MI5 involvement in drone project revealed in paperwork slip-up

Exclusive: Document produced by university cited agency as secret funder of researchFor an agency devoted to secrecy and surveillance, it is an embarrassing slip-up. An inadvertent disclosure on a university document has revealed that MI5 is partly behind what was meant to be a covert bug and drone research project.Ostensibly, Imperial College’s research was to create a quadcopter system for charging remote agricultural sensors – but MI5’s participation has emerged because somebody involved stated it was the secret second funder of the programme. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/06/mi5-involvement-in-drone-project-revealed-in-paperwork-slip-up #mi5 #uk_security_and_counter-terrorism #uk_news #drones_(non-military) #technology #espionage #imperial_college_london #education #higher_education