The Agentic Lair
The Agentic Lair
One of the Royal Navy’s most advanced warships shot down swarms of drones in a live-fire exercise off the Welsh coast. Taking on the kind of threats currently seen in the Red Sea and other regions, the Type 45 destroyer…
Ukrainian Air Defense shot down a Russian Shahed drone using a Browning heavy machine gun mounted on the AN/TWQ-1 Avenger air defense system. The video, shared by the Air Force’s Southern Command, is believed to be the first of its…
Amid an uptick in drone activity nationwide, the commander responsible for safeguarding North American airspace said U.S. Northern Command is acquiring new technology to swiftly deploy to bases around the country to counter these threats. “What NORTHCOM has done is…
– American Aerospace Technologies, Inc. flew an around the clock mission carrying a 5lb mission payload with its AiRanger Group 3 Unmanned Aerial System. As the only Commercial UAV manufacturer to receive commercial Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) approval to…
Battery endurance is a bottleneck for drone technology. Could hydrogen offer a solution? DRONELIFE is honored to publish this guest post from Dr, Nee Sirosh, CTO at H2MOF: a provider of safe and efficient hydrogen storage solutions. DRONELIFE neither accepts…
The recent implementation of U.S.-China tariffs, including a 34% tariff on Chinese imports and reciprocal measures from China, is creating uncertainty for the drone industry. While the full effects have yet to materialize, experts suggest these policies may lead to…
DJI, the Shenzhen, China-based drone maker, controls an estimated 70 to 80 percent of the global drone market. But in recent years, U.S. lawmakers have been moving forward with efforts to effectively ban federal agencies from purchasing or operating Chinese-made…
– NASA is testing a new software system to create an improved warning system – one that can predict hazards to drones before they occur. The In-Time Aviation Safety Management System (IASMS) will monitor, assess, and mitigate airborne risks in…
Turkey’s Baykar has begun training future employees for a drone manufacturing plant under construction in Ukraine, a move that signals confidence in the war-torn nation’s industrial future despite ongoing hostilities. Haluk Bayraktar, the company’s chief executive, shared details of the…
– Hanwha Aerospace announced on 2 April that it is partnering General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc to develop and manufacture unmanned aircraft systems for the global defence market. The company stated that it plans to invest more than ₩750 billion…