Digital Government
Special Operators Getting New Autonomous Tactical Drone
A prototype microdrone that maps a building’s rooms will change the urban battlefield.
Artificial Intelligence
A New AI Learns Through Observation Alone: What That Means for Drone Surveillance
The military spends hundreds of man hours on intelligence collection and image analysis. Drones that could learn about human behavior with less human guidance could cut that time considerably.
Digital Government
Pentagon Needs You To Help It Take Down Small Drones
As tiny drones proliferate and make their way onto the battlefield, the Pentagon calls for solutions.
Emerging Tech
White House Ramps Up Federal Drone Programs
The Interior Department will soon use drones for search and rescue missions.
Emerging Tech
FAA Says Over Half a Million Drones Have Been Registered in Just 8 Months
According to the agency, it took 100 years for about 320,000 regular aircraft to be registered with US officials.
Emerging Tech
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Delivery Drone
The British government will allow Amazon to test a system that uses drones to deliver packages.
Emerging Tech
7-Eleven Has Delivered its First Slurpee Via Drone
The order also included a chicken sandwich, donuts and a cup of coffee.
Digital Government
Facebook’s Terrifying Internet Drone Has Made its Maiden Voyage
The full-sized, carbon-fiber drone is solar-powered, and has a wingspan comparable to a Boeing 737 jet.
Digital Government
Latest DHS Push in Silicon Valley: Drones for Border Patrol
Officers could use panels embedded in their uniforms to control the systems, DHS envisions.
Digital Government
Navy’s Future Submarines May Go to Sea with Robot Remoras
The sucker-headed fish are drawing attention as the fleet imagines ways to bring drones to the undersea domain.
Digital Government
Justice Wants Drones to Try Reconstructing Car Crashes
Police departments in Florida, Kansas and Texas are just a few of the local agencies nationwide authorized to patrol the skies, in certain situations, for public safety.
Emerging Tech
Learning to Fly a Balloon to Fly a Drone
Welcome to the weird world of FAA regulations.
Digital Government
Watching Plants Grow Is One of the Most Exciting Things in Technology
“Agriculture is all about complex judgments on the part of the farmer that are oftentimes stewed down to simple rules of thumb."
Digital Government
The US Commercial Drone Industry Finally Governed by Real Rules
“License and registration, please. Do you know how fast you were going back there?”
Digital Government
Navy Is Making a New GPS for Drone Submarines
Right now, GPS signals can barely travel below the surface of the ocean.
Digital Government
Drone-Helicopter Teams Performing ‘Very Well’ Against ISIS
Future unmanned-human teaming looks a lot like the Predator’s little cousin.
Emerging Tech
Will Drones Ever Become Mass-Market, Must-Have Gadgets?
At this point, drones have been mostly deployed by military units, logistics providers, and other large enterprises.
Digital Government
It’s Not Too Late for Obama to Confront the Ethics of Technology in Our World
Currently, there isn’t a broad national conversation around the ethics of the steady digital encroachment on our lives.
Emerging Tech
Scientists Are Working on More Nimble, Powerful Drones That Mimic Bat Aerodynamics
Drones of the future will look a lot less like quadcopters.
Emerging Tech