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France Accelerates Development of Small Suicide Drones After Witnessing Ukraine Conflict
The French military has fast-tracked its pursuit of small suicide drones in response to their effective use in the Ukraine conflict. The French Ministry of the Armed Forces recently narrowed down its Colibri (Hummingbird) project, which began in May, to…
Run, film, and stream with DJI products as shown by French TV crew
Check out this video in which a French TV crew shows us how they run, film, and stream using DJI products such as the DJI Mini 3 Pro, DJI Mic, DJI RS3, DJI Osmo Mobile, DJI Transmission, and the DJI…
80,000 drone IDs exposed in DJI Aeroscope data leak
In a data breach, a DJI Aeroscope database with information from hundreds of airspace monitoring devices made by the Chinese drone maker was made public. This database contained more than 80,000 drone IDs. The Cybernews research team has discovered an…
DJI Mini drone plays an outsized role in an awe-inspiring $150k ATM heist in France
A DJI Mini drone helped thieves to steal 150,000 euros ($147,000) from an ATM in the French city of Reims without using explosives. The criminals managed to do this by flying a DJI Mini drone into a technical room via…
Drones will help TotalEnergies to reduce methane emissions
French oil company TotalEnergies is launching a drone-based program to detect methane emissions in all its oil and gas companies. The global project will use technology for measuring greenhouse gases, called Airborne Ultralight Spectrometer for Environmental Applications (AUSEA). Drones with…
Singing drone fails to lure orca back to sea
An attempt to use a singing drone to lure a lost orca in the River Seine in Paris, France, back out to sea failed last weekend. The rescue crew used a drone that broadcast a whale song to no avail.…
27,000 people watch drone light show in Coventry
The drone light show in Coventry, which is part of the UK City of Culture celebrations, drew around 27,000 spectators. It was a gloomy night in Coventry, yet according to the organizers, 27,000 people came out to witness 360 drones…
Trial with sulfur-sniffing drones over cargo ships continues
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), in collaboration with the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, will deploy sulfur-sniffing drones over the Baltic Sea. The goal is to catch cargo ships with too high a sulfur content in their fuel.…
Flying a drone lands French tourist 8 years in an Iranian prison
A 36-year-old Frenchman was sentenced last week by the Iranian court to 8 years in prison for allegedly committing espionage while flying a drone. Benjamin Brière (36) was arrested in 2020 after taking pictures with his hobby drone in the…
Dronestagram acquired by French drone stock image provider
Drone photography platform from the very beginning Dronestagram has been acquired by the French drone stock image provider HOsiHO. Dronestagram founder Eric Dupin reports this in an email to the users of the platform. The takeover will give new life…
Amazon Prime Air quietly disbanded French R&D team
A French R&D team that was developing the traffic control software for self-flying delivery drones for Amazon Prime Air was recently disbanded. The online retail giant moved around a dozen team members into other positions unrelated to drone delivery.
NATO publishes two-year-old video of counter-drone program
For some reason, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) decided to launch a two-year-old video of their counter-drone program. In the video, it is said that NATO scientists are creating a signature database of small UAVs to help countries develop their…