Drones

Ireland will be better defended by the time Dublin takes over the EU Presidency this summer, Helen McEntee has promised.  Ireland will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1st July until 31st December, meaning large numbers of EU leaders will visit Dublin at various points. …

The counter-drone weapon that caused a shutdown of El Paso's airspace on Wednesday was AeroVironment's LOCUST, a 20-kilowatt laser system, Axios has confirmed.Why it matters: The Army sees the cutting-edge weapon as a way to combat drones without firing expensive interceptors. But the Federal Aviation Administration was so concerned about…

The top US aviation agency has lifted a surprise 10-day closure of airspace above the US-Mexico border town of El Paso, Texas, just hours after it abruptly announced that it would close off the skies for “special security reasons”. While some officials claimed that Mexican cartel drones had invaded US…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United States wants to push Kyiv and Moscow toward ending the war before the start of summer, comments that came as Russia launched another overnight barrage of missiles and drones against Ukraine's energy infrastructure. In remarks released by his office on February 7, Zelenskyy…

Modern drones are efficient and versatile, but Moscow-based startup Neiry believes pigeons are superior because of their greater range, endurance, and ability to access hard-to-reach locations. They don’t require batteries, can fly in different weather conditions, and they are easily replaceable. But how does one control a pigeon as they…

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Imagine you're out in the field filming, you've brought your drone for high-quality shots, but you cannot fly it because of FAA regulations. You want to get some ground shots, but can't because you didn't bring a backup camera. That's…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed at least a dozen people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take…

Indirect prompt injection occurs when a bot takes input data and interprets it as a command. We've seen this problem numerous times when AI bots were fed prompts via web pages or PDFs they read. Now, academics have shown that self-driving cars and autonomous drones will follow illicit instructions that…

Russia launched a ballistic missile and more than 100 drones at Ukraine overnight, none of which hit Kyiv, after US President Donald Trump's statement that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to pause air strikes on the capital and other "various towns" until February 1. The Ukrainian Air Force reported…

Ukrainian drones have wiped out 15 of Vladimir Putin's military aircraft on Russian airfields deep behind the front lines following Operation Spiderweb.  Dramatic footage showed drones successfully striking the planes across five different military bases, although Ukraine has not indicated exactly when the attack took place. Ukraine's spy service, the SBU,…