Tag: Heron TP
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Gaza drones: German government was entitled to rely on assurances from Israel, court rules against a Palestinian
A Palestinian spent nearly two years fighting to force Berlin to restrict Israel’s use of two German-leased drones – and lost. The Higher Administrative Court in Münster confirmed a ruling by the Cologne Administrative Court, finding that the conditions for…
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Israel’s state-owned arms company IAI agrees with Berlin mayor for production in the capital
The arms manufacturer IAI is planning production facilities in Berlin – and rival Elbit Systems is also pushing into the German market, having signed a similar partnership with Diehl Defence for kamikaze drones. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is Israel’s largest…
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Research for Elbit: German University overrides own ethics ruling with second project concerning Israeli military drones
TU Dresden’s rectorate approved a €30,000 research contract with Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems — overriding its own ethics commission, which had voted almost unanimously against it. The commission was subsequently dissolved. It is not the university’s first collaboration with…
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Third crash of Israeli Frontex drone, details remain secret – military in Malta claims to have recovered wreckage
Once again, a Frontex drone has crashed into the Mediterranean – this time off Malta. Officially, the authorities speak of an emergency landing due to technical problems. Flights with a twin drone were briefly halted in Greece after the incident.…