With estimates that between 30 000 and 50 000 drones are currently being operated in South Africa, security experts advise that unmanned aerial vehicles have punched a gaping hole in existing physical and IT security strategies. Interpol warns that the potential use of drones in a terrorist incident or attack against a critical infrastructure and …
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Residents of a Centennial neighborhood say they’re fed up and frustrated with a man terrorizing families. They say a neighbor named Doug has been flying his drone right outside windows and peering into homes while they are in their bedrooms or bathrooms. FOX31 and Channel 2 are not sharing Doug’s last name, …
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The Ministry of the Solicitor General and the Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a drone crashed into the Quinte Detention Centre carrying contraband over the weekend. The ministry confirmed that the drone crash-landed into an outdoor exercise yard used by inmates at the institution in Napanee on Saturday. The OPP were called to provide …
Laws governing drones hard to enforce, civil aviation warns A Vietjet Air and a Tway Air aircraft may have been hit by drones while flying in Vietnam, the Transport Ministry says. An Airbus 321 of budget airline Vietjet Air flying from Saigon to Phu Quoc in Kien Giang Province on October 16 had a dented …
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A 37-year-old man has pleaded guilty to flying a drone near Paya Lebar Air Base without the proper permits. Ed Chen Junyuan appeared in court yesterday to answer a charge of piloting the drone within 5km of the airbase. Chen and a friend, Tay Miow Seng, 40, were separately charged in July this year under …
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Collins Bay Institution staff have intercepted three separate drone drops on the property containing contraband this month. The last drop occurred on Oct. 12. Staff seized packages containing cellphones and cellphone paraphernalia, 167.6 grams of tobacco, 628.3 grams of marijuana. The total estimated institutional value of the seizure was $66,730. They also intercepted contraband drops …
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Three more drones were reportedly sighted near Hussainiwala border on Monday night, forcing alert BSF troops to open fire at them. There is, however, no official confirmation whether these were brought down or not. Sources said Pakistani agencies might be trying to use drones to conduct aerial surveillance. “Had they come to drop something, they …
As drones become more readily available, first responders have become more interested in using them for public safety. Here Chris Keon, CEO and cofounder of Synergistic Solutions International, a Raleigh-based drone company, talks about simulated BY KATHRYN TRODGON, DRONE FOOTAGE BY DJI A Bank of America audit manager said he watched in shock as a drone sped …
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Laws governing drones hard to enforce, civil aviation warns Julia Gregoriou was sitting in her courtyard in old Nicosia last Sunday when she heard a buzzing noise above. Looking up, she saw a drone hovering directly overhead. “It came over, really quite low down, and hovered there for at least a minute. I was so …
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Recent incidents like the arms dropping by unmanned aerial vehicles in Punjab from across the India-Pakistan border has alerted Indian security and intelligence agencies. NEW DELHI: India has an estimated over 6 lakh rogue or unregulated unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and security agencies are analysing modern anti-drone weapons like “sky fence” and “drone gun” to …
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