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Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 12:36 pm Press Release: Kapiti Coast Airport LTD Police investigated a drone flying in the Kapiti Coast Airport vicinity after a plane coming into land spotted it at approximately 500ft. Airport chief executive Chris Simpson said the activity was unauthorised. “The person flying the drone had not notified us or sought our…
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Drugs were dropped from a drone yesterday on the property of Brunswick Academy, a private school in rural Brunswick County, Virginia USA. Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office says the package, which contained marijuana, tobacco and cellphones, was likely intended for the nearby Lawrenceville Correctional Center. It also weighed about five pounds – which when dropped from…
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Calls emerge to update federal ‘line-of-sight’ regulations to assist in some emergencies In 2019, the federal government adopted a wide range of strict regulations governing the use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in Canadian airspace — rules that applied to both professionals and hobbyists. Among the regulations: drones would, unless an exemption was granted, have…
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              Drones could soon be as essential as ambulances when it comes to the future of emergency response missions. The first responders are now aided by an extra set of eyes in the sky when responding to emergency situations. According to Mike Johnson, Regional Emergency Management Coordinator for Cumberland…
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Drone adoption in the oil and gas industry initially revolves around strategic deployments for remote monitoring and surveillance of assets during regular operations and in emergency situations. Drones are primarily used in the oil and gas industry for remote monitoring and surveillance. This covers infrastructure, equipment, tankers and trucks, and other assets. Drones can provide…
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CASA has developed a suite of standard scenarios that may be used to apply for BVLOS operations. To date, CASA has assessed BVLOS applications on a case-by-case basis according to the SORA process, with the process individually repeated for each new application. With increasing numbers of BVLOS applications being submitted, CASA has chosen to create…
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Department 13 volunteers cutting-edge assistance to search for potential evidence in some of the ACT’s long-standing unsolved murders and disappearances. Like something out of a sci-fi film, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology of Department 13 has the capability to assist in new ways in old investigations. This could include that of 20-year-old Keren Rowland,…
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From the perspective of history, the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan may be most significant as the driver of a step-change in drone warfare. In 2000, the U.S. Air Force and CIA did not have a single armed drone; by the end of 2001 drone strikes had become an important tactic against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Since…
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  Read the National Emerging Aviation Technologies (NEAT) Policy Statement here. To find out how Department 13 technology can assist your industry or specific requirements, contact us for an initial confidential discussion. …
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  The Taliban have been weaponizing commercially available drones into their arsenal for some time. SAYED KARAM, PAKTIA, AFGHANISTAN —  While the Taliban have since at least 2016 used camera-equipped commercial drones to film propaganda footage, it was, as far as it could be determined, only in early October 2020 that they began to use such…
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