Tag: Drones
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Huge deal for Rheinmetall: German Army modernises drone fleet
Following the approval of the Bundestag, the German Army procures 65 new reconnaissance drones. These are also to be allowed to fly over densely populated areas. This is an absolute novelty. The German Army is buying a new medium-range drone system. The Bundeswehr’s procurement office signed a contract to this effect with Rheinmetall on Thursday. […]
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German police under critique for training mass murderers in Saudi Arabia
Germany and the U.S. may have trained mass-murdering border guards in Saudi Arabia. The Bundeswehr was also involved in some measures. The government lies about details of trainings. Under a 2009 “security agreement” between the German government and Riyadh, the German Federal Police trained thousands of officers from security agencies in Saudi Arabia. As such, […]
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Security gap in blue-light vehicles: Locations of Rosenbauer technology accessible on the Internet
The German hacker collective “Zerforschung” was able to locate around 4300 vehicles of fire departments, police and military worldwide. The group does not reveal whether police water cannons are among them. Customers of the Austrian Rosenbauer Group can call up geodata with precise coordinates of their commercial vehicles via a “live location” function. This data […]
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Libya banned Frontex flights: Planes ignore instructions, drones follow them
In addition to Sea-Watch, Frontex was also banned from flying in the central Mediterranean by Libyan authorities. Experts consider these to be illegal. Frontex and Airbus assign responsibility to each other. For ten months last year, an aircraft belonging to the sea rescue organization Sea-Watch was only able to conduct limited reconnaissance after authorities from […]