Sun-baked Tolleson mornings typically hum with delivery corridors, not collision alerts. Yet today, two Prime Air delivery drones tangled with a construction crane near a fulfillment center, leaving a morning quiet shattered by metal and whirring propellers. Recent Trends FAA safety standards tighten for delivery drones Urban air mobility expands in Phoenix area Public acceptance...

A tense calm broke over the Atlantic when French naval boarding teams moved in on a Benin-flagged tanker suspected of ties to Russia’s drone program. The operation, conducted in international waters, underscored how modern sanctions are enforced not just on paper but in practice at sea. Recent Trends The EU expands drone sanctions enforcement across...

Britain aims to sprint into a future powered by autonomous drones and unmanned boats, yet a regulatory labyrinth is slowing every test flight and sea trial. Industry engineers say UK drone testing is hampered by red tape that lags behind the pace of technology and undermines fast-cycle development. The consequence is a widening gap between...

Cartel FPV Drones: US Adaptation Imperative Across the borderlands and cyberspace, a new capability is moving from theory to practice in the illicit world: cartel FPV drones that are cheap to buy, fast to deploy, and deadly accurate. These platforms, rooted in the world of high‑speed drone racing, are being repurposed for reconnaissance, smuggling, and...

Skyways over city streets are growing noisier with the hum of drones and the glow of cameras. Drones equipped with license plate reader capability are turning the open air into a data corridor, catching plate numbers from angles never before accessible. This drone ALPR capability lets authorities read plates mid-flight, expanding surveillance far beyond fixed...

Civil drones ban: Denmark tightens airspace ahead of EU summit Denmark has ordered a weeklong ban on civil drones as authorities brace for two major European gatherings, including an informal EU leaders summit and the European Political Community meeting. The move follows a sequence of unmanned aircraft sightings over sensitive military sites across the country,...

Danish Drone Ban Tightens Airspace Ahead of EU Summits Denmark has ordered a week-long ban on civil drones as EU leaders prepare for informal summits, after a third wave of drone sightings near sensitive military sites. Drones were spotted over several sites on Sunday, including Denmark’s largest military base housing F-16 and F-35 jets and...

EU Unveils Drone Wall to Detect and Intercept Violators In a bold bid to safeguard airspace along its eastern borders, the European Union announced a plan to deploy a drone wall along frontiers with Russia and Ukraine. The system aims to detect, track, and, where permitted by law, intercept drones that violate restricted airspace. The...

EU Plans Drone Wall to Detect and Intercept Violators In a bold bid to strengthen border defenses, European defense ministers are weighing a plan to erect a drone wall along sections of the EU eastern frontier. The concept envisions a layered airspace shield designed to detect, track, and potentially neutralize unauthorized unmanned aircraft that intrude...

Drone Wall: EU Expands Detection and Countermeasures European defense ministers on September 26 signaled a major shift in border security policy by endorsing a layered approach to a “drone wall” along sensitive frontiers with Russia and Ukraine. The plan is designed to improve detection, tracking, and, if necessary, neutralization of unauthorized aerial incursions that could...