Ukraine, Russia and drone strike
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A solar-powered surveillance drone with a wingspan larger than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet could fly for weeks or months at a time, according to its operator, while watching for drug-smuggling vessels, pirates or naval warships. It has been performing test flights off the US Gulf Coast this month.
You know, everything you tell us will be used against you,” the interviewer on Russian TV warns Timur Shagivaleev, the man behind one of the country’s biggest drone factories.
DJI barely sells drones in the United States anymore. The shelves are bare; resellers are jacking up prices. It appears an unofficial ban at US customs is to blame. But on Amazon, you can now buy a drone that’s a a dead ringer for the DJI Mini 4 Pro — the SkyRover X1 — for a reasonable $758. And that’s probably because DJI made it happen.
With Chinese drones dominating the market, two startups are building US-made platforms from the ground up, no imports and no foreign parts.
Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by releasing more mosquitoes.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday toured a factory producing interceptor drones, increasingly seen as a solution to protecting Ukrainian cities from Russian air attacks, and said a goal had been set to make up to 1,
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Live Science on MSNStudents build new 'hybrid drone' — watch it fly in the air and then seamlessly dive underwaterA 3D-printed hybrid drone can quickly transition between air and water thanks to variable pitch propellers. Watch a video of the drone in action.
Targeted attack hits vehicle on road near Tyre district, Lebanon's official news agency reports - Anadolu Ajansı
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Interesting Engineering on MSNStudents 3D-print ‘hybrid drone’ that flies, swims, and resurfaces in secondsWatch a seamless cycle of takeoff, underwater cruise, and skyward reemergence in this student-built hybrid drone.
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ABC7 New York on MSN'Eye in the Sky': Police drone flying by captures attack on Haverstraw man; suspects arrestedThree men were indicted for attacking a 61-year-old man as he left his home in Haverstraw, after being caught in the act by a police drone.