Emerging Tech
FAA Rule Would Let Drones Fly Over People and At Night Without a Waiver
The move would greatly open the use of small drones but at least one lawmaker is worried about the privacy of people on the ground.
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The Transportation Department is Funding Autonomous Drones
It also wants to research how self-driving vehicles can be manipulated to threaten the public.
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Humans Made Drones by Copying Birds. Birds Are Fighting Back.
As machines fill the skies, they meet resistance from the animals who already live there.
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10 Problems DHS Wants Innovative Small Businesses to Solve in 2019
The department will be offering millions of dollars to small businesses able to offer solutions to these 10 tough technical problems.
Ideas
Grading the 2018 Technology and Government Predictions
Here's what came true for government agencies—and what didn't.
Emerging Tech
Surveying the Public in a City Being Used as Federal Drone Testing Site
Taking the temperature of San Diego residents before UberEats starts deploying delivery drones to the skies.
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The U.S. Military’s Drone Swarm Strategy Just Passed a Key Test
DARPA-funded drones worked together despite heavy electronic-warfare defenses.
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Pentagon Wants More Money for Lasers To Defend Against Missiles, Drone Swarms
Directed-energy weapons are with a factor of two or three to being militarily useful, the Pentagon’s top scientist said.
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China’s Beating the U.S. to Market on Combat Drones, By Copying U.S. Technology
America seems to have squandered a 10-year head start.
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These Drones Can Search and Rescue Without GPS
Traditional technologies don't always work in remote areas of the wilderness.
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FAA Now Lets Certain Drones Fly Near Airports
Pilots will have to apply first, of course.
Cybersecurity
Border Agency Didn’t Secure Drone Surveillance Video, Photos for 2 Years
An auditor’s report found major security and privacy deficiencies in Customs and Border Protection’s drone surveillance program.
Emerging Tech
It’s Now Possible To Telepathically Communicate with a Drone Swarm
DARPA’s new research in brain-computer interfaces is allowing a pilot to control multiple simulated aircraft at once.
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Forest Service Public-Private Partnership Explores Using Drones for Precision Pesticide Application
The group plans to award a sole-source contract to research whether unmanned aerial systems can spray in hard-to-reach places without disrupting nearby sensitive ecosystems.
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Pilot-Optional Helicopters Could Be the Future of Fighting Wildfires
The Interior Department’s been working on a plan to expand its aerial firefighting efforts from daylight-only to a 24-hour cycle.
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Ukraine Startup Building Drones with Grenade Launchers
A prototype Ukrainian drone has carries a grenade launcher. Still unclear: — how it’s going to get past Russia’s jammers.
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