Quantum Drones
[A Nov. 24 quick update about the active drone development in my part of the world. A list of news links with 'NEW' is below.]
Another question for which I prepared last Friday, for an hour interview with David Orban on his program: https://lnkd.in/gPgn7Xyn
was: "What is one of my favorite quantum technology Use Cases?"
Quantum Drones! Why?
1) It is a KeyStone Idea that incorporates elements from a variety of existing skillsets, while building new, quantum-related skillsets, and,
2) QKD is the Easiest Quantum to Implement in the short term, and,
3) For us, who are preparing our Defenses in the Eastern Flank, where Drone development is extremely active, such a project levels up existing drone development, and <-----NEW
4) I believe that our Eastern Flank countries can look to South Korea as a Model. They have already completed a Pilot project near their border with North Korea. See my Better than Owls article for what we can do more with drones.
Skeptical?
How active is Drone Activity in the Eastern Flank ? This Active.
Quantum Drone developers- here is your community to bootstrap. <---NEW!
? Several News from Origin:
?Origin has signed a €5M contract with the Armed Forces of Latvia.
??Latvian defence tech startup?Origin has raised €4.5M from the European Defence Fund (EDF) to develop a man-portable ISTAR drone (intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance) with target laser designation capability.
? Origin Robotics raise €4 million in pre-seed funding for a precision-strike drone.
? Baltics, Poland, Finland, Norway agree on ‘drone wall’ to protect borders
??Estonia floating a plan to defend the Eastern border of the European Union from possible incursions by drones from Russia and Belarus. https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/17.06.2024-estonias-regional-drone-defense-plan-still-to-be-worked-out.a558343/
? How Estonia is becoming a hotbed for drone warfare
https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2024/06/how-estonia-becoming-hotbed-drone-warfare/397280/
? Latvian Drone Coalition, leading 7+ countries, 40 M Euro investment for 1M Drones to Ukraine. 0.5B sum countries total so far to Ukraine. 20M in Latvia.
? Ukraine asks for different drones from the Drone Coalition:
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? 1.8B euros collected in Latvian Drone Coalition in 2024
? Five out of six Lithuanian drone manufacturers have successfully passed tests in Ukraine
? Lithuanians and Taiwanese eye joint opportunities to develop drone tech
? Estonian Defense Tech (~200 drone startups reported in February 2024)
? Estonia allocates 12M to Drone Wall
? Lithuania MoD to buy drones worth 36M
? Finns started training Defense Forces (~800K) on unmanned drones in Autumn 2023
? Finland offers NATO base for large surveillance drones
? Lithuanian Armed Forces start training FPV drone instructors
? Lithuania Drone Ecosystem Plan
? Latvia opens new drone testing facility
? Ukrainian drone pilots already training in Latvia
? Polish Army to Receive More FlyEye Recon Drones (total: ~400 reconnaissance drone)
Piotr Paluch?could you pass this to Piotr Rybacki?
Executive Director at Baltics in Space
11 个月The papers in the Google drive are just a snapshot of what I'm sure is available in the scientific literature now. Another question people might have is 'what kind of drone' and what is its function exactly? That is an exploding area of innovation as well. The depth and breadth of drone development is likely being driven by Ukraine. I found this reuters article particularly mind-expanding: https://www.reuters.com/graphics/UKRAINE-CRISIS/DRONES/dwpkeyjwkpm/
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