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Queensland’s beaches are entering a new era of safety after a four-year government study confirmed that shark-spotting drones detect more than twice as many sharks as traditional nets and drum lines — without harming a single sea creature, as The Guardian reports. The Queensland SharkSmart Drone Trial Final Report (2020–2024) revealed that lifeguards used drones…
A drone flew over the Russian trade delegation’s villa on the island of Lidingö early Saturday and dumped paint and an unidentified sticky substance onto the property, marking the latest in a growing string of similar attacks on Russian diplomatic sites in Sweden, as reported by The Hill. According to Stockholm regional police spokesperson Ola…
Britain is deploying Royal Air Force counter-drone specialists to Belgium after a week of mysterious aircraft sightings shut down major airports and triggered shoot-down authorizations at military bases—but some of the “drones” may have been helicopters and airplanes misidentified by observers. UK Defence Secretary John Healey announced the deployment today following an urgent request from…
Germany is establishing rapid-response counter-drone units and has deployed military specialists to Belgium following a wave of mysterious drone sightings that forced multiple airport closures across Europe, exposing critical gaps in the continent’s airspace security infrastructure. “These anti-drone units are being established right now,” Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, who heads Germany’
The programme targeted women aged 18 to 22, mainly from Africa but also from Latin America and Southeast Asia. It offered “scholarships” that
Discarded fishing nets from Sweden and France’s Brittany coast are finding new purpose on Ukraine’s frontlines, where they’re being deployed as low-tech anti-drone barriers against Russian attack drones. The Breton charity Kernic Solidarités has delivered 280 kilometers (174 miles) of horsehair netting to Ukraine—transforming what would be 800 tons of annual waste into frontline protection…
Ukraine’s battle-tested Raybird drone, with more than 350,000 combat hours, is now being considered as a possible replacement for the UK’s
DJI officially announced the Neo 2 drone will launch in Europe, Canada, and Brazil on November 13, 2025, marking a significant global expansion for the upgraded palm-launched platform—but the United States is notably absent from the company’s marketing campaign despite the drone receiving FCC certification months ago. The announcement comes just 45 days before DJI…
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