Tag: drones

VR Goggles Enter the Battlespace

⊲ United24 Media ⊳ Ukraine has released footage of its Sting interceptor drone successfully disabling a Russian-Iranian Shahed UAV mid-flight. Reportedly operated via VR goggles, the...

Digital First Digital Twin Simulation

⊲ Digital Engineering  ⊳ The U.S. Army has contracted Duality AI to develop a counter-drone system called AiTDR, which will help detect and recognise drones threatening troops. Using Duality's...

DJI Enhances Drone to 3D World Pipeline

⊲ DroneDJ ⊳ DJI has released an update for its AI-powered 3D modelling and point cloud editing software, Modify, aimed at professionals in fields like surveying and construction. The new version...

Drone Operations and Training Converge

⊲ Breaking Defense ⊳ US drone manufacturer PDW has introduced PDW CORE, a mission software platform for its C100 quadcopter drone currently deployed with the U.S. Army. A key feature is PDW SIM,...

Gamers Turned Drone Warriors

⊲ Business Insider ⊳ The article highlights how gamers possess key skills that make them effective drone pilots, such as fast decision-making and hand-eye coordination. Ukraine’s special drone...

GPS-Free Drone Exploits Landscape “Fingerprint”

⊲ IMechE ⊳ Australian autonomous navigation specialist Advanced Navigation and European defence multinational MBDA have developed a GPS-free drone navigation system. Inspired by human neural...

Interview with a Virtual Earth Architect

▶ Source -  Rock Paper Shotgun ▶ In this interview with Jorg Neumann, head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, the article explores how the 2024 edition has pushed the boundaries of realism by...

Gaussian Splatting Enhances Military Simulations

▶ Source -Defense News ▶ The U.S. Army and USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies are enhancing simulation realism with “3D Geospatial Terrain - Large-Scale Gaussian Splatting.” This...

Training for the Drone Battlefield Revolution

▶ Source - Shephard ▶ First-person view (FPV) attack drones are transforming modern combat by enabling cost-effective strikes against advanced targets. Using dynamics inspired by racing drones,...

Gamers in the Military’s Crosshairs?

|The Diplomat in Spain | This article discusses how militaries are increasingly seeks gamers for roles like drone piloting, leveraging skills from digital gaming environments for real-world...

Gamers Needed for Drone Warfare

The Sun | John Healey, Defence Secretary, emphasised the need for gamers and tech-savvy individuals to join the military's cyber forces to help combat cyber threats from nations like Russia. He...

British Army’s XR-Controlled Drones

UK Defence Journal | In a recent exercise at Fingringhoe Ranges, British Army soldiers have been honing their skills with advanced First Person View (FPV) Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) as part of...