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Alarm as UK Academia Fuels Iran’s Drone Program
Top UK universities, including Cambridge University and Imperial College London, are reported to have assisted Iran in drone program.
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DJI Inspire 2 Drone Strikes Actor During Film Shoot
Actor sustained minor head injury after being hit by DJI Inspire 2 drone while filming in Morlais Quarry, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, on July 19, 2022
DJI
Worcestershire Council’s High-Flying Solution: Drones Inspect County Bridges
Worcestershire County Council in the United Kingdom has launched a trial of drones equipped with cameras to inspect the integrity of the county’s 1,500 bridges. The uncrewed aircraft are flown by a certified drone pilot while an inspector examines the drone images. The trial aims to increase efficiency in maintaining the bridges, reducing the number…
Drone Incidents
Drone Pilot Fined for Endangering Historic World War II Aircraft
A drone pilot in the United Kingdom who flew his drone dangerously close to a historic World War II Hurricane aircraft while thousands of people
Remote ID
Remote ID for drones to combat Wild West in the UK skies
The United Kingdom’s government and regulators are drawing up plans to introduce Remote ID for drones to combat the current Wild West in the skies. Plans that are being made right now say that drones will have to have electronic license plates so that law enforcement and security services can track them. As in the…
Police
Police drones transform the way Lincolnshire Police operates
Police drones are transforming how the Lincolnshire Police Department operates because they offer a more efficient and cost-effective way to do
United Kingdom
Dropping ashes of loved ones by drone over land or sea
Co-op Funeralcare will give people who have lost a loved one the option to have their ashes spread by drone, which is said to be a UK first. A big black box containing the ashes will be lifted by a large drone, such as a DJI M600, flown to a certain location, and then the…
DJI
Drones create mobile networks to aid during rescue missions in Wales
During rescue missions, drones can create temporary mobile networks to help both the victims and the search and rescue crews. At the Snowdonia Aerospace Centre at Llanbedr, Wales, special rescue drones are being developed that will have a 4G or 5G mast on-board. As long as the drones are within reach of a mobile phone,…
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