Relays Data Across A Distance Of 540 Nautical Miles
Alphabet's Loon has reached what it is calling a major milestone after successfully relaying data across 1,000 km (about 540 nautical miles) between a network of seven balloons.
University Of Maryland Scientists Working On Project GapFlyt
Researchers at the University of Maryland are teaching drones to employ techniques used by birds and insects to fly through narrow gaps at high speeds. The drone, a Bebop 2 drone with an NVIDIA Jetson TX2 GPU on board, has been able to fly through a small hole at about 6 feet per second with about an 85 percent success rate.
Fighting fires at night is an effective tool for combating threatening wildfires. Temperatures drop, humidity typically increases and it is easier to spot hot spots at night making nighttime firefighting ideal. Now, CO Fire Aviation has a new tool to combat fires at night. Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc., (ASU) recently modified an Air Tractor AT-802F for night vision goggle (NVG) operations giving pilots an increased advantage in the safety and effectiveness at night.
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