The UK government has announced a series of measures that will provide police with increased powers to fight and prevent the misuse of drones, alongside stricter controls relating to ownership of the unmanned vehicles.
Among the proposals, which will be fitted into the Draft Drones Bill 2019, police can request evidence from drone users in the event that there's 'reasonable suspicion of an offence' having taken place, with minor drone offences also punishable though fixed penalty notices.
Regulation that first saw a ban on drones flying above 400ft and within 1km of UK airport boundaries in July 2018, has been further consolidated
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Cummings Aerospace presented its turbojet-powered Hellhound loitering munition at SOF Week 2025, offering a man-portable solution aligned with the US Army’s LASSO requirements.
PDW has revealed its Attritable Multirotor First Person View drone at SOF Week 2025, offering special operations forces a low-cost, rapidly deployable platform for strike and ISR missions, inspired by battlefield lessons from Ukraine.
Teledyne FLIR is highlighting the emerging requirements for 'recoverable and re-usable' loitering munitions across the contemporary operating environment during this week’s SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida.
High-performance maritime industry player Kraken Technology Group, based in the UK, has used the SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida this week to debut its K3 Scout uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to the North American market.
Red Cat and Palladyne AI recently conducted a cross-platform collaborative flight involving three diverse heterogeneous drones.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has driven another stage of evolution for drones and the counter measures to defend against them.
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