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Egypt, Turkey enter new era of military cooperation with joint production of ‘Hamza’ drones

Egyptian-Turkish cooperation is witnessing rapid advancements in the defense industry, as both nations officially enter the phase of joint Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) manufacturing for the first time. Major General Mokhtar Abdel Latif, Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI), revealed a strategic partnership with Turkish firms to produce ‘Hamza’ drones in Egypt. In …

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Rockets, howitzers and suicide drones: US and Taiwan announce one of their biggest-ever arms deals

Taipei, Taiwan  —  The United States and Taiwan have announced an $11.1 billion arms package that if completed would be one of Washington’s biggest-ever military sales to the island. The deal includes eight separate purchases, which cover HIMARS rockets systems, anti-tank missiles, anti-armor missiles, loitering suicide drones, howitzers, military software and parts for other equipment, …

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Ukraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea

Ukrainian underwater drones have struck two tankers belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, according to an official in Ukraine’s security services (SBU). Ukraine claimed the attacks after explosions hit the two vessels on Friday and Saturday. A Ukrainian security source told CNN that Sea Baby maritime drones had been used in …

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How drones and AI are protecting the Brazilian rainforest

Brazil is home to some of the planet’s largest areas of tropical forest, but they are under intense pressure. The Atlantic Forest, on the country’s eastern coast, once covered 350 million acres, but today only 12% of it remains, according to the World Wildlife Fund. The Amazon rainforest, which lies mostly in Brazil and is …

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Travel disruption for thousands after mystery drones closed two of Scandinavia’s busiest airports

Two of Scandinavia’s busiest airports – Oslo and Copenhagen – were forced to close for several hours due to drone sightings overnight into Tuesday, disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of people. The airspace over Denmark’s Copenhagen Airport was closed for almost four hours on Monday night after two to three large “unidentified” …

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Ukraine blows up two key Russian bridges using Moscow’s own mines and $600 drones

Ukraine has said it destroyed two bridges inside Russia by using a couple of cheap drones to hit stashes of mines and ammunition hidden there by Russian forces. The Ukrainian military said the two bridges near the border with Ukraine’s Kharkiv region were being used by the Russian military to resupply their troops. Because of …

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