Tonic boom! Drone successfully flies NHS supplies from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly for the first time – before being sent back with local GIN It marks the first drone freight delivery between commercial airports in the UK Drones could potentially now carry items including medical supplies The aircraft was returned back to the … Read more
Death from above! Drone is converted into a flying flamethrower to destroy 100 wasp nests in China Blue Sky Rescue teamed with villagers in Zhong county near city of Chongqing Group raised 80,000 yuan (£9,200) to buy the drone and equip it with a gasoline Footage released by Blue Sky shows six-arm drone spiral up … Read more
The world’s first satellite launching drone, developed by a US-based space startup, will will be able to carry a new payload into orbit every 180 minutes, the firm claims. Aevum says the massive 80ft long drone, named the Ravn X, is fully autonomous, 70 per cent reusable, and can take off and land on runways … Read more
The world’s first satellite launching drone, developed by a US-based space startup, will will be able to carry a new payload into orbit every 180 minutes, the firm claims. Aevum says the massive 80ft long drone, named the Ravn X, is fully autonomous, 70 per cent reusable, and can take off and land on runways … Read more
1963: Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory Commissioned for service on November 1 for $9.7 million. 1965: One of its first accomplishments was establishing the rotation rate of Mercury, which turned out to be 59 days rather than the previously estimated 88 days. 1968: Sporadic radio pulses from the direction of the Crab Nebula supernova remnant found at Green … Read more
Amazing new drone photos show a former nuclear weapons base which once stored up to half of Britain’s nuclear bombs during the Cold War hiding beneath the autumn foliage. The site at RAF Barnham in West Suffolk was active during the early 1950s and was one of only two such facilities ever built in the … Read more
Apache helicopter was deployed to help police track rogue drone flying illegally near Stansted Airport, report reveals Apache was one of a pair of helicopters flying through controlled traffic zone Air traffic controllers gave permission for gunship to turn back and track drone Monitored the drone for 30 minutes before it had flown away from … Read more
Stalker, 42, who used a DRONE to spy on his ex-partner and her male friend is jailed for four months John McDermott, 42, pleaded guilty to using a drone to spy on his ex-girlfriend The court heard he followed her and used a drone to watch where she lived McDermott was jailed for four months … Read more
Drone projects to deliver Covid-19 supplies including PPE and testing kits across the country receive share of £33 million in UK government funding One winner will deliver PPE and Covid tests to rural Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Today 20 companies have been announced which will share £7.35 million Four of these are specifically tailored to … Read more
Drone footage taken by the National Trust has revealed the extent of the devastation being wrought on British woodlands by ash dieback, a deadly fungal infection. The shots taken this autumn show trees dying in Hanging Wood, part of the Trust-administered Hughenden Estate in Buckinghamshire. Some 300 ash trees on the estate will need to … Read more