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Levent Kenez/Stockholm Selçuk Bayraktar, the chairman of Baykar, a Turkish defense contractor, and also the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appears on Forbes’ latest billionaire list.  He is among the 27 Turkish billionaires who made it on to the prestigious list. Bayraktar’s net worth stands at $1.2 billion, …

Naypyidaw, which is the junta’s traditional centre of power, is home to much of its defence hardware and heavily defended. The attack is likely to rattle the military, which is now fighting resistance groups on multiple fronts. “The significance of the drone attacks can’t be overstated,” John Quinley, director of …

A Ninox Robotics Perimeter 8+ drone prepares to take off for a NSW RFS day mission near Cobar. (Image: Ninox Robotics) The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) has wrapped up a two-week trial using drones to monitor grass and bush fires in the state’s west. The mission, which completed in …

In the US, Christiansburg, Virginia, to be precise, people can get their burgers and shakes from Wendy’s airdropped via drone. San Francisco-based food delivery platform DoorDash and Alphabet’s drone-delivery service Wing have launched a drone delivery partnership in the US, starting this week, for local consumers. Burger lovers can now …

Report by Lara El Hachem, English adaptation by Yasmine Jaroudi Drones have emerged as a dominant force reshaping warfare in the Middle East, where these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) serve both surveillance and offensive purposes. What solidifies their significance today in the region is that they are no longer just …

Juggling two jobs is hard work. It’s particularly hard work when one of the jobs is in a warzone. But for Ivan Kaunov, the roles are complementary. As the CEO and co-founder of Buntar Aerospace, Kaunov develops drones for long-range flights. As a member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, he …

What’s the news: Lucknow police will be using a Mobile drone vehicle (MDV) equipped with facial recognition to manage crowds during election rallies and identify troublemakers, reported the Times of India. As per the report, once the system receives the required validation, five more such MDVs will be introduced into …

In an innovative move toward wildlife conservation, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has teamed up with the Tulalip Tribes to explore the use of drones for monitoring bighorn sheep populations in South Central Washington.  Groundbreaking Initiative Set to Take Off  Scheduled to kick off this April and …

A new approach using multiple swarms of drones could be used to manage natural disasters like forest fires. The technique is being tested by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Climate change is making catastrophic weather events like wildfires more frequent and severe. “A swarm of drones could …

Ukrainian and Russian drone developers are racing to develop autonomous First Person View (FPV) attack drones immune to radio-jamming. Ukrainian lawyer and activist Serhii Sternenko recently shared a video of one such drone developed by the 60th and 63rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the video, the …