Tag: Drones

In this March 2012 photo provided by The University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo., is a DJI 550 drone with an attached camera mount that the university says is probably the model it will file for permission to use. The FAA is developing new rules as the technology makes drones far more versatile, but for now operators can run afoul of regulations by using them for commercial purposes, including journalism. (AP Photo/University of Missouri, Zach Garcia, File)

Beltway Confidential

Meet the Nepali-American Uber/Lyft driver building a human rescue drone

Tom Rogan · April 24, 2018 1:00 pm

The strikes are being carried out by Joint Special Operations Command using CIA intelligence. (AP file)

National Security

Russians jamming American drones above Syria: Report

Anna Giaritelli · April 10, 2018 1:34 pm

Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address of the Google I/O conference, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Mountain View, Calif. Google provided the latest peek at the digital services and gadgets that it has assembled in the high-tech tussle to become an even more influential force in people's lives.

National Security

Google employees sign petition by the thousands urging CEO to pull out of Pentagon contract

Katie Leach · April 4, 2018 10:41 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that the Senate advanced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Russia tests its first postal drone – and it crashes straight into a wall: WATCH

Mandy Mayfield · April 3, 2018 8:07 pm

Philippine Air Force personnel wipes off the champagne on an ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicles following its turnover Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at Villamor Air Base in suburban Pasay city southeast of Manila, Philippines. Six drones were acquired by the Philippine Air Force from the United States for $13.76 million and will be used for counter-terrorism, security operations, maritime patrol and disaster response operations, especially in assessing extent of damage caused by disasters and calamities and locating victims and survivors.

National Security

Trump expected to ease export rules on lethal US-made drones

Katelyn Caralle · March 20, 2018 4:00 pm

Editorial: Game of Drones

The Editors · March 13, 2018 3:55 pm

Elaine Chao: Preparing for the future of automated transportation

Elaine Chao: Preparing for the future of automated transportation

Washington Examiner · March 2, 2018 5:01 am

The Mystery Martyr

Emanuele Ottolenghi · February 23, 2018 9:30 am

Iran-Israel Clash Marks New Phase of Syrian Conflict

Matthew R.J. Brodsky · February 13, 2018 10:15 am

Before leaving office earlier this month, Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., signed into law a policy introduced by Democratic Assemblywoman Annette Quijano that has otherwise become known as the "Drunk Droning Law." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

New Jersey outlaws drunken droning

Anna Giaritelli · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

Israeli security stands around the wreckage of an F-16 that crashed in northern Israel, near the kibbutz of Harduf, on Saturday. The Israeli military shot down an Iranian drone it said infiltrated the country early Saturday before launching a "large-scale attack" on at least a dozen Iranian and Syrian targets inside Syria. Responding anti-aircraft fire led to the downing of an Israeli fighter plane. (AP Photo/Rami Slush)

Israel downs Iranian drone, loses F-16 in counterattack

Joel Gehrke · February 10, 2018 2:59 pm

In this 2016 photo, a U.S. soldier breaks down a M113 armored personnel carrier at night. A Friday report mentions that the U.S. Army had its first live-fire exercise that involved ground robots, including an unarmed M113 carrier. (Army photo by Spc. Kevin Kim)

Beltway Confidential

Robot soldiers can’t replace human soldiers

Tom Rogan · February 9, 2018 11:03 pm