Tag: drones

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2025 - 07:49 UTC

  UK Defense Ministry: “Shoot down unidentified drones!”

  

  The United Kingdom is drafting new powers to allow troops to shoot down unidentified drones threatening its military bases, Defense Minister John Healey said this week.

• Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 10:23 UTC

  Drones banned in Venezuela

  

  Venezuela's Bolivarian regime announced Tuesday a nationwide suspension and prohibition of all activities related to drones and other remotely piloted aircraft. Published in Official Gazette No. 6,927, the measure bans the purchase, sale, manufacture, import, distribution, training, registration, and flight operations of these devices for one year, effective Aug. 18, 2025.

• Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 08:50 UTC

  Britain orders review of air traffic controls system that cancelled flights and left thousands stranded

  

  The British government has ordered a review into the country's air traffic control system on Tuesday after a glitch stranded thousands of passengers and caused delays that are set to last for days

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 05:20 UTC

  HMS Protector equipped with drones for polar extreme missions

  

  Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship HMS Protector has been assigned two small rotary-wing drones, specially adapted for her unique mission in the polar extremes. Although the Devonport-based survey ship has a large flight deck, with no hangar she cannot take helicopters with her – unlike her predecessor HMS Endurance, which carried two Lynx.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Antarctica tour operates announces new restrictions on commercial drone use by visitors

  

  The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators has announced robust new restrictions on commercial drone use in Antarctica. The constraints, voted in at IAATO’s annual meeting in Cape Town, South Africa (April 30 – May 3), mean those using Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for commercial purposes on IAATO vessels will have new restrictions limiting piloting opportunities.

• Monday, April 8th 2019 - 10:18 UTC

  Barking drones in New Zealand to help herd sheep: much cheaper than Border Collies

  

  Farmers in New Zealand have found a new way to herd their sheep. They are now herding sheep with a drone, the DJ1 Mavic 2 Enterprise, outfitted with a speaker that barks like a dog. The farmers say that a single drone can do the work of multiple dogs. Check out the video below for the drone in action and some of the other sounds effects the farmers use.

• Saturday, December 22nd 2018 - 05:46 UTC

  Gatwick Airport admits insufficient technology to prevent future drone disruptions

  

  The boss of London's Gatwick Airport has refused to rule out the possibility of future drone disruption once the military leave. Gatwick chief operating officer Chris Woodroofe said there is currently no commercially available equipment he could put in place to neutralize the threat.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  UK tests life-saving chemical detection robots and drones

  

  A new fleet of robots and drones designed to test for chemical agents, provide 3D mapping and identify casualties have been put through their paces by British troops, police officers and scientists for the first time.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2013 - 04:56 UTC

  Brazil shields borders with state of the art scanners and drones, ahead of major global events

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced this week plans to strengthen the fight against cross-border organized crime by equipping state and local governments with high-tech scanners and surveillance equipment.

• Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:39 UTC

  Rio police begins to use drones to control drugs and crime in the city’s shanty towns

  

  A battalion of Special Forces (BOPE) from the Brazilian city of Rio do Janeiro started using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones to air monitor the drugs trade and gangs in shanty towns surrounding the “marvellous city”.