June 7, 2016 Airbus shows off Thor, a 3D-printed drone Except for its electrical parts, everything on this drone came out of a printer.
May 12, 2016 Hidden high-tech ocean pods will unleash Naval drones What if the U.S. could seed secret pods deep in the oceans that suddenly burst out of the water unleashing devastating surprise attacks on the enemy? While this sounds like the stuff of science fiction the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working to make this amazing project science fact.
May 12, 2016 Man from medieval times knocks a drone out of the sky with a spear We've seen eagles and chimpanzees take down drones, but a spear-wielding man from medieval times? Now that we WEREN'T expecting. OK, he was dressed in period costume for a reenactment festival in Russia, but we're sure you'll agree, it's some throw.
May 6, 2016 Meet Boaty McBoatface - the drone submarine The “Boaty McBoatface” saga has finally been resolved – a remote-controlled sub will now bear the controversial name, which recently topped an online poll to name the U.K.’s newest polar research vessel.
April 28, 2016 'Sea Hunter': World's first unmanned ship stalks subs A new hunter is lurking in the deep — and it's made of metal, silicon, and lots and lots of artificial intelligence
April 26, 2016 New technology enables drones to sniff out hidden bombs, mines Even decades after the last bombs fall or shots are fired, historic battlefields are still dangerous.
April 23, 2016 Nebraska researchers using drones as firefighting tool Researchers in Nebraska tested a new tool on Friday that could eventually help in fighting grass fires — drones.
April 22, 2016 Drone that hit Heathrow plane may actually have been a plastic bag, official says There was understandable alarm in the U.K. earlier in the week when a drone reportedly hit a passenger plane coming in to land at London's Heathrow airport.
April 21, 2016 FAA begins testing NASA's drone traffic control system NASA has been working on a UAS traffic management (UTM) system to handle the growing number of unmanned aerial vehicles taking to the skies.
April 20, 2016 Mini version of DARPA X-Plane completes test flight The sub-scale model weighs in at 325 pounds, or 20 percent of the X-Plane that will be built over the next two years.