Saudi Arabia Finalizing Drone Rules Following Palace Inciden…

Saudi Arabia’s inside ministry is warning drone customers to get permission earlier than flying as officers scramble to finalize new rules following an incident close to the royal palace final week.

Saudi police are investigating the episode during which troopers shot down a leisure drone hovering inside a restricted space round King Salman’s palace.

“One of the security screening points in the neighborhood of Khuzama in Riyadh noticed the flying of an unauthorized small recreational drone leading the security men in the security point to deal with it according to their orders and instructions in this regard,” a Saudi Press Agency assertion reads.

According to a spokesperson with the Interior Ministry, pilots should receive the mandatory clearance from designated police companies to fly drones “for particular reasons in permitted locations,” in accordance with the SPA.

“The regulation for the use of remote controlled drones is in its final stages,” the assertion stated in a launch that offered little when it comes to particulars.

Three years in the past, the Saudi authorities banned drones “of all types and sizes” with out prior permits.

According to impartial information supply The New Arab, the drone incident “sparked fears of a possible coup attempt.”

“Security around the royal palaces appears to have tightened in recent months as powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman oversees landmark social and economic reforms to prepare for a post-oil era, despite the risk of riling religious hardliners,” the report added.

Use of drones – each for business, navy and rebel use – has sparked a wave of controversy throughout the Middle East over the previous few years,

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps deployed drones allegedly able to carrying eight missiles in 2016 to assist Syria comprise insurgent forces.

Last yr, ISIS claimed to have commissioned “drone Jihadist units.”

However, within the United Arab Emirates, drone innovation is quick turning into a scorching commodity within the tech sector.

In September, Dubai’s crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, introduced “the world’s first concept flight of the Autonomous Air Taxi (Volocopter).”

In 2016, the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority, introduced that Nokia would set up a complete drone UTM system – the primary of its variety for a nationwide authorities – to assist officers handle automated flight permissions, no-fly zone regulation and beyond-visual-line-of-sight security operations.

 

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Beginning his profession as a journalist in 1996, Jason has since written and edited 1000’s of participating information articles, weblog posts, press releases and on-line content material. He has received a number of media awards over time and has since expanded his experience into the organizational and academic communications sphere.

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