Tag: Military

  • “Discover, identify and interfere”: The MUROS from Meckenheim

    “Discover, identify and interfere”: The MUROS from Meckenheim

    A German company builds special vehicles with surveillance technology. They film demonstrations, wiretap telephones or coordinate swarms of drones at EU external borders. In the EU security research project ROBORDER, European border authorities are testing various drones for controlling land…

  • Rheinmetall builds armed drone tank

    Rheinmetall builds armed drone tank

    More and more states have unmanned land vehicles that can be armed or used for surveillance. Programmed missions are carried out completely autonomous. The Rheinmetall armaments group has developed a “Multimission Unmanned Ground Vehicle” (MMUGV) that is about to go…

  • German Armed Forces drones complete 87,000 flight hours

    German Armed Forces drones complete 87,000 flight hours

    The Bundeswehr currently has more than 630 drones. More are to follow, and next year the giant PEGASUS drone will be ordered.  The German military drones have already completed more than 87,000 flight hours. This was written by the Federal…

  • “In fact, Frontex is now flying for the Libyan coastguard”

    “In fact, Frontex is now flying for the Libyan coastguard”

    Frontex gets more resources and powers. Setting the course before elections to the EU Parliament. A conversation with Matthias Monroy The EU wants to perfect the moat of its Fortress Europe and transform the European Agency for Border and Coast…