By Chris Stonor Jason Arteaga-Loayza, 30, of Jersey City, was sentenced to 43 months in prison this week after being caught smuggling contraband by drone
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Category: Inspection and surveillance
Avnon Group acquire Alti Unmanned Aircraft Systems for USD7.5 million
By Chris Stonor The Israeli Avnon Group has agreed to acquire the South African Alti Unmanned Aircraft Systems via a substantial equity stake, reports a
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Spain deploys drones on wide-scale to monitor potential traffic highway violations
By Chris Stonor Is anyone surprised that more and more countries are deploying drones as “eyes in the sky” to monitor highways and those that
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China now deploying “Cyberpunk drones” to combat Covid-19
By Chris Stonor An interesting story from the CCP’s English-written media outlet, globaltimes.cn, that eulogises about the country’s latest use of drones to combat the
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Thales successfully achieves first flight of prototype UAS with range of over 100 km
By Chris Stonor Thales has successfully completed the first flight of a half-scale prototype of its 100 long-range unmanned air system (UAS), reports a company
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Yorkshire Housing to trial deploying drones for building inspections
By Chris Stonor The UK group, Yorkshire Housing, in co-operation with Connected Places Catapult, is soon to deploy drones for inspections of its properties, reports
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Netherlands: Acecore Technologies reveals Zoe Zetona, new commercial drone “with payload upfront”
By Chris Stonor Based in Uden, Netherlands, Acecore Technologies, a manufacturer of drones specialising in collection data and the surveillance markets, this week launched a
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Doosan appoints FRP Technologies as first European distributor of its hydrogen drones
By Chris Stonor Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) is speeding up its expansion into Europe by appointing FRP Technologies (FRPT) as the first European distributor of
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UK: Drone “Litterbug Wardens” HUGE success around South Coast beaches
By Chris Stonor This story was first covered by UAMN back in March when it was divulged that “a new and ground-breaking anti-littering campaign, supported
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India: National Highways Authority makes drone survey mandatory for all national highways projects
By Chris Stonor “In order to enhance transparency, uniformity and leverage latest technology, the National Highways Authority of India, under Ministry of Road Transport &
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