Security • law enforcement • countermeasures

Spain’s Quaternium equips Benidorm police with long endurance c-drone, authorized for BVLOS

March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 Sean DALY1755

Quaternium, a Spanish startup founded in 2013 by José Luis Cortés in València, has started a first responder pilot program with Policía Local de Benidorm featuring the HYBRiX.20 hybrid fuel-electric drone.

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CNN interviews man claiming to be Maduro assassination attempt organizer

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019 Sean DALY748

CNN has published a report following an interview with a man claiming to be the organizer of the August 4 assassination attempt in Caracas on Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, using two drones.

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DJI updates GEO 2.0 geofencing database for Europe, and the mystery of the missing nuclear plant

February 19, 2019February 26, 2019 Sean DALY1405

China's DJI announced on February 12 that the firm would replace AirMap with Altitude Angel as the provider of cartographic data for Europe for in the 2.0 version of its "geofencing" Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) system.

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Fortem demonstrates DroneHunter anti-drone tech for legislators

February 12, 2019 Sean DALY1204

Fortem Technologies, a Utah-based company which counts Boeing's HorizonX among its investors, put on an anti-drone show for legislators on February 11 at the Utah State Capitol building in Salt Lake City.

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France: Greenpeace flies two c-drones over nuclear site in Normandy, drops ignited flare on roof

January 26, 2019 Sean DALY2056

The environmental group Greenpeace France flew two c-drones -- one of which ignited and dropped a distress flare canister -- over the world's largest nuclear fuel processing facility at La Hague on the Cotentin peninsula of Normandy. There was no damage reported.

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US: CyPhy Works becomes Aria Insights, in shift to hardware plus AI

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 Sean DALY739

CyPhy Works, based in Massachusetts, has renamed itself Aria Insights and announced a shift beyond drone production to drone-based data processing and reporting.

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UK: New c-drone measures announced; in Parliament, transport minister calls for life sentence for Gatwick drone pilot

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Sean DALY874

The UK Government has published its response to last year's public consultation concerning drones and in a parliamentary debate announcing new measures, Chris Grayling, the transport minister, called for life sentences for those responsible for the disruptions at Gatwick Airport.

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Dedrone studies drone traffic near four UK airports

January 1, 2019January 6, 2019 Sean DALY802

Dedrone Inc., a supplier of drone detection and tracking technology, has conducted a study of c-drone incursions at four UK airports using radio frequency (RF) sensors.

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Vinci acquires controlling stake in drone-targeted Gatwick Airport, citing growth potential

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 Sean DALY652

Vinci Airports, a unit of French concession and construction giant Vinci Group, has announced the acquisition of a controlling stake (50.01%) in London Gatwick Airport.

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Gatwick travel mess: Suspects released; police say there may not have been genuine drone activity; damaged drone found; airport offers reward

December 23, 2018December 28, 2018 Sean DALY473

The Gatwick débâcle took new twists and turns as Sussex police investigating the drone incursions at Gatwick Airport this week have released the two suspects detained two days ago and said there may not have been genuine drone activity in the first place while a damaged drone was found near the airport, which offered a £ 50,000 reward for information.

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