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The federal department responsible for the operation to keep watch on the convicted criminals released after is refusing to reveal who is responsible for drone surveillance on them. Under pressure to explain the decision by his departmental delegate to exempt convicted murderers from ankle bracelet monitoring, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles …

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved Amazon to expand its drone delivery program, with the company planning to “immediately” scale up operations. The agency requires commercial drone operators to maintain a line of sight to their drones until it approves technology that can safely allow drones to fly longer …

The Iran-backed Houthis have shot down at least three US Reaper drones with limited weapons systems and a number of restrictions. The Houthis last week claimed to have downed a US MQ-9 Reaper drone with a surface-to-air missile in a desert region of Yemen’s central Marib province. The Iran-backed Houthi …

Another US MQ-9 Reaper drone came down in Yemen, images appear to show, marking the third loss during the conflict with Houthi rebels in the last month, an Associated Press report said. Houthis have been targeting ships in the Red Sea corridor with missiles and drones as part of a …

PITTSBURGH — On four occasions last year, medical helicopters flew over Pittsburgh transporting not injured humans, but wounded pigs. The pigs — bleeding heavily from the abdomen — were stabilized in the air by an autonomous medical intervention system developed by the University of Pittsburgh as part of a military-funded …

The leaders of France, Germany, and the U.S. have authorized Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons to strike Russian military targets well beyond the front lines of Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine invasion. Several news outlets reported the development out of the White House Thursday, including the New York Times (calling it a …

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Ukraine’s latest kamikaze sea drone attack sinking at least two Russian naval cutters on Thursday was backstopped by distracting attacks against local air defenses and an oil refinery in mainland Russia, and possibly an unprecedented patrol by the Pentagon’s best spy plane. In the hours leading up to air-sea raid …

[LAUREN TAYLOR] IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE, IT’S A DRONE CARRYING AN AMAZON ORDER? THE F-A-A HAS GIVEN CLEARANCE FOR A FLEET OF AMAZON DELIVERY DRONES TO BE UNLEASHED FURTHER THAN EVER. THE AGENCY GRANTING AMAZON AIR “BEYOND VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT STATUS.” MEANING, REMOTE DRONE OPERATORS NO LONGER …

This article published in collaboration with JUIDA, the Japan UAS Industrial Development Association. Innovative Drone Technology Enables Inspection of Highly Radioactive and Space-Limited Areas for the First Time Since 2011: Fukushima Nuclear Site Drone Inspection by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian J. McNabb Liberaware IBIS drone Chiba-based industrial drone developer Liberaware recently …