21 March 2025 Lasers Destroy Drones as Additive Manufacturing Builds Them: NPS Accelerates Emerging Technology at JIFX to Fulfill U.S. Navy and DOD’s Critical Needs MONTEREY, Calif. - Rapidly fielding emerging technologies and prioritizing investments in AI, drones, and counter-drone systems, among other technologies, are key to military modernization and remaining the strongest, most lethal force in the world...
17 May 2022 ONR Global, Royal Air Force Partner in First Synthetic-Fueled Drone Flight LONDON - Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global and Royal Air Force (RAF) Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) conducted the first-ever drone flight using synthetic kerosene in February...
16 March 2021 Tech Bridges Join Forces for 5G Demo Day, Drone Test Flight NORCO, Calif. - In a flex of networking might, the Navy’s Inland Empire and SoCal Tech Bridges joined forces to enable a 5G Demo Day drone flight test event for a local startup at Norco College in Norco, California, as part of a National Security Innovation Network prize challenge event...
11 December 2020 Defending Against Large Drone Swarms Is Focus of Playbook From Naval Postgraduate School Researchers The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, stunned the world with a dazzling light show made up of a record-breaking 1,218 drones dancing in harmony. In the Department of Defense the display reinvigorated interest in counter-swarm tactics research, for drones and swarming tactics can have...