Scott Crino, the CEO of Red Six Solutions, discusses drone attacks on critical infrastructure in the Middle East on May 27, 2020 at the Atlantic Council. Joining Dr Crino is the Honorable Mary Beth Long, Principal and Co-founder of Global Alliance Advisors, and Kirsten Fontenrose, the Council’s Director, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative. Continue reading
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New Report ‘Enabling UTM in the UK’
A new report from Connected Places Catapult’s explores the steps the UK has taken to be at the forefront of commercial drone development and identifies the steps yet to be taken in order to remain in the global race towards Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM). Continue reading
Proxy Drone War Just Exploded in Libya
Libya has been at war for most of the last decade since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 Arab Spring. It has seen the rise and fall of ISIS and numerous factions come and go. Now it is in the middle of an expanding proxy war between Turkey and several other states in the region. Continue reading
Drone Too Close to Blue Angels During Flyover
A highly-controversial drone video surfaced online that seems to have been captured illegally. In it, the pilot flies shocking close to the US Navy Blue Angels as they performed an “America Strong” flyover in Detroit on May 12th. Continue reading
USS Portland Conducts Laser Weapon System Test
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser – Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0 on May 16. Continue reading
FAA UAS Symposium – Remotely Piloted Edition
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) have announced the two-part virtual event for the FAA UAS Symposium – Remotely Piloted Edition, Episodes I and II, will take place on July 8 to 9 and August 18 to 19, 2020. Continue reading
Operation-Centric Approach to Help Frame Future Standards
This notification has as purpose to inform the members of the European drone operator community on the upcoming UAS OPS survey that has been created in the framework of the AW-Drone Project, which is funded by the European Union in the context of the Horizon 2020 Programme. 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