Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, said on Thursday that the suspects developed, tested, manufactured, and sold loitering munitions to the unnamed nation. Loitering munitions, also referred to as suicide or kamikaze drones, are weapons systems that hover in a specified area and then attack once a target is located. …
Read More »When the city falls asleep…the drones wake up: FAA’s new drone rules to allow commercial operators to fly at night
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the new guidelines on Monday, aimed to “address safety and security concerns” around the unmanned vehicles and “make way for the further integration of drones into our airspace,” FAA administrator Steve Dickson said, adding that the rules “get us closer to the day when …
Read More »More drones & police patrolling French beaches under new UK-France deal to curb illegal immigration
The number of French police personnel patrolling the coastal area will double, in accordance with the agreement reached on Saturday. Those officers will be using drones and radars to make their work more effective, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel announced. The deal, which comes into effect on December 1, will …
Read More »Saudi coalition ‘destroys 6 Houthi drones’ after US embassy warns Americans of potential attack on Riyadh
The drones were launched in the direction of the kingdom, and six explosive-laden drones were destroyed, Saudi state TV said on Wednesday, citing the Arab coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen. Houthi fighters have targeted the Gulf monarchy several times in recent weeks, the coalition claimed, adding it is …
Read More »Feds worried drones might AIRLIFT prisoners over walls, says new DOJ report seeking permission to SHOOT THEM DOWN
Drones are hated and feared by prison guards for their capacity to serve as flying drug mules. But the Bureau of Prisons is also worried that drones may soon be used to carry prisoners themselves to freedom, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Justice Department’s Office of …
Read More »US withdraws its drones as Iran launches massive drills near strategic Strait of Hormuz – state TV
The exercise in the eastern part of the Gulf of Oman is aimed at improving Iran’s capabilities to repel “foreign threats and any possible invasion,” said Admiral Habibollah Sardari, who is in charge of the wargames. The US had removed its drones from the area of the exercise after a …
Read More »In Saudi Arabia after an attack drones twice dropped oil production
The biggest attack on the oil infrastructure of the country is threatened by instability on world markets. After the drone attacks on oil refineries, oil production in Saudi Arabia decreased in two times. Experts fear that the largest country in the history of the attack on the oil infrastructure would …
Read More »Created drone-bombers, destroying drones
Autonomous apparatus determines the target and crashes into them, to incapacitate. A canadian company has created AerialX drone bombers, which is able to disable other drones bumping into them. Apparatus for the destruction of the drones looks like a hybrid of a missile and drone. The machine is able to …
Read More »In Kiev to monitor the safety will be drones
The cost of new equipment — 3.7 million UAH. In Kiev, launched an unusual pilot project: to help control safety in the city will be drones. As the Director of the Department of information and communication technologies, Kyiv city state administration Yuriy Nazarov, the city first purchased three drones. “We …
Read More »In Canada, figured out how an old car turned into drones. Video
Company from Toronto offers a system LaneCruise that can grant autonomy any car. The device placed on top of the already existing controls and begin to perform all actions for the driver: the system manages the steering wheel, pushes on the pedals. Does not look so futuristic, like in the …
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