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US bans drone flights near Portland buildings at centre of anti-police protests

2020-07-22T23:39:26+0000

The Federal Aviation Authority has banned drone flights below 1,000 feet (305m) within a nautical mile (1.85km) of Portland's Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt ...

Man Gets 42 Months in Prison for Illegal Drone Part Export

2020-07-22T20:45:11+0000

From 2009 to 2011, Usama Hamade conspired to export drone components to a foreign terrorist organization. According to the Department of Justice, the drone parts and technology were sent to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. Usama and his older brother, Issam, were arrested in South Africa in February 2018 and extradited to the U.S. In May, the 55-year-old pleaded guilty to conspiring to export inertial measurement units, digital compasses, piston engines, recording binoculars and a jet engine without proper licenses. On July 20, a Minnesota judge sentenced Usama Hamade to 42 months in prison. Usama's brother Issam pleaded guilty in March and is facing up to five years in prison for his role as a co-conspirator. As of September 2019, a third co-conspirator, Samir Berro, remained at large.

Getting the perfect drone sh..!

2020-07-22T19:04:26+0000

OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: Man taking a drone shot of a horse then got hit by it lol ...

Australian garbage dump fined after drone discovers violations

2020-07-22T17:44:03+0000

Drone usage. The EPA received an operating certificate from the country's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) to allow the use of drones in and ...

Second wave of drones deployed to fight mosquitoes in India

2020-07-22T17:44:03+0000

Drones vs. mosquitoes. People have been using drones to take on disease-carrying mosquitoes for some time now. DJI's agricultural spraying drone, ...

Canadian drone company gets one-year permit for long-range flights

2020-07-22T17:44:02+0000

A drone company in Canada has been granted a one-year permit for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flights. Transport Canada is allowing In-flight data to use drones day or night, anywhere in Canada, providing the risk to public safety is low.

Company develops drone to clean stadiums in 3 hours

2020-07-22T17:44:02+0000

Nick Brucker, co-founder of Aeras Fog Company in Pennsylvania, breaks down how the drone could disinfect a stadium in three hours on 'Fox &; Friends.'