June 20, 2018 Drone pilots fight foreign wars from remote Nevada desert An hour north outside Las Vegas, Creech Air Force Base sits both unassumingly, but conspicuously for a military installation adjacent a two-lane highway.
June 14, 2018 Eurosatory 2018: Pocket-sized spy drone is a powerful eye in the sky for US troops This personal pocket-sized, stealthy nano-drone equips soldiers with instant access to a powerful eye in the sky.
June 6, 2018 South Carolina prisons using drones to combat contraband deliveries As the number of drone sightings around correctional facilities continues to rise across the U.S., South Carolina prison officials are implementing the first drone program in the country to patrol the perimeters of its high and medium security prisons.
May 25, 2018 Marines' new Switchblade drones will unleash lethal mini missiles Marines will soon be even more deadly - and safer - with their new extremely lethal Switchblades.
May 9, 2018 DJI partners up with Microsoft to give drones A.I. superpowers DJI will soon allow industrial drone pilots to control drones while live-streaming footage from a PC rather than a controller. The move allows for more advanced AI used in real-time while allowing developers to create custom drone applications.
April 25, 2018 Drones becoming a threat to first-responder operations Drones are putting lives at risk, say first responders.
April 5, 2018 Google employees plead with CEO to drop out of Pentagon AI project Over 3,100 Google employees signed a letter sent to CEO Sundar Pichai asking him to pull Google out of Project Maven, an initiative that harnesses artificial intelligence and could improve drone targeting. The letter also urges Pichai to establish and enforce a policy to keep the company completely out of “warfare technology.”
April 5, 2018 Coachella will use drones, bolster security at festival to avoid Las Vegas-type massacre Organizers of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival announced the event will have bolstered security in the wake of attacks in Las Vegas and Manchester.
March 29, 2018 Marines' ultra-powerful heavily-armed mega-drone will devastate enemies of the US Armed to the teeth with an array of powerful, destructive weapons, an incredible thinking drone- one that can conduct missions on its own without a human - may soon hit the skies to keep Marines safe.
March 29, 2018 Navy Littoral Combat Ship to operate swarms of drones The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship will now have the ability to operate surface and undersea drones to improve effectiveness, particularly when it comes to destroying mines, surveying enemy waters and launching attacks.