There was likely a lively debrief after a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) AS350 B3 helicopter and an RCMP SkyRanger R60 surveillance drone collided while on a joint mission over a rural area of British Columbia. Continue reading
Category Archives: Law Enforcement
US Customs and Border Protection Flew Predator Over Minneapolis
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on May 29 flew a Predator over Minneapolis as protesters demonstrated against police brutality, according to publicly available flight data. Continue reading
Airobotics Gets Approval to Fly Automated Commercial Drones Over Singapore
Automated industrial drones startup, Airobotics, receives the world’s first approval to fly over a major metropolis and flies above Singapore. Continue reading
Estonia Monitors Latvian Border with Threod Systems Stream C UAV
The 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Defense Forces supported the Police and Border Guard Board by monitoring Estonia’s southern border with a Stream C unmanned aircraft system (UAS), produced by Threod Systems to enable the detection of illegal border crossing attempts. Continue reading
Israel to Lease IAI Heron to Greece for Border Defence
Defence relations between the State of Israel and Greece have been strengthened: Defence Ministry Director General, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Udi Adam and General Director for Defence Investments and Armament – Lieutenant General (Ret.) Theodoros Lagios (HAF), have signed the first agreement between their respective ministries to lease the Israeli Heron system developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Continue reading
Drones in Beijing Track Cars in Coronavirus Control
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Apparently cars driving into Beijing have to scan a QR code hanging from a drone before entering the city. Continue reading
Drones Enforce Coronavirus Face Mask Law in China
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Authorities in China have been using every means they can to enforce strict rules on the use for face masks to restrict the movement of the Corona virus… Continue reading
UK is Using Drones to Patrol the English Channel
Portuguese IT, defence and aerospace group Tekever has been seen flying a drone over the English Channel near Dover. It is likely to be searching for migrants on boats. Continue reading