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U.S Fire Department Tests AI-Powered Drone Swarms to Combat High-Rise and Remote Wildfires (Video)
Aspen Fire Protection District firefighters and personnel are currently testing an advanced fleet of artificial intelligence-equipped drones designed to suppress fires in high-rise buildings and other high-risk environments. These systems represent a notable step forward in aerial firefighting technology. The drones themselves have a distinctive appearance, resembling large insects. Finished in black and white, each…
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What you Must Know about the New U.S. “Flying Blanket” That Hides Vehicles and Troops From Drones and Satellites
Imagine a camouflage net that doesn’t just sit on the ground but flies overhead, follows your vehicle as it moves, and blocks thermal imagers and radar looking down from drones or satellites. That’s exactly what Austin-based startup Vigil Autonomy has developed with its new system called Air Cover. How the “Flying Blanket” Works Air Cover…
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Nigeria’s Indigenous Hybrid VTOL Reconnaissance Drone “ARGiNI” Takes Flight
Nigeria’s growing aerospace sector has a new flagship achievement. ARGiNI, developed by local company Briech, is a hybrid vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) reconnaissance drone built specifically for long-endurance Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The name ARGiNI comes from the Hausa word for cheetah, a fitting choice for a platform designed to combine agility…
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Highlights from InnoWeek 2026 Showcases Robots That Fight Fires, Drones That Spray Fields
InnoWeek 2026, Uzbekistan’s flagship International Week of Innovative Ideas, took place October 27–29 at the CAEx Uzbekistan exhibition complex in Tashkent under the theme “Advanced Innovations for a Changing World.” Organized by the Agency for Innovative Development under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, the event drew researchers, startups, companies, students, investors, and…
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U.S. Startup Develops Flying Blanket to Hide Vehicles From Drones and Satellites
American company Vigil Autonomy for first time presented its new Air Cover asset for camouflaging vehicles and infantry from enemy drones and satellites. Effectively this asset is a flying blanket that covers friendly target from above. Air cover is developed specifically from thermal imaging cameras and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) equipment that can be installed…
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China Set World Record by Operating 116 Autonomous Underwater Robots at the Same Time
The record was achieved by Northwestern Polytechnical University and Xi’an Tianhe Maritime Technologies using TH-618 underwater robots. Photo Credit: Northwestern Polytechnical Technologies Facebook Page
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Thousands of African Miners at Risk: Can Technology Put an End to Illegal Mining?
Across the African Continent, thousands of miners and the communities around them face daily risks of pit collapses, toxic exposure, violence, and exploitation. Photo Credit: Stock Photo
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Germany Kicks-Off Production of 5,000 Long-Range Drones for Ukraine
Auterion CEO Dr. Lorenz Meier, Airlogix CEO Vitalii Kolesnichenko, President Volodymyr Zelensky, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stand with an Airlogix autonomous strike system at the contract signing ceremony in April 2026. Photo Credit: Auterion
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Former Palantir Vice President Todd Stiefler joins Terra Industries
Todd was previously Vice President Enterprise at WHOOP where he led B2B growth across government, defense and corporate wellness, among other categories. Photo Credit: Terra Industries
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Terra Industries appoints Former SpaceX Director Ben MacWilliams, Vice-President of Strategy
Terra Industries, a Nigerian defense technology firm has named Ben MacWilliams as its Vice President of Strategy to support growth into additional markets. Photo Credit: Terra Industries CEO Nathan Nwachuku’s LinkedIn Post
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BabaSky Technologies Launches Advanced System To Detect Rogue Drone Up To 8km Away
Babasky Technologies has successfully demonstrated a next-generation counter-UAS (C-UAS) system capable of detecting, precisely locating, and neutralizing rogue drones at ranges of up to 8 kilometers. Photo Credit: BabaSky Technologies
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Drones, AI and Robotics will Determine The Winner of World War III
Militaries across the World are rapidly deploying Autonomous Equipments such as Drones and UAVs to gain advantage of crucial territory. Photo Credit: Getty Images
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Terra Industries Raise $18 Million in Seed Funding to Scale Robots, Drones & Defense Systems Manufacturing
Nigerian Defense Systems Manufacturing Startup Terra Industries has announced a new $18 Million Dollar Seed Funding to Scale Sovereign Defense Systems, Robots, UAVs, Drones Manufacturing and also expand its global operations. Photo Credit: Terra Industries
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Federal Government hails NASENI’s Locally assembled Drones, Tech drive
NASENI showcase locally assembled drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, agricultural equipment, diagnostic test kits and other technologies developed through partnerships with private firms at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, where they inspected. Photo Credit: NASENI
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Mozambique Graduates 30 Drone Pilots to Improve Disaster Response
Mozambique has officially graduated its first 30 certified drone pilots to strengthen its response to natural disasters such as floods and cyclones. The pilots learned to fly uncrewed aerial vehicles to map damage, find trapped people, and assess danger in real-time. Rômulo Cunha Corrêa, the African Development Bank’s Country Manager for Mozambique, confirmed that the…
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African Women deploying Drones and Artificial Intelligence to Protect Africa’s Wildlife
Female Rangers in Africa are taking to the skies with drones to reshape conservation through AI, digital systems and nature’s own “wild innovation”, across Africa. Photo Credit: Safari Photos
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Israeli Defense Force Deploying Smarter, Faster Robots across War frontlines
Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post visited an IDF base in the center of the country that works with civilian defense companies and MAFAT. Photo Credit: Defense & Tech
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