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Drones measure wastewater treatment plants greenhouse emissions at greater levels than official estimates
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 Greenhouse gas emissions from many wastewater treatment plants may be more than twice as large as previously thought. A new study from Linkoping University demonstrates this using drones equipped with custom sensors to measure methane and nitrous oxide emissions. "We show that certain greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment plants have been unknown. Now that we know more about these emissions, we also know more about how they can be reduced," said Magnus Galfalk, docent at Tema M - Envi ... read more |
Drones, glide bombs and Patriots: weapons in Ukraine warKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 24, 2025 Ukraine's allies are gathering in London on Friday with President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushing for more long-range missiles to be delivered to Kyiv. ... more
Drone attack hits Khartoum airport area ahead of reopeningKhartoum (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 A drone attack struck an area near an international airport in Sudan's capital on Tuesday, witnesses said, one day before the army-backed government was due to reopen the facility for domestic flights for the first time in over two years. ... more
Drone attack hits Khartoum airport area ahead of reopening: eyewitnessesKhartoum (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 A drone attack struck the vicinity of Khartoum International Airport early Tuesday, one day before Sudanese authorities were due to reopen the facility for domestic flights for the first time in over two years. ... more
UK military to get new powers to shoot down dronesLondon (AFP) Oct 20, 2025 Britain's armed forces will get new powers to shoot down "unidentified" drones over military bases, Defence Minister John Healey said on Monday, after incidents across Europe have raised tensions with Russia. ... more |
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Next generation interceptor from Raytheon takes aim at drone warfareLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Raytheon, an RTX business, has revealed a prototype for its Next Generation Short Range Interceptor (NGSRI), a system designed to replace the combat-proven Stinger missile and meet the growing threa ... more
Germany joins EU nations with plans to shoot down unknown dronesWashington DC (UPI) Oct 8, 2025 Federal authorities in Germany were granted permission to shoot down drones following a series of recent sightings of unknown drones spotted near Munich. ... more
German police to get power to shoot down drones: ministerBerlin (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 German federal police will soon be allowed to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Wednesday, after a spate of drone sightings believed to be Russian efforts to spy and intimidate. ... more
From Donbas to the desert: Mali Tuaregs borrow Ukraine's war tacticsDakar (AFP) Oct 7, 2025 From explosive drones to inflatable decoy vehicles, Tuareg rebels in Mali have increasingly turned to tactics learnt from Ukrainian intelligence to strike the west African country's army and its Russian allies. ... more
Lockheed Martin Sikorsky unveils scalable Nomad drone family for autonomous long-range missionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 Less than a year after validating its rotor blown wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft in flight tests, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), has introduced the Nom ... more |
Ukraine finds Western parts in Russian drones, missiles: Zelensky
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 Ukraine found tens of thousands of foreign parts, some Western-made, in Russian drones and missiles fired on Ukraine over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday. "During the massive combined strike on Ukraine on the night of October 5, Russia used 549 weapon systems containing 102,785 foreign-made components," Zelensky said on social media, referring to an attack in the early hours of Sunday. Russia fired almost 500 drones and over 50 missiles at Ukraine that night, kill ... read more
Revolutionising the Skies: How Helsing's CA-1 Europa Drone Could Transform Autonomous WarfareBudapest, Hungary (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 Amid rising geopolitical tensions, Europe is accelerating its push into autonomous military technology. German AI defence firm Helsing recently unveiled its fully autonomous combat drone, the CA-1 E ... more |
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Russia reports power cuts after Ukraine drone barrageMoscow (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 Russia said a Ukrainian drone barrage triggered power cuts in one of its border regions - one of Kyiv's largest attacks of the war. ... more
French navy responds to drone threat with jamming and a 'wall of steel'Toulon, France (AFP) Oct 3, 2025 The 76-mm cannon fires three shells into the sky, shaking the floor of the bridge. "UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) destroyed," shouts a sailor on board the French frigate Lorraine, his eyes glued to binoculars. ... more
Swiss seek mini-drone defence systemGeneva (AFP) Oct 3, 2025 Switzerland's military said Friday it plans to acquire a defence system against "mini-drones", after several European countries recently reported incursions into their airspace, pointing the finger at Russia. ... more
EU eyes building 'drone wall': question is, what is it?Copenhagen (AFP) Oct 2, 2025 European Union leaders are discussing setting up a "drone wall" of defences after high-profile air incursions by Russia. ... more
Lithuania builds shelters as drones prowl border skiesVilnius (AFP) Oct 2, 2025 Recent drone sorties over Lithuania and its neighbours have sparked fears of a full-scale Russian attack, prompting the small Baltic country to encourage the building of bomb shelters. ... more |
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