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The police-tech giant Flock Safety is now selling its drones to the private sector to track shoplifters. Keith Kauffman, a former police chief who now leads Flock’s drone efforts, described the ideal scenario: A security team at a Home Depot, say, launches a drone from the roof that follows shoplifting suspects to their car. The drone tracks their car through the streets, transmitting its live video feed directly to the police. Continue reading
China is advancing efforts to challenge one of the world’s most widely exported combat drones, the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2, with a new domestically developed system undergoing flight testing. Continue reading
– Sierra Nevada Corp. has revealed new details about a closely held new air defense system that it claims has already helped down scores of aerial threats, though it won’t say where. Continue reading
A spectacular drone and fireworks show in Quanzhou, China, celebrating the launch of the Cai Guoqiang Contemporary Art Center, turned chaotic after a technical glitch caused dozens of drones to crash mid-performance. Continue reading
The British-Ukrainian developer Trypillian has unveiled a new family of tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, outlining a modular suite of platforms intended for strike, reconnaissance, communications relay and battlefield logistics. Continue reading
Along-range kamikaze drone that U.S. firm Kratos is working on together with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) is set to make its maiden flight early next year. Continue reading
French military personnel have boarded an oil tanker named on a list of Russia’s “shadow fleet” vessels and suspected of being a launchpad for mystery drone flights that forced the closure of airports in Denmark last week. Continue reading
– Flexxon, a global supplier of industrial NAND flash storage, has announced the launch of X-Mask Pro – the next evolution of the company’s best-selling X-Mask. Designed to secure and conceal sensitive data in mission-critical operations, X-Mask Pro delivers plug-and-play functionality, paired with unmatched durability, built-in encryption, and regulator-ready compliance, ensuring that vital information remains secure, intact, and invisible to unauthorised individuals. Continue reading