Author Archives: Martin Walls
Pentagon takes aim at bomb-carrying consumer drones
They’re cheap, they’re light, and they can carry a small bomb: The commercial drone is essentially a new terror gadget for organizations such as Hezbollah, Islamic State or anyone else looking to wreak havoc on a budget. “That’s the same … Continue reading
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Conn. To Use Drone To Inspect Gold Star Memorial Bridge
The Connecticut Department of Transportation plans to use an unmanned aerial vehicle to conduct an inspection of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge in eastern Connecticut. It’s part of the agency’s ongoing evaluation of new technologies. On Tuesday the DOT will … Continue reading
Navy Tests Underwater Drones at Exercise
In Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, unmanned underwater vehicles bobbed up and down during a three-day exercise designed to test cutting edge technologies for the Navy. The drones ranged from systems that could fit in a backpack to vehicles that required … Continue reading
Drones to start delivering medicine in US
California, US-based company Zipline has announced the launch of a programme to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to deliver medicine and blood to remote areas of the US. Zipline has been operating a similar operation in remote areas of Rwanda … Continue reading
