Flights Suspended at Britain’s Gatwick Airport after Reports of Drones
Flights at London’s Gatwick airport remained suspended early on Thursday, five hours after the UK’s second-busiest airport halted them to investigate reports of two drones flying over its airfield, inconveniencing passengers days before the Christmas holiday period. Planes were unable to depart, while a number of flights scheduled to land were diverted to other airports, […]
Iran to carry out cloud seeding project by drones in weeks
A cloud seeding project will be carried out within the next few weeks in some provinces of the country using planes and drones in cooperation with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC AF), Farid Golkar, head of Iran’s National Cloud Seeding Research Center has announced. Cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, is […]
Iran to Unveil Long-Range Naval Drones
A senior Iranian Navy commander said the Navy is going to unveil unmanned aerial vehicles with long flight endurance. In an interview with Tasnim, Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy for Coordination Rear Admiral Hamze Ali Kaviani said the Navy needs drones with a long operational range, saying local experts have made great achievements in […]
Iran’s IRGC Moving toward Using More Drones, Helicopters
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari announced that the IRGC Ground Force plans to boost use of drones and helicopters in its operations. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony to unveil IRGC’s new military gears in Tehran on Wednesday, Major General Jafari said, “Less than two years […]