ABU DHABI, 31st December, 2025 (WAM) — The United Arab Emirates is preparing to welcome the New Year 2026 with an unprecedented celebratory spectacle, featuring exceptional fireworks and light displays stretching from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah. The events are set to create a global tableau of joy and wonder, reaffirming the UAE’s position as a […]
ABU DHABI, 15th December, 2025 (WAM) — The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the drone attack that targeted a logistics base of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in the city of Kadugli in the Republic of Sudan, which resulted in multiple deaths and injuries to members of the Bangladeshi contingent […]
BEIJING, 12th December, 2025 (WAM) — A Chinese drone has accomplished the longest distance flight of a hydrogen-powered multirotor/drone by 188.605 km, the Guinness World Records announced on Thursday at the 7th Zhejiang International Intelligent Transportation Industry Expo in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province. The drone, Tianmushan-1, completed this flight in more than four hours […]
DUBAI, 17th November, 2025 (WAM) — Dubai Police’s drone, developed at the Unmanned Aerial Systems Centre, has set a Guinness World Record as the fastest drone in the world, reaching an exceptional speed of 580 kilometres per hour. This accomplishment highlights Dubai Police’s commitment to advancing research and development in drone technology, as well as […]
ABU DHABI, 19th September, 2025 (WAM) — The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC), an affiliate of the Department of Municipalities and Transport, announced the successful completion of a trial for parcel delivery using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) in Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with “LODD Autonomous”, a company specialising in smart delivery solutions and autonomous aerial logistics […]
MOSCOW, 17th August, 2025 (WAM) — Drone pilots from 16 teams representing 11 countries, including Australia, Germany, India, Spain and France, gathered at the Skolkovo Innovation Centre in Moscow to take part in an international drone racing competition. Footage released by Viory showed pilots manoeuvring drones through challenging obstacles at high speed, as spectators followed […]
CAPITALS, 22nd June, 2025 (WAM) – Israel has launched an attack on warehouses storing drones and ammunition in southwestern Iran. In a statement issued this evening, the Israeli army said: “The Air Force carried out an attack on drone warehouses and an ammunition depot in the Bandar Abbas area, southwest Iran.” The statement also noted […]
ABU DHABI, 17th May, 2025 (WAM) — The UAE Cybersecurity Council (CSC) announced the development of the UAE’s first national Drone Cybersecurity Guidelines, in strategic collaboration with Reach Digital, a subsidiary of Reach Group and specialises in digital transformation and cybersecurity innovation, and Shieldworkz, a cybersecurity firm specialised in OT/IoT and drone protection technologies. This […]
BAGHDAD, 28th April, 2025 (WAM) – A booby-trapped drone attack targeting Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq has resulted in the injury of 3 military personnel. An Iraqi medical source stated that an unknown booby-trapped drone exploded today at a military checkpoint belonging to Peshmerga forces in the village of Balafa in the Dohuk Governorate […]
GAZA, 15th March, 2025 (WAM) – An Israeli drone targeted a vehicle in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreement in the strip being in effect since January 19, 2025, according to Palestinians sources. The bombing resulted in the killing of nine people, including two journalists. This content was originally posted […]
BEIJING, 17th February, 2025 (WAM) — China has announced the successful completion of its first intercity cargo drone flight, marking a significant step in integrating artificial intelligence technologies into the aviation sector. According to China Central Television (CCTV), the drone—developed with advanced Chinese technology—completed its journey from Yulin to Xi’an in 2 hours and 47 […]
DUBAI, 17th December, 2024 (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), today launched the Middle East’s first-of-its-kind drone delivery system at Dubai Silicon Oasis […]
