#drones

The Turkish Cypriot police on Thursday announced that the use of personal drones has been banned until further notice in the region surrounding Ercan (Tymbou) airport, following the deployment of ...

Ukrainian manufacturers of cheap interceptor drones designed to knock out enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) say they have the capacity to export in large volumes, amid enquiries from the United ...

Two British AW159 Wildcat helicopters with anti-drone capabilities have arrived at RAF Akrotiri on Friday, reinforcing the island’s defences following an Iranian-made drone strike earlier this week. Defence secretary ...

The British bases’ authorities on Monday said it is planning a “temporary dispersal” of non-essential staff at the Akrotiri air force base after the base was hit by a drone ...

The government is “monitoring the situation” after the British Akrotiri air force base was struck by a drone at around midnight, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. He wrote ...

A Turkish combat drone, likely a Bayraktar TB2 or a Bayraktar Akinci, was circling in the skies above Cyprus on Saturday afternoon, east of Kyrenia, near the village of Ayios ...

Drones have become a common sight across Europe — capturing sunsets, coastlines and city skylines from angles once reserved for helicopters. But while consumer drone technology is increasingly accessible, regulations surrounding ...

The House last week passed a law providing for stiffer fines for fly-tipping but at the same time MPs cautioned that lax enforcement makes the legislation moot. Under the changes, ...

The US military on Tuesday shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, the US military said, in an incident first ...

Greece will cooperate with Israel on anti-drone systems and cybersecurity, Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday after meeting his Israeli counterpart in Athens. “We agreed to exchange views ...

Monday marked an important milestone for the National Guard, said force chief Lieutenant General Emmanuel Theodorou, as it demonstrated that Cyprus can produce technologically advanced defence systems capable of competing ...

Russia said on Thursday that Ukraine had launched a major aerial attack with at least 287 drones downed over a number of regions including Moscow. Russia’s defence ministry said at ...

The police’s efforts to procure anti-drone systems turned into a fiasco dragging on for seven years, until finally the endeavour was dropped altogether, the Audit Office said in a ...

European leaders are increasingly alarmed by a surge in drone sightings and airspace violations across the continent, incidents many view as part of a growing campaign of “hybrid warfare.” European ...

Norway’s Oslo Airport temporarily paused one or several landings early on Monday after a report of a drone sighting near the airport, its operator Avinor said. “One or more ...

Munich airport said on Saturday it was gradually resuming flights from 7am (0500 GMT), with delays expected through the day, hours after both runways were closed for the second time in ...

A Russian drone attack killed a French photojournalist on Friday in eastern Ukraine on the frontline of the 3-1/2-year-old war with Russia, the Ukrainian military said. The Fourth Separate ...

Drone sightings overnight at Germany’s Munich airport led to the cancellation and diversion of dozens of flights on the eve of a national holiday, leaving nearly 3,000 passengers stranded, and ...

Denmark said on Thursday that drone incursions that briefly shut two of its airports and affected military installations overnight were hybrid attacks intended to spread fear, but said it did ...

Denmark’s Aalborg airport, used for commercial and military flights, was closed due to drones in its airspace, police said early on Thursday, two days after the country’s main ...

Denmark said drones that halted flights at its main airport on Monday were the most serious attack yet on its critical infrastructure and linked them to a series of suspected ...

Poland has banned drone flights and introduced restrictions affecting mostly small, non-commercial air traffic along its eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine following this week’s drone incursions into its ...

The use of private drones during “firefighting operations” is banned, the civil aviation department said on Wednesday. It said that drones “have been reported flying dangerously close to manned aircraft ...

A Russian drone attack on Monday killed two people on a moped in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region near the border, regional police said. A police report on the Telegram ...