China Flying a Drone over Taiwan while US Speaker Pelosi Visits Regardless Warnings
As tensions between the US and China over a possible visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan hogs the global limelight, recently, China’s TB-001 UAV flew around Taiwan’s eastern waters completely undetected. The UAV was initially tested as a fire-extinguishing aircraft and had tremendous demand within China’s domestic market. It was flown […]
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UVID Dronetech – Conference and Exhibition – Tel Aviv and Yeruham, Israel
UVID Dronetech – Conference and Exhibition – Tel Aviv and Yeruham, Israel – November 9th and 10th 2022 UVID Dronetech#10 is the most significant, largest and prestigious UAS\Drones event in Israel, also known as one of the largest in the world, will focus on the strategic view of the Civil, Security, and Defense domains (more […]
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Russia-Ukraine War: Drones Found Powerful Tool for Intelligence Gathering and Lethal Attacks
The images on the laptop are of a ghost town. The camera looking down, swivels and zooms in on a burnt-out school. Sitting in the back of a Ukrainian military van, hidden under camouflage netting, Sacha monitors video from a surveillance drone. His team just launched the drone off a 30-foot-long slingshot. It’s now […]
Drones First Responder for Emergency Medical Services
Drone technology has ceased to be just a mere fanciful and impractical aspect of Hollywood blockbusters, making headway into almost every aspect of modern industries and services. Naturally, healthcare isn’t far behind in leveraging this nifty and reliable tech to its advantage. Let’s see how deep penetration of this aerial supply chain wonder gadget has […]
AUDROS cUAS System Captures Threatening Drones with a Net
Compared to other interception systems, which operate by shooting down or electrically paralyzing the intruding drone, the AUDROS (AUtonomous DROne System) solution provides a fully safe alternative that poses no risk to people or property in the removal of its target. The tests were conducted using Fly4Future’s Eagle One drone, which would take off […]
U.S.-Mexico Border: Update on Casualties, Migrant Routes, Smugglers and Social Media Activities
With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past weekly updates here. Leaked data show that 2022 is already the worst year on record for deaths of migrants on the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border. Mayors’ complaints indicate that Texas and Arizona governors’ […]
INTERPOL: World Day Time for Coordinating Efforts in Fighting Human Trafficking
France: Human trafficking constitutes a modern form of slavery, denying people their dignity and basic rights. It is a crime that knows no borders, affecting people of all ages and regions worldwide. In the eyes of organised crime networks, victims of this crime are a commodity for economic profit, to be exploited and sold. […]
Canada: Pope Francis’s Visit Concludes Safely with Officials’ Statement
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada: We recognise this statement may contain information that is difficult for many, and that our efforts to honour Survivors and families may act as an unwelcome reminder for those who have suffered hardships through generations of government policies that were harmful to Indigenous Peoples. The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister […]
UK: Joint Statement with The French Police and Border Forces
Joint statement from UK and French agencies on the shared border management. The Director General of Border Force, Phil Douglas and the Deputy Director General of the French Police Aux Frontières, Brigitte Lafourcade, have made a joint statement today on the shared border management. Statement by UK Border Force and French Police aux Frontières […]
Texas Border: Rio Grande Valley Agents Identified Illegals in Smuggling Attempts
Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents apprehend 24 migrants from two vehicle stops and a stash house. On July 28, Texas Game Warden officers observed numerous individuals load into a Ford F250 pickup truck near Mission and notified RGV agents. A Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) trooper located the vehicle and […]
Texas: Hebbronville Patrol Station Busts Human Smuggling Attempt
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Hebbronville Station working with Webb County Constable Precinct 3 stopped a human smuggling attempt near Mirando City, Texas. The incident occurred on July 26, when agents spotted a suspicious box truck travelling on State Highway 359. The driver drove off the highway through a ranch fence […]
US: K9 Detection Teams Discover 70 Kg of Methamphetamine in Two Vehicles
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen and two undocumented individuals, in two separate events, accused of smuggling narcotics for further travel into the United States on Thursday. The first incident occurred at approximately 11 a.m., when a 2018 Nissan Rouge approached the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint. The agent inspecting […]
US: Border Protection Agencies Arrest 50 Illegal Guatemalans in Texas Stash House
U.S. Border Patrol agents working with local law enforcement successfully shut down a suspected stash house and caught several undocumented people in Laredo, Texas. The incident occurred on July 24, when agents from Laredo South Station acted on a request for assistance from Texas Department of Public Safety troopers with a suspected stash house […]
UK: National Air Traffic Services Joined Forces with the BVLOS Operations Forum
Pioneering companies in the emerging uncrewed aviation industry have joined forces in a forum established by air traffic control leader NATS, to break through the barriers to the UK industry’s development. The BVLOS Operations Forum, which includes the UK’s leading beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operators, brings together organisations at the cutting edge of uncrewed flight to […]
US Army: Chief of Staff McConville Warns on Unreadiness in Dangerous Times
From COVID-19 response to supporting allies and partners in Eastern Europe, the Army has shown it is ready, versatile and able to respond quickly whenever the nation calls, the service’s top general officer said. “We can do a lot of things that the nation asks us to do, but that’s not really our reason […]
France: Concerns Hangs over the 2024 Paris Olympic Games Cybersecurity
As the Paris Olympics approach, public and private players in the IT security sector are working together as best, they can. Paris has seen big for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP) 2024. It is still necessary to succeed in securing its ambitions. However, two years from the opening of the JOP in Paris, […]
Slovenia Forecasts $1.5 billion Defence Budget for 2027 while Russia’s War Continue
Slovenia is set to increase its defence spending over the next five years to reach $1.53 billion by 2027, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that the country is now set to meet NATO’s target of spending 2% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defence. GlobalData’s latest report, ‘Slovenia […]
UK Defence Secretary Meets with Slovakian Counterpart on Ukraine Support
Ben Wallace, the first Defence Secretary to visit Slovakia in over a decade, met with Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad in Bratislava for talks on how we can work even more closely to enhance our support. The Defence Secretary visited Slovakia today (Mon 25 July) to meet his counterpart and discuss our joint work to […]