Senate confirms Air Force Gen Charles Brown as spy drones fly over China
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown to be the next Air Force chief of staff, making him the first African American leader of a military service making Brown the second African American officer More...
Cybersecurity and Drones: What Are the Threats?
Drones are an integral part of Unmanned Arial Vehicles, and they have become widely popular from the past few years. If we look at the projections, the global drone market may grow up to $43 billion by 2024. Earlier, More...
Manual vs Autonomous Detailed AERIAL INSPECTION
When you need to deploy the monitoring system based on drones, there is a choice between the manual and the automatic control schemes. The latter option is not yet widespread. Moreover, some people are suspicious More...
Drones in the News: What You Need To Know
Whether or not you have a drone, chances are pretty likely that you’ve seen them in the news lately. There’s been an explosion in the drone industry for the last few years or so, and the capability and More...
Dhl: Artificial Intelligence Will Revolutionize The Logistic Industry
With the continued advancement in technology, the logistic industry is beginning to experience a tilt towards technology like every other industry out there. Today, global logistic powerhouse DHL believes that artificial More...
Amazon May House Drones in Delivery Beehives, Patent Shows
A new patent filed by Amazon hints at a unique delivery system that would house and launch drones from a beehive-like structure. The beehive towers would serve as a multi-level fulfillment center that would allow More...
Robots and High-Tech Design; The Waves of the Future
One of the more interesting sets of topics to follow right now is some of the design work and functionality improvements of robots or other high-tech pieces of technology. Depending on your social circle, and where More...
‘Eye in the Sky’ Review: Riveting, morally challenging thriller on drone warfare
Modern warfare in 2016 continues to pose new challenging moral conflicts as fast as technically, such as drone strikes, replace front line attacks against evil terrorist threats all over the globe. Eye in the Sky More...
Drone use for real estate purposes discussed by CCIM’s Caleb McDow
Ben Crosby, CCIM, recognized that using drones, or small unmanned aerial systems (UAS), would be an inexpensive way to capture aerial video and photos for the thousands of acres of agricultural land that are the More...
Working Together: Unmanned Aircraft Fanatics and the FAA
For years, enthusiasts have wanted lax regulation concerning unmanned aircraft. It’s understandable. You have a hobby. The government restricts you. You want the government to back down. Now, many people are getting More...
Edward Snowden talks about Russia, drone use, cyber attacks, NSA
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden spoke in a new interview about life in Russia and reviewed many of the surveillance topics, the use of cyber technology and much more. Speaking with James More...
LA Times reporter Ken Dilanian worked with CIA to cover up drone program casualties
A prominent national security reporter for the Los Angeles Times routinely submitted drafts and detailed summaries of his stories to CIA press handlers prior to publication, according to documents obtained by The More...
New report: US drone use ‘interferes’ with other nations’ sovereignty, causes ‘conflicts’
Drone technology may be one of the most effective means of modern warfare according the Pentagon and Obama administration, but a new report says the program destabilizes battlefields, governments and even American More...
Walter Jones and Adam Schiff introduce bill requiring yearly report on drone casualties
How many people were, and are killed by US drone attacks? A bipartisan, retroactive bill was introduced in the US Congress last week that would require an annual report on drone casualties in an effort to make More...
Federal judge rules against FAA on commercial drone use
A federal judge has thrown out the first fine against a commercial drone operator, as the Federal Aviation Administration struggles to regulate the fast-developing industry. Judge Patrick Geraghty, a National Transportation More...
DOJ IG: Feds using drones to help police since 2006, expanding aid to ATF
The FBI has been using drones to support its law enforcement operations since 2006 and has spent more than $3 million on the unmanned aircraft, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog said Thursday. Festo Smartbird More...
The majority of Americans know little to nothing about the use of domestic drones: Poll
A new poll concerning American’s attitudes toward domestic drone use was published recently by Monmouth University, and it reveals some interesting revelations on how the public feels about this controversial More...
FBI Director Robert Mueller says agency uses drones for domestic surveillance, Sen. Rand Paul sends letter to FBI chief seeking explanations
The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the agency he leads uses drones to conduct surveillance on U.S. soil. Robert Mueller acknowledged the FBI More...
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs bill to ‘restrict’ use of drones by police
A new Florida law restricts police use of drones within the state’s borders as Governor Rick Scott signed the bill into law. “This is something all Floridians should be proud of,” Scott said. “We shouldn’t More...
Vast majority of Americans are against drone strikes in the U.S. against Americans living here who are suspected terrorists: Gallup Poll
Just weeks after the 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, in which he asks the Obama administration, “Does the President have the power to authorize lethal force, such as a More...
