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A hiker with a green backpack stands on a rocky outcrop facing a massive Dolomites rock wall above green alpine meadows

Europe

Dolomites Parks Ban Hobby Drones, DJI Mini 5 Pro Included

Dolomites drone rules for the DJI Mini 5 Pro and Mavic 4 Pro: which parks ban flights, what Italy requires by weight class, and where you can still fly.

Haye KestelooSep 21

ABZ Innovation heavy-duty agricultural spraying drone, made in Szentendre, Hungary

Europe

ABZ Opens Hungary Drone Plant, Its FCC Pass Hinges on a US Factory

ABZ Innovation opened a €7M drone factory in Hungary and says US production starts next year. Its FCC exemption for the L50 sprayer rides on that plan.

Haye KestelooSep 21

Tail section of a crashed drone lying on a sandy beach beside the water

Counter-Drone

Russian Drone Off Poland Carried a Live Warhead. Its Route Is Unknown

Polish prosecutors say the Gerbera 2 pulled from the Baltic near Rusinowo was armed with a fragmentation warhead, destroyed on the beach Tuesday.

Haye KestelooSep 16

Europe

Unifly Now Owns The Auditor And The Consultancy EU Operators Use

EuroUSC-Benelux is now Unifly Compliance. EU law bars a Qualified Entity from selling into the market it audits, and accreditation records are not public.

Haye KestelooSep 15

Counter-Drone

NATO Jets Down a Drone Over Lithuania, Days After Chasing Birds

Italian Typhoons shot down a drone over Lithuania early Tuesday, the first ever downed in Lithuanian airspace. Two days earlier, the alert was birds.

Haye KestelooSep 15

A dense flock of European starlings swirling against a purple dusk sky above a tower

Counter-Drone

NATO Jet Scrambled, Vilnius Airport Closed. It Was a Flock of Birds

A NATO jet scrambled and Vilnius airport shut for 38 minutes over a radar contact that turned out to be birds. Poland made the same call eight days ago.

Haye KestelooSep 13