Tag: Switzerland

  • German Bundeswehr: Heavy drone first time flies in regular air traffic

    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…

  • Third accident in three years: Hermes 900 becomes a crash drone

    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…

  • New Western Balkans hub for Europol and Frontex

    New Western Balkans hub for Europol and Frontex

    Although the EU agencies can now cooperate more closely with selected third countries, there have hardly been any formats for the political and strategic agreement of border police measures outside the Schengen area. Austria has now created facts for South…

  • First type certificate: Israeli drone may fly domestic missions in future

    First type certificate: Israeli drone may fly domestic missions in future

    Arms manufacturers want to market their long-range drones for interior ministries or agriculture, but to do so they must fly over populated areas. Market leaders are working feverishly to obtain the necessary permits. For the first time, the Israeli Civil…