Tag: EMSA
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Vertical take-off: German military buys modernised reconnaissance drones
After more than a decade, the Bundeswehr is replacing its 145 quadrocopters with a revised model. It comes from the same company, is foldable and can mark targets. The overall system in the backpack weighs 15 kilograms. The Armed Forces’…
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Maritime surveillance: Spy satellites in Frontex operation
Electronic intelligence from space has long been the business of intelligence agencies and the military. Miniaturized technology and Musk’s SpaceX company are now making this interesting for border agencies. Even radars from ships are to be scanned unnoticed by satellites.…
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German Bundeswehr: Heavy drone first time flies in regular air traffic
A new EU certificate allows drones over 25 kilograms to fly beyond visual range in civil and military airspace. But there have been crashes. The German Armed Forces Procurement Office tested a drone for the first time in military airspace…
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Third accident in three years: Hermes 900 becomes a crash drone
An Elbit drone has crashed in the Philippines. In Israel, the manufacturer received the world’s only permission to fly in civil airspace, despite similar incidents. Soon Switzerland will follow. An unmanned aerial vehicle of the type Hermes 900 suffered total…