#UAE #UTM - UAE-based Astra UTM, an advanced Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) platform, has announced the appointment of senior business development executives across several key geographies in Europe and South America as part of its expansion strategy. (Arabian Defence)

#UAE #regulation - The UAE’s Ministry of Interior announced the extension of the ban all flying operations by owners, practitioners and enthusiasts of drones. The ban was introduced about a month ago, following Houthi drone attacks on Abu Dhabi. (Al Arabiya)

#UAE #AVs - Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) is now operating a Navya driverless electric bus to offer tours to visitors at the Innovation Centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The solar park is the the largest single-site facility of its kind in the world. (Gulf News)

#UAE #security - Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun) and L3Harris Technologies have signed agreements to establish two centres to advance intelligent software and electro-optical technologies in the UAE. L3Harris will set up the Intelligence Software Center with local partner Atlas Telecom, and the Electro-Optical Center of Excellence with Emirates Advanced Research and Technology Holding (EARTH). (Tawazun)

#UAE #AIstrategy - This year’s first meeting of the UAE Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Council - chaired by H.E. Omar Sultan AlOlama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Teleworking Applications - approved more than 60 national initiatives. (The National)

#Saudi #Aramco - Aramco aims to employ AI widely across all its facilities to help the oil giant reduce carbon emissions, according to comments made by Aramco’s chairman at IPTC, the International Petroleum Technology Conference. (Saudi Gazette)

#UAE #UMEX22 - The robista - a robot coffee maker that can serve a flat white in minutes - is only one of five eye-catching technologies on display at Abu Dhabi’s unmanned system conference, UMEX 2022. (The National)

#UAE #robotics - The UAE Coders HQ, in partnership with Dell Technologies, has unveiled ‘AI for Kids,’ a new initiative to build new generation of coders from school students by introducing them to coding languages. (ITP)

#Egypt #AIStrategy - Egypt targets increasing AI’s contribution to the country’s GDP to 7.7 percent by 2030, according to the Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC). (Egypt Today)

#UAE #UAVs - UAE advanced technology group for defence EDGE, unveiled swarming drones, its latest application for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), on the first day of UMEX22. The systems are based on the Hunter 2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by EDGE Group company HALCON. (The National)

#UAE #UMEX22 - The United Arab Emirates is ploughing money into drones, robots and other unmanned weaponry as autonomous warfare becomes more and more widespread – including in attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen. (AFP)

#UAE #UMEX22 - The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet announced Monday the launch of a new joint fleet of unmanned drones with allied nations to patrol vast swaths of the region’s volatile waters as tensions simmer with Iran. (AP)

#UAE #UMEX22 - Edge launched its new SCORPIO-B unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) at UMEX 2022 this week. The UGV can be equipped with remote weapon systems, and used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). (Edge Group)

#UAE #UMEX22 - Edge introduced the 7IS Remote Control Weapon Station (RCWS), a vehicle-mounted system which provides the operator with a 360-degree coverage. (NIMR)

#Iran #Israel #UAVs - Israel accused Iran on Tuesday of planning to arm drones supplied to Venezuela with precision-guided munitions. (Reuters)

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