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HM Coastguard’s first operational drone flight will join manned helicopters, planes, boats and cliff rescue teams on lifesaving missions at sea and over land in North Wales for the first time, this summer. The drone, initially trialled a year ago during the first easing of pandemic restrictions, will fly from the HM Coastguard helicopter base…

A commercial tanker vessel came under attack in the Red Sea on Wednesday and was left stranded. When a French warship was sent to rescue the crew, it had to fight off a hostile drone boat.

The Magura V5 sea drone that Ukraine says it used in the Black Sea on Tuesday appears to be Kyiv’s latest version. The craft wouldn’t look out of place in a James Bond movie.

New aerial sea rescue devices are under testing by the New York City’s Fire Department — drones, equipped with flotation devices that automatically inflate when they’re dropped in the w…

Another drone that is larger than the Madura, called Sea Baby, was shown to The Associated Press on Wednesday. The latest Sea Baby model is capable of carrying 850 kilograms (1,900 pounds) of explosives, hits a top speed of 90 kph (56 mph) and can cover a distance of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), according to Ukraine’s State Security Service.