Drones – Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
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Dec- 2020 -15 December
ELTA Presents Mobile Counter Drone System to US DoD and DHS
ELTA North America has provided the US Departments of Defense and Homeland Security with advanced counter-drone technological solutions, improving the defense-in-depth capabilities of mobile drones.
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11 December
US Army Developing Algorithms to Improve Quadrotor Drone In-Flight Performance
US Army researchers are developing algorithms that will allow quadrotor drones to quickly switch between hover and forward flight.
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10 December
Indian Navy Orders Israeli Rifle Mounted Anti-Drone Systems
The Indian Navy has ordered an unspecified number of rifle mounted systems from an Israeli firm to counter the growing drone threat.
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10 December
US Army Researcher Proposes Model for Quieter Small Drones
A researcher with the US Army has presented a model for the development of quieter drones using high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics.
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10 December
US Senators Fail to Block Trump Sale of F-35 Jets, Drones to UAE
Democrats failed to block the United States from selling top-of-the-line fighter-jets to the United Arab Emirates, with most senators dismissing fears that President Trump was setting off a dangerous arms race.
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8 December
Russia Announces First Armed Test of Heavy Strike Stealth ‘Hunter’ Drone
The Russian heavy strike stealth drone, Okhotnik, has reportedly flown with simulated air-to-air missiles for the first time.
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8 December
Hezbollah Claims It Flew Drone Into Israel During Military Exercise
An armed drone belonging to Hezbollah made an incursion into Israeli territory and filmed two of the country’s military bases, the Lebanon-based terrorist organization has claimed.
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8 December
Drones, Wars, Genocide: Tainted Legacy of Nobel Peace Laureates
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is not the first Nobel Peace Prize laureate to go to war.
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7 December
Two Recent Accidents Ground US Navy Scout Helicopter Drones
The US Navy has grounded its fleet of MQ-8C Fire Scouts after two of the unmanned helicopters were involved in separate accidents within a week.
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7 December
Drone Effectiveness Against Air Defenses, Not Tanks, Is the Real Concern
Turkey and Azerbaijan’s ability to take out air defenses with drones in Nagorno Karabakh should be a greater cause for concern than how effective their drones were against armor.
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