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US sees big surge in close calls with drones
Aug 22, 2015 (AFP)
It was a fine summer day over the airport at Charlotte, North Carolina and a CRJ200 commuter jet was preparing to land when its pilots spotted something odd out...
Aerovironment to produce Raven UAVs for Spain
Aug 20, 2015 (UPI)
Aerovironment is to produce hand-launched RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial vehicles for Spain. The contract issued by the U.S. Army is for a Foreign Military Sales ...
Russian-made unmanned/manned drone set for display
Aug 19, 2015 (UPI)
A full-sized prototype drone from Russia's United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation is to be displayed later this month. The unmanned/manned vehicle is the C...
Meet Chirok: Russia's Unique Hybrid Amphibious Drone
Aug 18, 2015 (Sputnik)
A subsidiary of Russia's state technology corporation Rostec has unveiled the first photo of the Chirok, an amphibious reconnaissance and strike UAV outfitted w...
Forecast: Triple growth ahead in UAV spending
Aug 17, 2015 (UPI)
Spending on unmanned aerial vehicles for military and civilian use could triple to more than $120 billion over the next 10 years, a new study says. The Teal Gro...
FAA issues over 1,000 regulatory exemptions for use of drones
Aug 14, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has granted more than 1,000 exemptions to allow commercial unmanned aerial vehicles to operate in civilian airspace. Th...
Google Drone Project Skirts US Regulations With a Little Help From NASA
Aug 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
Google has been quietly testing its drone delivery program outside the watchful eyes of US regulatory restrictions, thanks to an agreement with the National Aer...
Russian recon-strike drone to be unveiled at MAKS Airshow
Aug 10, 2015 (Sputnik)
The United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC, part of Russia's state technology corporation Rostec) will present at the MAKS-2015 air show its latest C...
Aerial Assault drone is armed with hacking weapons
Aug 10, 2015 (AFP)
Hackers' arsenal on Sunday was beefed up with a drone armed with weapons to crack into wireless computer networks at close range, whether they be in skyscrapers...
Brand New Russian, Chinese Hypersonic Weapons Unnerve US
Aug 04, 2015 (Sputnik)
High-ranking US military officials acknowledged that highly maneuverable, ultra-fast and elusive hypersonic arms Russia and China are developing pose a strategi...
China tightens controls on export of drones, supercomputers
Aug 02, 2015 (AFP)
China is tightening controls on exports of some drones and powerful computers and will require firms to register to ensure they do not "compromise national secu...
Insitu building more small UAVs for Navy, Marines
Jul 31, 2015 (UPI)
Insitu, a Boeing company, is building more small tactical unmanned aircraft systems for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The six RQ-21A Blackjack systems come un...
Facebook ready to test Internet-beaming drones
Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)
Facebook on Thursday said it is ready to begin test flights of a high-altitude drone designed to provide Internet access to remote locations of the world. The A...
Drones may soon carry blood samples to the lab
Jul 29, 2015 (UPI)
Blood, like other biological samples, is fragile and vulnerable to contamination. It must be handled and transported with great care. But a new proof-of-concept...
Amazon wants air space for delivery drones
Jul 29, 2015 (AFP)
Online retail colossus Amazon wants to carve out a special zone of the sky to shuttle commercial drones that would deliver goods to its customers. Amazon Prime ...
NASA could help keep large unmanned aircraft clear of commercial planes
Jul 29, 2015 (SPX)
The United States is on the cusp of an era in which large Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or UAS, will mingle in the nation's skies with human-flown, passenger-carry...
Patrick Stewart endorses Snotbot whale research drone
Jul 25, 2015 (UPI)
Patrick Stewart partnered with Ocean Alliance to star in a promotional video to help raise money for a new research drone on Kickstarter. The drone, called Snot...
Police arrest US teen who built gun-firing drone
Jul 23, 2015 (AFP)
The US teen who sparked an Internet sensation by building a small drone capable of firing a handgun, has been arrested and released on a $20,000 bond, police sa...
The Friendly Unmanned Skies
Jul 22, 2015 (SPX)
The use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is rising rapidly worldwide. Long known only for their military applications, UAS are increasingly being deployed by ...
Gun-firing 'drone' built by US teen under investigation
Jul 21, 2015 (AFP)
The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it was investigating a viral Internet video showing a home-made "drone" firing a handgun in the Connecticut cou...
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