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An Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone on a painted outdoor launch pad at a UK site, with a worker in an orange high-visibility vest walking behind it carrying a yellow handling bar.

Drone Delivery

Amazon Made 500 Drone Flights. Now It Wants a Whole UK Town

Amazon asked the CAA to fly Prime Air across all of Darlington after 500 flights, against a permission that already allows 100 deliveries a weekday.

Haye KestelooSep 13

Ukrainian FPV drone pilot in video goggles operating a controller while an FPV drone flies overhead against a blue sky

Ukraine

Ukraine Hands UK Its Drone War Data: 100,000 Combat Videos a Month

Ukraine will give Britain access to Avengers AI Labs and its 100,000 monthly drone video feeds, making the UK the first foreign partner in the platform.

Haye KestelooAug 27

Prime Air

Amazon Drone Crash In Darlington Draws AAIB Case Before December CAA Verdict

An Amazon MK30 crashed into a Darlington garden on July 29. The AAIB opened an accident inquiry as the CAA weighs the trial's December renewal.

Haye KestelooAug 17

Grey Kraken uncrewed surface vessel moored at a floating dock beside a stealth-hulled dstl and L3Harris crewed boat

Security

Royal Navy Drone Cameras Phoned China, And The Paperwork Said NDAA-Compliant

Cameras on the Royal Navy's K3 Scout sea drones sent heartbeat signals to a Chinese IP address. Kraken says the units were NDAA-compliant.

Haye KestelooAug 10

Prime Air

Amazon Prime Air's UK Bet Faces A December CAA Verdict

Amazon's first drone delivery operation outside the United States flies from Darlington under a CAA trial permission that expires at the end of 2026. What the British regulator decides in December shapes where Prime Air flies next in Europe.

Rafael SuárezAug 7

Police

Lincolnshire Police Drone Tracks Mini Moto Rider To Arrest

Lincolnshire Police used its drone unit to track a mini moto rider across roads and footpaths in Gainsborough, ending the chase with an arrest instead of a dangerous ground pursuit.

Rafael SuárezJul 25

United Kingdom

Manna Hires Former DAA Chief Kenny Jacobs to Lead US and UK Push, One Month After Grounding Its Irish Fleet

Manna has appointed former DAA chief executive Kenny Jacobs as executive chairman and president, four weeks after the Irish drone delivery company grounded its home-market fleet and pointed its growth plans at the United States and the United Kingdom. The company said Jacobs arrives as it shifts focus to markets where regulation and local planning…

Haye KestelooJul 7

Drone Light Show

BBC’s Secret 950-Drone Titanic Stuns Belfast Harbor

The BBC used 950 drones to recreate the RMS Titanic above the very waters where the original ship was built.

Rafael SuárezApr 7

United Kingdom

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