The Agentic Lair
The Agentic Lair
Innovation in Aerial Entertainment with FAA-Approved Firework Drones Sky Elements has achieved a groundbreaking milestone in the field of aerial entertainment by becoming the first US-based drone light show company to receive FAA approval to attach fireworks to drones. This…
Appeals Court Upholds Ban on Aerial Mapping by Non-Surveyors A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that North Carolina can prohibit the creation of aerial maps by anyone other than licensed land surveyors. This…
Bill paves the way for integrating UAS into U.S. airspace system By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill (The following is the third in a series of articles on how the recent passage of the bill to reauthorize the FAA positively…
The DJI Two-Way Charging Hub is a handy accessory for drone owners seeking to recharge their batteries quickly and efficiently. It acts as a portable charging station, allowing you to juice up multiple batteries without needing to plug them into…
Aerial view of the abandoned Berengaria hotel at Prdromos Cyprus The post Berengaria abandoned hotel Troodos-Cyprus appeared first on DRONESTAG.
When Teledyne FLIR unveiled its “new” Rogue 1 loitering munition system (LMS) on May 7, it was the first glimpse the public got of the design. But quietly, US Special Operations Command has been testing the vertical take-off/landing capability system…
In a recently published paper, researchers in New Zealand and Australia present a novel IIQC framework, which is specifically designed for rapidly evaluating the quality of UAV-captured images for UAV-enabled bridge inspection. This framework utilises a BIM of the target…
China has built the world’s first dedicated fixed-wing drone carrier. The ship has not been reported however and many of the circumstances surrounding it remain a mystery. Hidden away in a shipyard on the Yangtze, far upriver from the major…
The European Commission last week announced over €1 billion in funding for 54 additional defence projects through the European Defence Fund, bringing the total EU budgetary investments to more than €3 billion ($3.3BN) in collaborative defence R&D projects since the…
Different eras of warfare are colliding in war-torn Ukraine, highlighting a dramatic contrast between Russia and Ukraine’s arsenals as Kyiv desperately awaits a new influx of weapons from the U.S. As Ukraine anticipates the arrival of its first F-16s fighter…
You might know Chevron as the company that enables you to put gas in your cars. But right now, Chevron has its eyes on drones — uncrewed helicopters to be exact. Chevron Technology Ventures was one of a handful of…
The Eurodrone programme has successfully performed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Led by Airbus Defence and Space as prime contractor, this major programme milestone has been completed with OCCAR and representatives of the four customer nations (France, Germany, Italy and…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for shooting down an American MQ-9 Reaper. The incident was confirmed hours after footage surfaced online showing what appeared to be the wreckage of the modern combat drone. Houthi-led media later released video evidence…
A new game-changing weapon that uses radio waves to disable enemy electronics and take down multiple drones at once is under development for the UK’s armed forces. This forms part of work to put the UK’s defence industry on a…
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) teamed up to conduct flight training on the operation of the MQ-9A Block 5 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1)…