Whisper Aero aims to eliminate one of the most disturbing features of drones, the noise of electric propulsion. Whisper Aero is a company specialising in building specifically quiet unmanned vehicles, with the aim of creating quiet drones that will be tolerable to city dwellers even if larger devices will be more numerous in the airspace after the advent of air taxis.
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Feb
Feb
They are already testing a new system in which autonomous flying drones would carry luggage between the coast and the thousands of ships moored in the port at any one time.
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Feb
Feb
Drone technology has become so widespread that for a few hundred dollars, virtually anyone can build a drone capable of reconnaissance or even limited combat, and today more than a hundred countries and many non-state groups have them, experts warn.
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Jan
Jan
A seventy-one-year-old Swedish man has suffered a heart attack while shovelling snow. Thanks to a local startup called Everdrone, a defibrillator was on the scene in three minutes.
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Jan
Jan
In addition to conventional drones and satellites, a new unmanned aerial vehicle capable of surveillance operations could soon be deployed by the UK military. The British-developed drone, called PHASA-35, has the unique ability to fly in the stratosphere, which is not used by other conventional aircraft.
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Dec
The latest combat drone (UAV) with advanced stealth capabilities was recently unveiled in Russia.