Norwegian police have placed drone detection systems on offshore oil and gas platforms to investigate recent safety breaches,as part of a wider security ramp-up following damage last week to the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Continue reading →
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Estonia Hands Confiscated Crowdfunded Russian Drones to Ukrainian Army
Drones, confiscated by Estonia’s security services from a man who crowdfunded to help the Russian Army, have been handed over to the Ukrainian Army, officials said this week. Continue reading
Frontex Online Industry Day on Counter-UAS Capabilities
Frontex is inviting commercial operators offering services in the area of adversarial testing and evaluation of counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) and low-flying object (LFO) detection systems to an online Industry Day on October 6, 2022. Continue reading
Spain’s National Police Deploys EHang EH216
On September 30, Spain’s National Police tweeted that its EHang’s EH216 ‘is already flying!’ Continue reading
China’s HighGreat Breaks Four Guinness World Records with 5,200 Drones Light Show
Shenzhen- based HighGreat Innovation Technology Development Co., Ltd. (“HighGreat”), a global supplier of indoor and outdoor drone formation systems, has broken four new Guinness World Records: Continue reading
Lithuania Acquires Kamikaze Drones for Ukraine
The Lithuanian Defence Ministry on Friday signed a contract with a Polish company for the acquisition of kamikaze drones for Ukraine. Continue reading
More Suspicious Drones Spy on Ukrainian Military Training in Germany
The German Ministry of Defense reported that unknown and suspicious drones were flying over a training ground of the German army [Bundeswehr]. The ministry’s spokesman announced on Saturday 1 October that there had been “repeated drone overflights by several drones over Bundeswehr property and the neighboring Wildflecken military training area”. Continue reading
Boeing and Wisk Unveil Concept of Operations for Urban Air Mobility
Boeing and its joint venture, Wisk, have partnered to release a Concept of Operations (ConOps) for uncrewed passenger-carrying urban air mobility (UAM) operations using highly-automated, electric aircraft. This release includes a summary and detailed ConOps documents. Continue reading