All I want for Christmas is … a micro-suicide drone
By Gwynne Dyer
Some lucky boys and girls are going to find micro-suicide drones in their stockings this Christmas! Get your orders in now!
I was idly scanning the website ...
Drone taxi takes first spin in air traffic near Paris
An electric helicopter with multiple rotors took its first flight in conventional air traffic near Paris on Thursday as it prepares for commercial flights from 2024.
The Volocopter test aircraft, which ...
Civil defence uses drones to locate missing person
Civil defence said on Friday that it had used droned to help the police find a lost person in the Limassol area overnight.
According to an announcement, police alerted them ...
Iranian trainers on the ground help Russia with Ukraine drone attacks, U.S. says
The United States said on Thursday that Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming strand to a ...
‘Killer robots’ will be nothing like the movies show – here’s where the real threats lie
By Toby Walsh
You might suppose Hollywood is good at predicting the future. Indeed, Robert Wallace, head of the CIA’s Office of Technical Service and the US equivalent of ...
Forestry department to step up use of drones
The use of drones by the forestry department is set to be stepped up further after their introduction in August to monitor areas at the risk of fire, its head ...
New drones to fight forest fires
The forestry department on Monday signed an agreement for the provision of drones that will make a crucial addition to strengthen its existing fire management system.
The agreement was signed ...
Transport ministry is looking into drones for postal services
The transport ministry is looking into ways of modernising the Post Office by incorporating drone technology in its arsenal as an alternative way of delivering parcels the transport minister said ...
Cyprus Institute drones helping in fight against fires
The increasing use of drones to fight fires was underlined on Friday by the Cyprus Institute, whose Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL) spotted a fire.
One of the lab’s ...
Fire service receives two state-of-the-art drones
The fire service has received a donation of two state-of-the-art drones worth more than €40,000, which are expected to boost firefighting capabilities, it was announced on Wednesday.
The CEO of Hellenic ...
National Guard, drones, being brought in to help with fire prevention (Updated)
The forestry department on Friday said the National Guard would start assisting in the forest monitoring programme aimed at preventing fires.
According to the forestry department the programme concerns drone ...
Erdogan defends Turkish drone base in north as ‘need for readiness’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that a Turkish drone base was operating in the north, citing the need for readiness in case of attacks in the region, reports said.
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French watchdog condemns police for unlawful use of drones to patrol lockdown
French data privacy watchdog CNIL condemned the Interior Ministry for the unlawful use of drones to oversee demonstrations and make sure people were respecting the COVID-19 lockdown.
In a decision ...
Drug-drone catches drug squad off guard
A drug-drone has stirred the public’s imagination and caught the drug squad Ykan off guard with concerns that new drug smuggling methods are being used.
Speaking to CyBC TV ...