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By Express News Service
KOCHI: Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) decision to legalise the operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones in late 2018 was heralded as a welcome move among media and surveillance circles. Even so, operating drones in India necessitates following stringent set of regulations bound with a licence-permit system.

While the DGCA is yet to start issuing Unmanned Aircraft Operator Permit, the whole process is interlinked wherein drone manufacturers will be required to make their products NPNT or No Permission-No Takeoff compliant. NPNT is a software that would enable pilots to register their devices (to be tagged with a unique identification number) and apply for permission before every flight through an app called Digital Sky.

Although the directorate has listed 32 approved flying training organisations (FTOs) under its purview, they are awaiting further instructions to initiate training courses. As for now, a few private academies are of..

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The firm is also pioneering “High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites” that may be able to significantly enhance cellular communication.

Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBESept. 27, 2019, 3:51 AM UTCBy Suzanne CiechalskiA California cinematographer is combining his daily work with his passion for animals to help rescue pets stranded in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian devastated the islands.
Doug Thron, 49, who uses his drone to help relief efforts on the Abacos Islands in the northern Bahamas, has already found about 12 dogs and cats.
“I was actually pretty shocked to see as many animals as I did,” Thron told NBC News. “[It] still blows me away how these animals survive. Their will to survive is pretty strong.”
Thron traveled to the island earlier this month to participate in relief work and to film the destruction “to keep it in the public eye.”
“Then I went looking for animals because I knew with the giant piles of rubble that they'd be exceptionally hard to find,” he said.
Hurricane Dorian destroyed entire tow..

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. Updated: 27 Sep 2019, 11:16 AM IST

YEHUD, Israel — Israel, one of the pioneers of drone warfare, is now on the front lines of an arms race to protect against attacks by the unmanned aircraft.

A host of Israeli companies have developed defense systems they say can detect or destroy incoming drones. But obstacles remain, particularly when operating in crowded urban airspaces.

“Fighting these systems is really hard … not just because you need to detect them, but you also need to detect them everywhere and all the time,” said Ulrike Franke, a policy fellow at the European Council of Foreign Relations.

Drones present unique challenges that set them apart from traditional airborne threats, such as missiles or warplanes.

They can fly below standard military radar systems and use GPS technology to execute pinpoint attacks on sensitive targets for a fraction of the price of a fighter jet. They can also be deployed in “swarms,” which can trick or elude conventional defense systems. Even small off-the-shelf drones can be turne..