Driverless trains and cars are already with us – but how soon before pilotless airliners? The biggest challenge may be getting passengers on board. Have you ever had a panic attack in mid-flight? Those that have will tell you it's not fun. And there are plenty of reasons that make people panic. S...
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Air defense is becoming a light show Drones will be getting their first lasers. They won't be used to attack enemy targets, though--the lasers are to stop enemy lasers from shooting them out of the sky. The U.S. military has been researching lasers since the 1960s, though they've mostly been used...
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Dutch police's drone-hunting eagles are ready for action
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

If you're looking to stop a drone in its tracks, these days you've got more than a few options. You could deploy a drone-catching drone, load up a shoulder-mounted net cannon or say, dispatch quadcopter-hunting birds of prey. Yes, after trialling the latter approach for around a year Dutch police are now preparing to welcome eagles into the law enforcement fold, with the animals highly trained to take down drones that pose a threat to the public.
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http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-asked-to-bid-for-air-force-one-replacement-429275/
Read more...This newly declassified video footage from the head-up-display of a U.S. Air Force Arizona Air National Guard F-16 records the dramatic moment when its unconscious pilot is saved from certain death by the aircraft’s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS).
http://aviationweek.com/technology/auto-gcas-saves-unconscious-f-16-pilot-declassified-usaf-footage
The event is considered the fourth confirmed "save" of an aircraft by the system since Auto-GCAS was introduced into the Air Force F-16 fleet in late 2014. Developed over almost three decades by Lockheed Martin, NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory, the system is designed to automatically execute a ground-avoiding maneuver if it detects an impending collision.
http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/breaking-trigana-airs-cargo-aircraft-skids-off-wamena-airport-runway/
A Trigana Air cargo aircraft skidded off the runway of the Wamena Airport in the Puncak Jaya district of Papua on Tuesday morning (13/09), disrupting fuel distribution to the region.
No fatalities have been reported.
The Boeing 737 300 PK-YSY skidded of the runway around 7.40 a.m. after its wheel axles were reportedly broken as the aircraft was landing in Wamena Airport.
https://youtu.be/gkUjH_kW_Tg
UAV Interception System Was Shown at Army-2016 Forum http://mil.today/ (press release) According to the company's press service, the system can detect and identify enemy's UAV control signals within 10-km radius, and then, depending on the target parameters, select optimal jamming type. The system's equipment is mounted on the KamAZ ... |
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