Drones are becoming more useful in many areas—like delivering medical supplies, helping during natural disasters, or ...

Optical Flow Positioning and Altitude Hold: Optical flow allows the drone will automatically switch to GPS mode when it recognizes ... Easy-to-Carry Bag: The WiFi RC quadcopter comes with 2 ...

A couple folks over at the Radionavigation Lab at UT Austin successfully spoofed GPS to take control of a small helicopter drone this weekend. Of course, this attracted the attention of the ...

Why? Getting a drone that can fly a path and even return home when the battery is low, signal is lost, or on command, is simple enough. Just go to your favorite retailer, search “gps drone ...

A GPS-assisted return home button sets the drone to fly back to you in case ... This specific drone also does not require the use of a remote control and can be flown directly from your smartphone.

Maxar Intelligence announced its new Raptor software designed to help drones navigate without GPS. Raptor works by combining a drone's visuals from its camera with Maxar's 3D topographical data.

A key geospatial intelligence firm on Tuesday announced a new product that can operate drones even in areas where the GPS signal has been jammed - cutting through modern defenses in the age of ...

and owners of older drones can purchase RID devices to add to their equipment. Some come with an internal GPS, but others connect to existing onboard GNSS receivers. AirWarden pole-mounted receiver ...

AUSTIN, Texas—Because GPS can be spoofed or jammed in combat, one geospatial intelligence company developed a drone-navigation system based on 3D maps. Peter Wilczynski, Maxar’s chief ...

and AI to keep drones “aware” of their surroundings, allowing them to complete their missions or pursue their targets without the use of GPS, or even any communication signal. This week ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.