North Dakota to start first US drone flights in May
Research drones will begin flying over North Dakota the week of May 5, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday. North Dakota is the first of...
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DARPA producing sea-floor pods that can release attack drones on command
The Pentagon’s research arm, DARPA, is developing robot pods that can sit at the bottom of the ocean...
Facebook plans to spread web access with ‘drones, satellites and lasers’
Facebook has announced an ambitious plan to use drone, satellite and laser technology “to deliver the internet to...
Toy helicopter helped change Feinstein’s mind about surveillance drones
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) now says she has some serious privacy concerns about domestic drones, but it might have been nothing more than a children’s...
Underwater drone fleet’s budget nearly doubled by the Pentagon
Officials at the US Defense Department have requested extra funding for a new fleet of submarines and unmanned...
Solar-powered drones from Facebook could deliver internet around the world
Facebook is reportedly in talks to take over an American-based aerospace company, and if so the social networking...
US considering new drone bases in Central Asia
To continue counterterrorism operations abroad after the imminent exit of American troops from Afghanistan, the United States is reportedly pursuing plans to put US drones...
Secret amendment in Congress keeps CIA in charge of deadly drone strikes
President Barack Obama said last May that control of the United States’ weaponized drone program would shift away...
Pentagon unable to provide records on drone crashes
Reporters seeking information on US drone safety and crash data were told by Defense Department officials that multiple...
US military report predicts drone swarms, highly autonomous UAVs
The US military hopes that drones will be capable of changing their own missions, altering course without a...
FAA announces locations for future drone testing sites
Drones are coming to America – the Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday the six states chosen to develop test sites for unmanned aerial vehicles....
Navy’s ocean-powered drones to wage underwater war
While American drones patrol the skies in war-torn countries like Afghanistan, the United States is also looking to...
US secretly sends Hellfire missiles, drones to Iraq
In an attempt to beat back gains by Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents, the United States is moving “dozens” of Hellfire...
Pentagon unveils laser capable of shooting down drones, mortars
The US Army has successfully used a vehicle-mounted laser to shoot down numerous mortar rounds and drone aircraft for the first time. Taking place over...
Flying hacker contraption hunts other drones, turns them into zombies
Serial hacker Samy Kamkar has released all the hardware and software specifications that hobbyists need to build an...
Obama claims hes really good at killing people
This will not go over well for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner. According to the new book...
Notorious anti-immigration Arizona sheriff wants fleet of drones
Yet another law enforcement agency is looking to acquire a fleet of surveillance drones, but don’t act too surprised. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the controversial lawman...