Tag: Drones

Clinton's campaign manager, Robby Mook, said he was "reticent to comment" on the veracity of the report. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

National Security

UN official: Drone strike on Assange would violate international law

Rudy Takala · October 4, 2016 4:31 pm

Clinton manager ‘reticent to comment’ on report about droning Assange

Clinton manager ‘reticent to comment’ on report about droning Assange

Becket Adams · October 3, 2016 10:45 pm

President Barack Obama speaks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum at The Plaza Hotel in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Obama: Rising U.S. drone strikes ‘troubled me’

Susan Crabtree · October 3, 2016 4:16 pm

Industry representatives on Tuesday called on Congress to make it easier for companies to have their commercial drone use plans approved by the federal government, and said current delays are making it harder for them to use drones for time-sensitive projects. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

Industry calls for an easing of FAA’s drone rules

Mariana Barillas · September 27, 2016 8:24 pm

An Israeli Air Force F-16 with a missile shot down a Hamas drone on its way from Gaza toward Israeli airspace. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

National Security

Israeli Air Force shoots down Hamas drone traveling from Gaza toward Israeli airspace

Kelly Cohen · September 20, 2016 1:37 pm

The visit with Pope Francis was part of a trip that Mark Zuckerberg announced after a devastating earthquake in Italy last week killed hundreds. (AP Photo)

Facebook CEO gives the pope a drone

Mariana Barillas · August 30, 2016 3:38 pm

The Interior Department awarded Berkley, Calif.-based 3D Robotics a $256,000 contract to build 40 three-pound unmanned aerial drones customized for the agency's specific needs. (3D Robotics)

Energy and Environment

Interior Department building its own drone air force

John Siciliano · August 22, 2016 8:55 pm

Defense Department officials confirmed Friday evening that Hafiz Sayed Khan, the leader of Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, was killed by a U.S.-Afghan Special Operations Force airstrike last month. (Hadi Al-Abdallah via AP)

National Security

U.S. kills leader of Islamic State’s Afghan, Pakistan operations

Anna Giaritelli · August 12, 2016 10:01 pm

A Swedish Christian group is planning to drop electronic bibles to parts of the world held by the Islamic State. (AP Photo/ Fredrik Persson, Pressens Bild)

National Security

Swedish church to drop Bibles over Islamic State-controlled areas

Kelly Cohen · August 9, 2016 4:17 pm

The document governs how the U.S. can nominate and approve drone and traditional strikes against terrorists outside the United States. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

National Security

Drone strikes require ‘near certainty’ of target ID

Jacqueline Klimas · August 6, 2016 8:00 pm

Rear Adm. Mat Winter, the chief of naval research, said the Office of Naval Research science and technology budget for fiscal 2016 is $2.1 billion — out of $17.9 billion in Navy research and engineering and $169.9 billion for the Navy's total budget. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

National Security

Navy research chief wants more money to send new tech to fleet faster

Jacqueline Klimas · July 22, 2016 8:51 pm

Welcome to the RoboCop Era

Jim Swift · July 9, 2016 2:10 pm