‘Flapping wing drone’ imitates one of the world’s fastest birds
An international team of engineers have produced a drone prototype that adopts characteristics of one of the fastest birds in the world. The common swift
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Drones deliver Covid testing kits to Scottish islands
Drones will deliver coronavirus testing kits and technology to islands off the west coast of Scotland. Skyports will be working with NHS Highland, which serves
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#12 The Drone Boom
No-one knows how many penguins are in the Antarctic, but thanks to the use of drones this is set to change as scientists are using