Focus

New drone technology wins Innovation Radar Prize 2017

A new drone is making a buzz across Europe: its technology means that risky industrial inspections can become safer and more cost-effective.

4 December 2017

Next Series

The drone you can sit on and fly like a helicopter

Is it a drone? Is it a helicopter? No, it’s a Flike…a bit of both.

22 June 2017

World News

Europe bids to regulate drones with their popularity sky high

Brussels is moving to regulate small drones amid a huge increase in sightings of them flying near airplanes in Europe.

16 May 2017

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3D in the air

At Scladina cave in Belgium researchers are experimenting with ways to better study, protect and promote the archaeological site.

8 May 2017

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Takeaway: 3D in the air

No GPS, reduced space, plenty of obstacles, artificial lights… What´s this drone doing at this prehistoric cave?

8 May 2017

Sci-Tech

CeBIT: drones, robots, self-driving buses and smart homes

There is something in the air at the world's biggest computer fair in the German city of Hanover CeBIT

22 March 2017

China

Watch: Siberian tigers take on a drone in China

A pack of Siberian tigers in an enclosure in northeast China have engaged in a game of chase with a drone.

23 February 2017

France

Where Eagles Dare: France trains birds to bring down drones

The French Air Force is training baby eagles to bring down remote-controlled drones that have strayed into restricted airspace.

16 February 2017

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Europe's drone challenge: addressing the threat to scheduled air traffic

Integrating drones into airspace: what is being done to prevent drones straying dangerously close to passenger flights?

8 February 2017

USA

US pay drone strike victim's family

The US government has paid over €1 million to the family of a 37 year-old Italian aid worker who was killed by a US drone attack whilst being held hostage in…

16 September 2016

World News

'Claw drone' mimics bird of prey

A “clawed” drone that can perch like a bird and pick up objects is the latest addition to the crowded market for unmanned aerial vehicles.

13 September 2016

Sci-Tech

Farmers use drones to fight drought

In drought-stricken California, every drop counts.

12 September 2016

Sci-Tech

Rescue drones a new generation of lifeguards

Not quite Pamela Anderson in a red swimsuit, but a new generation of life saver.

31 August 2016

Afghanistan

Afghan-Pakistan ISIL leader killed in US drone strike

ISIL’s leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in a US drone strike.

12 August 2016

Business Planet

Here come the drones

Learn more about the enormous market potential of civilian jobs.

10 August 2016

Sci-Tech

Drones all the rage at CES Asia in Shanghai

Fast-growing markets such as robotics, virtual reality and especially drones were the main focus at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show Asia in

17 May 2016

World News

Drones detect illegal drink in Lithuania

The country is the largest consumer of alcohol in the EU

28 April 2016

Business Series

Japan: land of the rising drone - but only for golfers

The world's first commercial drone delivery service is being launched in Japan by the e-commerce giant Rakuten, but it is limited to delivering only to players on one golf course near Tokyo.

25 April 2016

United Kingdom

Drone hits plane landing at Heathrow

It had to happen, and now it has. After several near-misses and warnings from pilots and plane companies, a drone has hit a passenger jet trying to

18 April 2016

France

Air France plane narrowly avoids collision with drone

4 March 2016