Category: Drones

US Ambassador Lines Up for COVID-19 Testing

New lockdown mandates are popping up in China, just ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s most critical congress of the year. A U.S. ambassador is abiding by Chinese virus control mandates. He was spotted standing in line to get tested, while internet users question why. Taiwan shoots down Chinese drones for the first time ever….


Navy Expedites Waterborne Drones to Close Gap With China

Facing a growing threat from the Chinese communist regime, the Navy envisions drone ships keeping an electronic eye on enemy forces across the vast Pacific Ocean, extending the reach of firepower, and keeping sailors out of harm’s way. The Navy is speeding development of those robotic ships as an affordable way to keep pace with…


Democrats Should Stop Buying China’s DJI Drones With American Taxpayer Money

Commentary China’s DJI is selling drones to U.S. government agencies, including the FBI and DHS, and paying lobbyists in Washington to keep the flow going. The lobbyists are allegedly obstructing bills in Congress that would ban the practice. Instead of supporting American jobs and protecting American privacy, Democrats in the House of Representatives just stripped…


FBI, DHS Still Buying Chinese Drones

Beijing lashes out over a potential U.S. trip to Taiwan. We look at how House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is involved. Chinese-made drones are at work for U.S. government agencies. New details say departments like the FBI and Homeland Security are still buying them. The Senate gears up to vote on a bill aiming to boost…


Drones Plant Millions of Trees in Australia’s Biggest Botanical Garden

Australia’s largest botanic garden has been using drones to accelerate the planting of trees and restore native Australian species, particularly after weed invasions, bushfires, and droughts left their garden in bad shape. More than 52 million hectares of Australia’s land are now considered degraded. Australian Botanic Garden’s Curator Manager Michael Elgey said they had cleared…


New UK Hub to Develop Anti-Drone Laser Weapons as Ukraine War Fuels Demand

A multinational defence firm will build a new weapons hub in Scotland to develop laser weapons that target small attack drones. The defence and intelligence technology firm Raytheon UK said the war in Ukraine has highlighted the threat posed by drones. “We’ve all seen that asymmetric threats like drones, rockets, artillery, and mortars are a…


China’s War Machine Is Betting the Future on Drones

News Analysis A swarm of drones flies through the night sky over the Pacific. Shrouded in darkness and less than 100 miles from the California coastline, they go in groups of fours and sixes, stalking U.S. Navy vessels. They whir about over the ships’ bows, gathering intelligence to deliver to faceless masters. They match the…


BlackRock and ESG Controlling America but Benefiting China—With Will Hild

How does Blackrock utilize the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) score system to control domestic policies, while benefiting from their special treatment in China? And does the United States suffer while China benefits from this vampiric relationship? We discuss this with Will Hild from Consumers’ Research. I then discuss the just-concluded Shangri-La security summit, where…


UK Defence Chiefs Resume Purchases of Chinese-Made Drones

Chinese drones blacklisted by the United States are being purchased by the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD). Contract details show the MoD placed a £132,337 ($165,936) order in March for drones and accessories from DJI, the world’s largest consumer drone company based in Shenzhen, southern China. The recent order is believed to be the first…


Britain’s Mail Deliveries by Drones to Take Off, Royal Mail Announces

Royal Mail has announced plans to increase its use of drones for deliveries with the creation of 50 new “postal drone routes” over the next three years. Under a partnership with logistics drone company Windracers, and subject to Civil Aviation Authority approval, the move will provide faster and more convenient services for remote communities, said…