Emerging Tech

Drones Are Our Noisy Future: People Find Their Buzzing More Annoying Than Cars or Trucks

The delivery mode of the future sounds terrible.

Emerging Tech

FAA Offers Registration Refund for Drone Pilots

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's an unregistered drone!

Emerging Tech

Storm Drones Could Revolutionize Weather Forecasting

Dorothy could have skipped her trip to Oz—if she only had a storm drone.

Digital Government

I Could Kill You with a Consumer Drone

As a former intelligence soldier who now sells drones for a living, I can tell you this problem is bigger than almost anyone realizes.

Emerging Tech

A Drone Inspects a Bridge. Now What?

The Federal Highway Agency needs visualization tools to make sense what's being collected by its unmanned inspectors.

Digital Government

The US Air Force Wants to Remind You (and China) That its Secret Space Drone Is Back

The autonomous craft spent 718 days in space.

Emerging Tech

Drones Flying By Airports Coming Soon(ish)

Current FAA regulations prohibit drones from flying within 5 miles of an airport without notifying air traffic control.

Digital Government

The Five Coolest Drones from America’s Biggest Naval Arms Show

New drones above and beneath the waves will change the way navies sail and fight in contested waters.

Digital Government

Is the US Ready for Police Drones Outfitted With Tasers, Tear Gas and Lethal Weapons?

A new Connecticut bill would allow officers, not civilians, to use weaponized drones.

Digital Government

The Invisible Fence That Keeps Drones Away From the President

Some drones are programmed to avoid restricted airspace—but it’s not hard to ignore the limits and fly there anyway.

Modernization

UPS Is Testing Drones That Allow Its Delivery Trucks to Be in Two Places at Once

Spending all day waiting for a package delivery may one day be a thing of the past.

Emerging Tech

Dubai Is Set to Fill its Skies With These Self-Flying Taxi Drones Later This Year

These four-legged, eight-propeller drones can carry a single passenger that weighs up to 220 lb.

Digital Government

Video: DARPA Tests Drone-Catching Prototype

The defense research arm is developing a way to catch unmanned aerial vehicles midflight.