Control engineering

55 violations were by UAVs

The Romanian Ministry of Defence has sought parliament's approval to buy three Bayraktar TB2 systems from Turkey at an estimated cost of 300 million US dollars, according to a document submitted to the legislature.

In levels 1 and 2, the driver can be assisted by the autonomous driving systems

Threats growing from the use of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for spying and eavesdropping purposes have rapidly increased the demand for anti-drone jammer systems, with Turkish defense firm ASELSAN commencing research to develop such technology.

State-owned Bulgarian arms producer VMZ Sopot has signed a technology transfer contract with Israel's Aeronautics, allowing VMZ Sopot to start producing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), the economy ministry said on Thursday, reports Reuters. 

But so far there has been no official explanation about whose drones those were.

Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic at the time responded to questions in the Assembly about media reports that "drones had been flying over Serbia" - to say they had not been shot down "because it was estimated they were not a threat to the security of Serbia."

The United Nations' aviation agency is backing the creation of a single global drone registry, as part of broader efforts to come up with common rules for flying and tracking unmanned aircraft.

It started out as a glorified robotic flying scarecrow. Soon it evolved into a smart farming tool that is changing the way we produce food.

After the founders of US drone maker PrecisionHawk were asked by a vineyard owner if their device could be used to scare away birds, they soon started seeing all sorts of new possibilities.

A “very close” US ally used a $3 million Patriot missile to shoot down a quadcopter drone — which sells on Amazon for $200, according to reports.

“They shot it down with a Patriot missile,” Gen. David Perkins said in a video shared by the US Army on YouTube, the Independent of the UK reported. “Now that worked, they got it, OK, and we love Patriot missiles.”

Italy, France and Germany agreed on May 18 to develop a European drone program for reconnaissance and surveillance, seeking to inject momentum into a proposal first considered in 2013 to reduce reliance on U.S. and Israeli technology.