US drone manufacturer General Atomics is to fly one of the updated versions of the Predator drone – dubbed SkyGuardian by the company but named as the ‘Protector’ by the MoD – into the UK next month. The drone will… Read More ›
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Revealed: internal discussions between MoD and regulators on flying Predator drones in UK
Details of discussions between the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on plans to allow the RAF’s upgraded version of the US Predator drone to be flown within the UK have been released following a Freedom… Read More ›
Drone Wars: Surveying the home front
Today Statewatch and Drone Wars UK are co-publishing a new report into the use of unmanned drones in UK airspace. Back from the Battlefield: Domestic Drones in the UK written by Chris Jones of Statewatch examines the current use of… Read More ›
Civil drones join military drones falling from the skies
As regular readers will know, Drone Wars UK tracks crashes of the larger type II and III military UAVs in our Drone Crash Database (details of UAV classifications here). We have just updated our list with a further six crashes during… Read More ›
Extent of unmanned drone use within UK civil airspace revealed
Analysis of information received in response to a series of Freedom of Information requests to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has revealed that around fifty to sixty companies and public bodies per year are being granted “blanket permission” to fly… Read More ›
Drones: PR, Proliferation and Prangs in the Pacific
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) have continued their excellent work exposing US drone strikes in Pakistan by publishing extensive new research. According to their research, more than 160 children are among at least 2,292 people reported killed in US… Read More ›
Investigation into Drone and Helicopter near miss
The Guardian has revealed that a British Desert Hawk III drone was in a near collision with two military helicopters over Salisbury Plain. The incidents, revealed by safety investigations by the UK Airprox Board, took place on February 12th. According to the Guardian, the… Read More ›
Investigation into Drone and Helicopter near miss
The Guardian has revealed that a British Desert Hawk III drone was in a near collision with two military helicopters over Salisbury Plain. The incidents, revealed by safety investigations by the UK Airprox Board, took place on February 12th. According to the Guardian, the… Read More ›
Surveillance drones in the UK?
Speaking about armed drones to a group in Essex last night I was asked about the use of drones to spy on people in the UK. I get this question regularly since the Guardian reported in January that a number… Read More ›
