Tag: Drones

A U.S. soldier stands guard in Hassakeh, northeast Syria.

Jordan drone attack: Why are US troops in the Middle Eastern country?

Misty Severi · January 29, 2024 7:30 pm

Washington Secrets

Pentagon eyes EMP weapons to kill swarming drone attacks

Paul Bedard · December 11, 2023 6:23 pm

In this July 6, 2014, photo released by the Bangor Police Department, the department's stuffed "duck of justice" greets the sunrise from atop a police cruiser in Bangor, Maine. The mascot, a wood duck that had been stuffed by a taxidermist and rescued from a trash compactor, has attracted more than 20,000 likes on its departmental Facebook page, and is being used as a new way of engaging with the public. (AP Photo/Bangor Police Department)

‘Drones for Ducks:’ Federal grants fund research to use AI to count birds

Washington Examiner · November 29, 2023 2:23 pm

A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Las Vegas.

Chick-fil-A testing drones for new delivery service

Luke Gentile · November 18, 2023 1:00 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Washington National Opera’s Grounded makes the case for not killing terrorists

Jonathan Tobin · November 3, 2023 4:45 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Pentagon’s small, disposable ‘Replicator’ smart drones aim to overwhelm China

Jamie McIntyre · September 29, 2023 9:00 am

NATO member Romania finds suspected Russian drone remnants on land

Barnini Chakraborty · September 6, 2023 8:47 pm

Ukrainian drones hit city of Pskov in likely largest drone attack against Russia in war

Brady Knox · August 30, 2023 4:26 am

Mohammed Hassan Masto sits next to the grave of his brother Lutfi, who was killed on Wednesday, May 3, in a U.S. military strike, in the village of Qorqanya, a rural area in northern Idlib province, Syria, Sunday, May 7, 2023.

CENTCOM extends investigation into possible civilian casualty in May drone strike

Mike Brest · August 19, 2023 9:00 am

Louisiana drone committee aims for new legislation next session

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2023 12:03 pm

Texas drone spots armed smuggler leading immigrants across the border

Anna Giaritelli · August 3, 2023 7:30 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. Drones are often called the weapon of choice of the Obama administration, which quadrupled drone strikes against al-Qaida targets in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, up from less than 50 under the Bush administration to more than 220 in the past three years. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Beltway Confidential

How Biden’s new drone policy will weaken counterterrorism efforts

Tom Rogan · July 31, 2023 5:10 pm