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US military sent Global Hawk drone surveillance mainland military aircraft around Taiwan
PLA Air Force twice on the 25th of last month and 10th of this month to pass through the Miyako Strait and the Bashi Strait around the Taiwan Island for a week. On December 16, the Air Force official Weibo posted a photo and attracted widespread attention from netizens. According to the military commentator of Observer.com, this was taken by an Air Force fighter jet when it flew around Taiwan Island on December 10. The background is Wushan, Peking University in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense" responded to this on the 18th that although the People's Liberation Army Air Force circulates Taiwan, they are all remaining outside Taiwan's " Air Defense Identification Zone ". According to the United Daily News on the 18th, military officials of the Taiwan authorities revealed that although the US military did not send fighter jets to intercept and monitor the flight of the PLA Air Force around Taiwan like the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, it sent an RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to monitor the overall situation at high altitudes in the East of the PLA military aircraft.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Air Force responded: The recent long-sea training, East Coast Guard and South China Sea combat patrols carried out by the Chinese Air Force are routine and regular military activities, and are the mission and responsibilities of the Air Force, legal, reasonable and reasonable, and must continue to follow the established plan. (Observer Network)
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Swiss dresses the drone as a "big bird"
According to foreign media reports, researchers from the Intelligent System Laboratory (LIS) of the Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, Switzerland, recently inspired by birds to create a drone with "feathers". The drone has a deformable wingspan that allows it to fly quickly, make sharp turns and withstand strong winds, just like birds.
Researchers said that when flying between obstacles, the drone can adjust the shape of its "wings" and complete sharp turns and withstand the test of strong winds. They constructed a mechanism that allows this large artificial feather to be fixed to the wings. These artificial feathers are made of fiberglass and thin layers of nylon.
Researchers said that when the wings are fully unfolded, the drone can perform "fast flights." When encountering strong winds, it can retract its wings and become more streamlined. Drones can be used in urban environments at low altitudes, researchers say. (Chinese Industry Information Station)
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The first drone Amazon Express finally realized
According to the British " Daily Mail " report on December 14, on December 7, the American technology giant Amazon successfully completed the first express delivery delivered by drones. The drone sailed from Amazon's base in Cambridge, sailed at an altitude of 400 feet from the ground, arrived safely after 13 minutes and successfully delivered the cargo.
It is reported that on the morning of the 14th local time, Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos posted a short video on Twitter, confirming the Amazon air freight debut. The video is indeed eye-opening, but it also brings more questions. For example, the video does not mention the specific location of the drone taking off and arriving and the distance of the navigation. People can only speculate from the video that completing this airlift requires a pilot to monitor and operate the "highly automated" drone throughout the journey and use GPS to determine the specific location. In addition, the video does not specify the minimum landing point required for the drone. (Xinhuanet)
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Mars may have hidden life. NASA will send drones to reconnaissance
drones can drill into caves and explore this red planet along the "lava tunnel" on the surface of Mars.
Currently the team has tested unmanned robots and drones that can enter cave detection. Robots on the surface of Mars are good at traveling today, but they cannot explore caves under the surface. These caves are important because they keep explorers away from radiation, meteorites and extreme temperatures.
Mars drones will not use rotors because rotors are of no use in Mars atmosphere 100 times thinner than Earth's atmosphere. The drone will fly at 20 miles (32 km/h) while using springs for contact jumps, a move that can help save fuel and overcome rough terrain.Cooperating with vision cameras, radar systems and thermal cameras will help robots detect surrounding environments, and some of the drone's development technology will also be used to detect minerals and other resources on the moon and Mars. (Ghost News)
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United Nations Children's Agency may use drones for crisis rescue
United Nations Children's Fund said on the 15th that experts will study how to use drones to provide aerial images to help governments and aid agencies determine where the most urgently needed rescue.
In addition, experts will also test the small cargo transportation capacity of drones, such as transporting emergency medical supplies, vaccines, and samples for laboratory diagnosis. Engineers will also study how to use drones to expand wireless network or cell phone signals in remote locations.
This drone test will be conducted in April 2017 in the "Humanitarian Drone Test Corridor", which is located outside the city of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. (Global Network Comprehensive) Please indicate Yuchen Network to reprint, infringement will be pursued!
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