The UK government has spent more than £1bn on contracts for surveillance technology to spot migrants crossing the English Channel. Continue reading
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The UK government has spent more than £1bn on contracts for surveillance technology to spot migrants crossing the English Channel. Continue reading
Russia is preparing to deploy advanced Arash-2 Iranian kamikaze drones to supplement the Shahed-136s that have already inflicted serious damage on Ukrainian power infrastructure. The new and more capable loitering munitions are faster, smarter and longer-range, and likely to stretch Ukrainian air defenses even further. Continue reading
Turkish drone magnate Baykar has delivered the first batch of Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) to Poland after signing an agreement back in 2021, a Baykar official said on Friday. Continue reading
For the time ever, the German Armed Forces fired a shipboard laser weapon. On August 30th 2022, the German frigate Sachsen successfully engaged drones at short and very short range in the Baltic Sea near Putlos Major Training Area. Continue reading
‘Yun Xiao’, a flapping robot bird independently developed by Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in northwest China, was capable of flying for upmost 123 minutes continuously at one time, which was confirmed by a professional institute, said the university last week. Continue reading
The Twin-Tailed Scorpion D, a four-engine large drone independently developed by China, made its maiden flight on Tuesday and will make its public debut at the upcoming Airshow China 2022, the aircraft’s developer announced on Wednesday. Continue reading
MARSS has announced a collaboration with Thales for the delivery of system solutions to provide protection of critical infrastructures against multiple threats. Continue reading
Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for an unmanned aerial vehicle integration system. The patent was filed on January 9th, 2019, published on October 25th, 2022, and assigned serial number 11479368. Continue reading