Chinese arms contractors were among the global defence suppliers who flocked to the Middle East to showcase their latest counter-unmanned aerial vehicles (CUAV) during the region’s largest military exhibition. The turnout for the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) this week in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, was another sign of the increasingly important…
China has lost some of its most prominent scientists and engineers over the past few years in what have officially been deemed deaths due to accidental circumstances or natural causes. But the sudden departures of the key figures – many of whom worked in fields tied to national security and technological advancement – have also…
China’s plan to develop its “low-altitude economy” is poised to enter a fast lane with the adoption of delivery drone and air taxi in cities like Shenzhen. However, analysts say that the nation’s upcoming “trillion yuan-worth growth track” is still in a “trial-run” phase, which is why some netizens in China remain skeptical about the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Treasury on Thursday imposed sanctions on a network of more than a dozen people and firms that are accused of facilitating the shipment of millions of barrels of Iranian oil to China. The department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned more than dozen people and companies in China,…
The mystery of the unexplained drone sightings over New Jersey and along the East Coast late last year has been solved, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who said she was relaying the update directly from President Trump in the Oval Office. In her first White House press briefing Tuesday, Leavitt said, “After…
The Chinese military is using drones and 3D printing to support the remote maintenance of weapons, a tactic that has been used by the US in the Ukraine war, according to the PLA Daily. A brigade of the People’s Liberation Army’s Northern Theatre Command Air Force tested remote maintenance technology during an equipment repair drill,…
Russell Hedrick, a North Carolina farmer, is revolutionizing agriculture by using drones to spray fertilizers, dramatically cutting costs compared to conventional ground spreaders. Hedrick, who also assists in rescues using thermal drones, shares concerns over US proposed bans on Chinese drones due to defense and economic fears. As US-China competition intensifies, American…
Dee and Joe Indiviglio like to go out on their front porch at night, and look up. That’s where they were on Dec. 4, when they saw something they hadn’t seen before above their Middletown, New Jersey home: a group of lights, moving quickly, strangely all over the sky, for maybe a half-hour or longer. …
House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul said Tuesday that he believes that some unidentified drones spotted above New Jersey and New York are “spy drones” from China — after Biden administration officials insisted many of the aircraft are innocent commercial aircraft. “We want answers but the response I’m getting is we don’t know whose…
In a move seen to rival the “loyal wingman” concept of the US, China has unveiled a new unmanned aerial system (UAS) designed to operate in tandem with its advanced fighter jets. Showcased at the recent Zhuhai air show in southern China, the Feihong FH-97A is capable of leading swarms of smaller drones or acting…