Turkish drone downed over northern Iraq: military official by AFP Staff Writers Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Aug 29, 2024 A Turkish military drone was shot down Thursday over northern Iraq where Ankara has kept up its operations against Kurdish militants, a top Iraqi military official said. Falling debris damaged …

Two thermal power plants in Moscow and Tver oblasts, as well as a Moscow oil refinery, were also attacked during a massive drone attack on Russian oblasts on the night of 1 September. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti, citing local authorities in the town of Kashira; Russian media; …

[WASHINGTON] The day after President Joseph R. Biden’s National Security Advisor Jacob J. Sullivan met Aug. 29 with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the State Department announced an administrative fee and no individual or corporate criminal charges for Arlington, Virginia, based RTX after the Pentagon uber-contractor admitted transferring 750 times sensitive …

British soldiers are being trained to become kamikaze drone pilots after earning a place at Strategic Command’s new jHub Drone Academy. Using First Person View (FPV) Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), troops are learning how to use these one-way aircraft to deliver munitions onto targets. The Ukrainian armed forces have been …

WARSAW, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) — Poland captivated audiences with a drone light show on Friday evening commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. In a mesmerizing display over the Vistula River in Warsaw, hundreds of drones illuminated the night sky, weaving together intricate patterns and symbols that eloquently narrated …

Mahindra Group and Sentrycs have signed a Non-Binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities for developing and providing ‘differentiated Anti-Drone Solutions’ in India, for civilian and military applications. The MoU relates to the ‘Anti-Drone Systems’ technology space and will focus on the Transfer of Technology (TOT) and manufacturing of …

Fort Lauderdale, FL, Aug. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The ElevateUAV Summit, presented by Drone Nerds, is returning to Miami on October 8-10th, 2024. This conference is dedicated to bringing enterprises across various industries the latest solutions in drone technology. With over 40 expected key industry speakers and several leading …

In a move aimed at boosting productivity and quality of the Indian coffees, the Coffee Board planning to infuse new technologies in the cultivation. The new technologies are with respect to irrigation, fertigation, mechanisation and precision agriculture among others. “We are going to take up mechanisation and also help growers …

The U.S. Army has awarded a massive contract valued at close to $1 billion to AeroVironment for the delivery of Switchblade-series loitering munitions, also known as kamikaze drones, over the next five years. This is part of a larger effort that the service has said is intended to help make …

Skyports Drone Services (Skyports) has extended its drone delivery service with Royal Mail in Orkney to February 2026. According to Skyports, the Orkney I-Port project is the first UK commercial drone delivery service to be implemented on a regular basis under existing regulatory frameworks (using a beyond-visual-line-of-sight with visual mitigation …