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Drone came within 50 feet of hitting a MH-65 Dolphin Coast Guard helicopter
According to the Coast Guard, the aircrew flying an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter came within 50 feet of hitting a drone in Port Angeles last Saturday. At the time of the near-miss with the recreational drone, the crew was 300 feet … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Traffic Control, Homeland Security, Military, Safety, Search-and-Rescue
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Pentagon Plans Citywide Drone-Catching Dragnets
The U.S. government is a step closer to deploying a new system for tracking small drones flying over busy cities. But there’s no guarantee it will be affordable. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s two-year-old Aerial Dragnet initiative could begin … Continue reading
A swarm of home-made drones has bombed a Russian airbase
On the night of 5 January and into the early hours of the next day, Russian forces in Syria came under attack by a “massive application of unmanned aerial vehicles”, says the Russian Ministry of Defence. It is the first … Continue reading
DoD Introduces Contest for New Drones that Fly Like Bats and Insects
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has announced a new initiative to support scientific research for the development of drones that fly like bats and insects. The Department of Defense (DoD) introduced the Defense Enterprise Science Initiative (DESI), “a new … Continue reading
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Tagged Drone Technology, Military, Prototypes and Patents, Scientific Research, Testing
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