Tag: UAV

New system to put eyes on Aussie drone traffic

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A long-promised air traffic control system for drones is one step closer to reality after Australia’s air traffic control agency selected an Austrian headquartered company to take the Flight...

Directed energy weapons are no longer science fiction

Posted on   |  by Matt Jones
In 1977, Star Wars extensively used directed energy weapons either from spaceships or the iconic lightsabre, later referred to as the “laser sword”. Nearly 50 years on, contemporary circumstances...

Drones to the rescue: Policy priorities to deliver

Posted on   |  by Damiain Brown and Dario Valenza
Industry and governments are continually looking for efficiencies – opportunities to improve safety and productivity, while reducing environmental impact, response times and costs. One of the biggest challenges to...