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Paul McLeary on May 07, 2021 at 1:01 PM
An OSCE drone in Ukraine
WASHINGTON: A drone operated by a group monitoring the war in eastern Ukraine conducted an emergency landing Thursday after its GPS was jammed, a problem that has increasingly plagued its drones since March.
The OSCE’s drones conduct surveillance of the line of contact between Ukrainian government troops and the Russian-backed separatists, while also mapping minefields and tracking the movement of weapons and troops on both sides.
The drone doesn’t appear to have been damaged after landing in a field near its base in Stepanivka, a town about 30 miles from the contested Donbass region, occupied by Russian-backed seperatist forces.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Do you run an entrepreneurial company with the potential to shake the status quo, but without the resources to build a scalable business? Based in Winston-Salem, NC, Agile City, a pioneer in the field of business ecosystem building and entrepreneur innovation, has opened entries for its
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Companies may submit applications for twenty $50,000 non-dilutive and non-equity grants focusing on the future of nutrition and agriculture, health and wellbeing, or aviation and flight. Grantees will be partnered with mentors from Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), Novant Health and AeroX,
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A week of special coverage from April 26-30, with a 30-minute program airing May 1-2
HONG KONG, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In a brand new 30-minute special hosted by CNN anchor and correspondent
Bianca Nobilo, Road to the Future explores how technology and mobility could play a key role in our new tomorrow – transforming everything from our daily commute to urban planning.
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A new era of travel beckons - one that is faster, safer and more sustainable and
Virgin Hyperloop is hoping to be at the forefront of this revolution. Using magnetic levitation technology, the Hyperloop will transport people at ten times the speed of a car, at a fraction of the energy use. Nobilo speaks with Virgin Hyperloop CEO Josh Giegel about their first passenger rides and how they plan to be the first new mode of mass transportation in over 100 years.
Major players operating in the business jet market include Bombardier (Canada), Embraer (Brazil), Textron, Inc. (US), Gulfstream (US), Airbus (Netherlands), and Boeing (US), among others. These players offer business jets of various aircraft type including super light, light, mid-sized, super mid-sized, large, and airliner. These companies have well-equipped manufacturing facilities and strong distribution networks across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America
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“Business Jets Market by Aircraft and Region – Global Forecast to 2030”
The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted the business aviation industry adversely due to air travel restrictions on domestic as well as international flights across countries, resulting in the grounding of aircraft fleets and a sudden dip in aircraft orders and deliveries in 2020. However, with certain relaxations across regions, business jet operators and service providers have witnessed a sluggish demand for charter services. For instance
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The aircraft manufacturer officially introduced the Flightlab helicopter back in January, with the purpose of testing various innovative technologies that would later be integrated on the company’s current helicopters or on their future Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft.
As shown by its name, this Airbus demonstrator is basically an aerial laboratory where technologies can be tested fast and effectively. Hybrid and electric propulsion technologies are one of the company’s top priorities, together with autonomous features.
According to the brand, autonomous technologies would not only help with mission preparation and management, but would also enable pilots to focus more on the mission, by taking over some of the tasks.