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Chinese drone maker DJI sues Pentagon over blacklisting
Oct 19, 2024 (AFP)
It has faced scrutiny from Washington in recent years, including for its alleged role in surveilling ethnic minorities in China, and DJI drones have reportedly ...
Hezbollah drones target Netanyahu's home; PM calls it 'assassination' attempt
Oct 19, 2024 (UPI)
Earlier reports indicated a drone struck Netanyahu's home, but later reports said the drone missed the house. "The prime minister and his wife were not at the r...
US imposes sanctions on firms over Russia drones used on Ukraine
Oct 18, 2024 (AFP)
These mark the first US sanctions on Chinese entities "directly developing and producing complete weapons systems in partnership with Russian firms," the US Tre...
German UNIFIL warship intercepts drone off Lebanon
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
"An unidentifiable unmanned aerial vehicle was detected in the vicinity" of the "Ludwigshafen am Rhein" corvette and was "brought down in a controlled manner", ...
Israel says 4 soldiers killed in Hezbollah strike on military base
Oct 13, 2024 (AFP)
"Yesterday, a UAV launched by the Hezbollah terrorist organisation hit an army base adjacent to Binyamina," the military said in a statement. "Four IDF (army) s...
Skill and technique in Bronze Age spear fighting revealed through new research
Oct 09, 2024 (SPX)
The team used experimental methods to replicate the interaction between Bronze Age spears and various materials, such as metal blades, wooden shafts, shields, a...
AV boosts stratospheric payload capacity for solar-powered aircraft
Oct 08, 2024 (SPX)
Horus A introduces improvements across the aircraft's design and avionics, including increased autonomy and additional redundant systems to ensure mission succe...
Zelensky says convincing West to shoot down Russian missiles and drones
Oct 03, 2024 (AFP)
Speaking alongside new NATO chief Mark Rutte in Kyiv, Zelensky said: "We will continue to convince our partners of the need to shoot down Russian missiles and d...
Pro-Iran groups in Iraq claim drone attack against Israel: statement
Sep 22, 2024 (AFP)
"The fighters of the Islamic Resistance of Iraq targeted on Sunday morning a strategic location in the occupied territories using drones," the Iraqi coalition s...
Iran unveils new drone, missile amid rising tensions
Sep 21, 2024 (AFP)
Iran stands accused by Western governments of supplying both drones and missiles to Russia for use in its war with Ukraine, a charge it has repeatedly denied. T...
Northrop Grumman highlights MQ-4C Triton navigation test over Arctic Ocean
Sep 20, 2024 (SPX)
The test flight began in Deadhorse, Alaska, and flew within 100 miles of the North Pole, using Northrop Grumman's proprietary navigation systems, mission manage...
Airbus Assigns GMV to Develop Navigation System for SIRTAP UAS
Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)
The SIRTAP unmanned aerial system is engineered for advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, operating both day and night across ...
NATO members call for response to stray Russian drones
Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)
Since invading in February 2022, Moscow has carried out near daily drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, including targeting areas close to Ukraine's western bo...
US MQ-9 drone crashes near Yemen: Pentagon
Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)
"Yesterday, an MQ-9 did crash in the vicinity of Yemen. That is being investigated, but I don't have any additional details to share," Pentagon spokesman Major ...
Border agents to use aerostat in Florida Keys to track illegal immigration, drug smuggling
Sep 17, 2024 (UPI)
The Air and Marine Operations arm of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency will launch this month its "Argos 2" blimp-like surveillance system over Cudj...
UTA to build netted drone facility in Fort Worth
Sep 12, 2024 (SPX)
"MAVRC will significantly and positively impact UTA's presence in the region by supporting the university-industry-government-community ecosystem focused on aut...
Ukrainian drone strike kills woman near Moscow, Russia says
Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)
The attacks came as the Russian army claimed to have made sweeping territorial gains in Ukraine, capturing a town and three villages in three separate areas of ...
Latvia says crashed Russian drone was fully-armed Shahed
Sep 09, 2024 (AFP)
Riga had earlier announced that investigators were looking into a drone that had crashed in the eastern part of the country on Saturday. Latvia, which was once ...
Latvia reports Russian drone crash on NATO territory
Sep 08, 2024 (AFP)
The Baltic state, once ruled by the Soviet Union but now an EU and NATO member, has had tense relations with Moscow following independence, and ties have furthe...
Ukraine shoots down 58 of 67 Russian attack drones
Sep 07, 2024 (UPI)
Russia launched the drones overnight Friday and into early Saturday morning from Kursk, Yeisk and the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula, Ukrainska Pravda report...
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