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In China, JD.com has been developing drone delivery capabilities. As of June 2017, JD.com had seven different types of delivery drones in testing across four provinces in China (Beijing, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Jiangsu). The drones are capable of delivering packages weighing between 5 and 30 kg (11 to 66 lb) while flying up to 100 km/h (62 mph).
A professional version called Mission Combat Simulator (MCS) is available for organizational use. [24] The United States Air Force's 355th Training Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB makes use of DCS as an instrument and weapons-system trainer for the A-10C. The use of virtual reality headsets is preferred for a more immersive experience. [25]
Amazon Prime Air, or simply Prime Air, is a drone delivery service operated by Amazon. The service uses delivery drones to autonomously fly individual packages to customers, and launched in 2022. [1] The service currently operates in two cities in the US, with plans to expand into the UK and Italy in 2024. [2]
Unmanned aircraft system simulation focuses on training pilots (or operators) to control an unmanned aircraft or its payload from a control station. Flight simulation involves a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and the environment in which it flies for pilot training, design, or other purposes.
AirSim (Aerial Informatics and Robotics Simulation) is an open-source, cross platform simulator for drones, ground vehicles such as cars and various other objects, built on Epic Games’ proprietary Unreal Engine 4 as a platform for AI research. [2]
Totally Reliable Delivery Service is a multiplayer party video game developed by We're Five Games and originally published by tinyBuild and currently by Infogrames. The game involves using teamwork to deliver packages safely. The game became available on Nintendo Switch, Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS and Android in April 2020. [1]
UAVs are used by a broad range of military forces, from Argentina [12] to the US and also by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).. As of January 2014, the U.S. military operated 7,362 RQ-11B Ravens; 145 AeroVironment RQ-12A Wasps; 1,137 AeroVironment RQ-20A Pumas; 306 RQ-16 T-Hawk small UAS; 246 Predators and MQ-1C Grey Eagles; 126 MQ-9 Reapers; 491 RQ-7 Shadows and 33 RQ-4 Global Hawk ...
In May 2024, Northrop Grumman revealed an underwater drone named the Manta Ray. [13] The drone, built for DARPA, has been under development since 2020. [14] The Manta Ray represents a new class of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), that were developed to perform long duration, long range military missions with as little human oversight as ...