Tag: drones: Page 6

Weapons
Russia's Kalashnikov Making Small, Cheap Explosive Drone
The KUB is four feet wide, can fly for 30 minutes at a speed of 80 mph and carries six pounds of explosives, the news release says. That makes it roughly the size of a coffee table that can be guided to explode on a target 40 miles away — the equivalent of a “small, slow and presumably inexpensive cruise missile.”
February 27, 2019
Drone Bomb
Patrol
NYPD Wants Authority to Disable Drones Deemed a Threat
In 2018, Congress passed a law allowing federal law enforcement agencies to disable a drone—including shooting it down—but it would take additional federal legislation to give local law-enforcement agencies like the NYPD the same right.
February 18, 2019
Technology
FLIR Systems Acquires Aeryon Labs
FLIR Systems Inc. has acquired Aeryon Labs Inc., a leading developer of high-performance unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for the global military, public safety, and critical infrastructure markets.
January 29, 2019
Special Units
LAPD Uses UAV for First Time in Koreatown Standoff
Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department deployed an unmanned aerial vehicle for the first time during a standoff between SWAT and a robbery suspect in Koreatown late last week.
January 16, 2019
Technology
They're Watching Your Aircraft
The bad guys can track law enforcement aircraft in flight using a variety of readily available tools.
January 15, 2019
Unfortunately, tech-savvy criminals have learned how to provide their own counter-surveillance using publicly available aircraft tracking websites that can watch the operations of law enforcement aircraft.
Patrol
British Police Investigate Drone Incursion at Heathrow Airport
Departures were halted at Heathrow Airport just west of London on Tuesday due to a reported drone incursion into the airspace.
January 10, 2019
Heathrow
Technology
British Police Release 2 Arrested Following Gatwick Airport Drone Intrusion
Police in the United Kingdom have released two people—who have not yet been identified—arrested after an incursion of at least one drone into the airspace of Gatwick airport last week.
December 24, 2018
Technology
NYPD Deploying 14 Drones, Activists Oppose Plan
"Drone technology will give our cops and their incident commanders an opportunity to see what they're getting into before they go into harm's way," NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan said Tuesday. "This can now get us a lot closer into areas that a helicopter wouldn't be able to get into.”
December 5, 2018
Technology
Can You Legally Counter a Drone?
What can you do to protect the public and yourself from drones?
November 16, 2018
Deploying counter-drone technology by force to disrupt a drone's flight (including interfering with the operator of a drone) is potentially an act of aircraft piracy. (Photo: Getty Images)
Technology
Guardians in the Sky
Now that the FAA has relaxed its regulations for commercial drone operation by public safety agencies, more and more police departments want to add this tool to their capabilities.
November 16, 2018
A law enforcement UAS, or drone. Photo: Getty Images
Technology
Dallas Police Ask City Council for Permission to Acquire, Deploy Drones
The Dallas (TX) Police Department recently made their case to that city's Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee that the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for missions such as search and rescue would benefit the city.
October 23, 2018
Technology
E10T UAV Thermal Imaging and Video Camera
Yuneec International
Yuneec International has expanded its UAV payload offering with the E10T advanced thermal camera.
October 8, 2018
E10T UAV Thermal Imaging and Video Camera (Photo: Yuneec International)
Previous Page
Page 6 of 10
Next Page