Australia’s landscapes make for spectacular aerial footage, however there’s been times where my time as a pilot ended, not because I was done, but because the batteries were done. As a creator, being able to rapidly recharge and put the bird back in the sky, is a powerful option. Jackery and Antigravity are tackling that
Two US Army 4th Infantry Division soldiers sat on the barren desert earth at Fort Irwin, California. One wore first-person-view goggles and held a drone controller. The other watched the drone’s feed on a laptop. After a few moments of setup, the Neros Archer lifted off, the buzz loud up close and still audible at
New technologies are allowing Ukrainian drone operators (who are high-priority targets) to control drones from relatively safer locations hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away. But human soldiers often still have to go to dangerous places to transport, prepare and launch these aircraft. Operators of Ukrainian interceptor drones and other unmanned aerial systems are increasingly
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US forces shot down an Iranian Shahed in the Middle East this week using an interceptor drone tested in Ukraine, a US official told Business Insider on Friday. The engagement marks the first time U.S. troops have used the U.S.-made Merops system to intercept a hostile drone in combat. Ukraine has used it to take
Ukrainian special operators are learning to keep a close watch in the skies as they advance to assault Russian-controlled trenches, while the rise of drones on the battlefield forces soldiers to constantly change the way they fight. “Our training has changed,” an operator from the 4th Ranger Regiment of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces told