popsci.com — Last Friday, an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet flew behind another aircraft, dipped its wings a little as it adjusted its position, and then connected its probe with a hose trailing from the plane in front of it. It then received hundreds of pounds of fuel, all while traveling at an altitude of aro…

stripes.com — The Tactical High-power Operational Responder, or THOR, was built to protect military bases from enemy drone attacks.The system, can shoot high-powered microwaves at unmanned aircraft to disrupt their electronics. Amber Anderson, the project manager, said the video was created as a way to better exp…

wired.com — Obstacle avoidance system testing takes time, patience, and a lot of crashes. One researcher had built a computer model to simulate the trajectories of five autonomous quadcopters flying through a dense forest without hitting anything. But crashes can get expensive while working on optimising code. …

dronedj.com — Mendiola is a Filipino drone enthusiast whose indigenously developed eVTOL aircraft, Koncepto Millenya, has previously caught DroneDJ's attention ...

popularmechanics.com — The U.S. military’s mad scientist division, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has unveiled a new counter-drone system designed to protect convoys on the move. The system, known as Mobile Force Protection, launches a drone to intercept other small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS). …

rte.ie — A herd of elephants that have been tracked as they travelled nearly 500km across China were spotted taking a quick break for a group nap in a forest near the city of Kunming. Drone footage released by Chinese state media yesterday shows the herd, including a young calf, taking a rest.