A couple arrested when armed police stormed their home and held them for 36 hours over the Gatwick Airport drone chaos have received £200,000 in compensation and an apology. Paul and Elaine Gait have settled their claims for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment against Sussex Police, their legal team announced today. Drone sightings near the … Read more
Now that’s a bookmobile! Google’s drone delivery service Wing will now bring books to children in Virginia to make up for school library closures due to COVID-19 Christiansburg, Virginia students can now order library books for drone delivery Google’s Wing drone delivery service has partnered with the local school library Students submit requests for the … Read more
After a nine minute trip into orbit and a few hundred mile journey to the coast of Florida, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has finally returned home. The rocket pulled into Port Canaveral aboard the firm’s drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ after launching NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley toward the International … Read more
Police want to talk to the owner of a drone who may have captured footage of two yobs throwing stones at an angler before he died. Father-of-five Charlie Hilder, 66, was on a small boat in a lake when he reportedly had rocks thrown at him. The pensioner is understood to have called the police … Read more
An RAF radar technician has captured the wild, desolate and beautiful landscapes of the Falkland Islands in stunning drone footage. Paul Bromham, 38, from Swansea, Wales, started filming during his time-off while hiking. His edited video shows the sharp contrast in scenery from vast white stone runs (sometimes called stone rivers) to rolling boggy mounds … Read more
Incredible moment US Navy uses new high-energy LASER WEAPON to shoot down a drone during its first ever at-sea test US Navy revealed a new high-energy laser, Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD), on Friday The weapon’s first ever at-sea test was conducted on May 16 and shared by officials on Friday The weapon shot down a drone … Read more
Romania may well be the home of Dracula, but the country definitely won’t fill you with horror, as these incredible drone photographs show. They were taken by Radio Free Europe photographer Amos Chapple, from New Zealand, during a recent road trip through the southeastern European country. His images reveal ancient fortified churches, charming towns and rugged … Read more
A drone has captured breathtaking footage of Europe’s largest glacier. Italian photographer Stefano Tiozzo, 33, filmed a series of unique aerial images of the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland throughout February 2019. It is the largest ice cap in Europe by volume and at its deepest point it is 1,000 metres (3,280ft) thick. Incredible drone footage … Read more
Amazon repurposes drone division to have workers make hundreds of thousands of face shields that the company intends to sell to frontline workers at a lower price than competitors Amazon is repurposing its drone division to make face shields The shields will be sold at-cost and will be ready in the next few weeks It’s … Read more
A stunning light show lit up the night sky over Philadelphia to honor the frontline workers battling the coronavirus. Around 150 illuminated unmanned aerial vehicles flew above Franklin Field Stadium and created a range of medical symbols, along with a ringing Liberty Bell and the message ‘Thank u heroes.’ The event was designed by the … Read more