Surveillance by civilian authorities is likely to be highly visible WHEN drones are used even by environmental activists to track down Japanese whaling vessels, it is a sure sign that... Read more
These popular, unmanned aircraft will eventually fall into the hands of hostile nations and terrorists Some are as large and fast as commercial airplanes. Some are blimps that sit in... Read more
“shape-changing maneuverable munition” Not long after placing its first order for suicide drones, the U.S. Army has set its sights upon a tiny hovering robot capable of sc... Read more
Fast evolving concern In a world in which nearly anyone can purchase a device capable of photographing locations behind walls, gates and fences, will anyone be able to keep a secret?... Read more
Video animation of a missile-armed drone taking out an armored vehicle and attacking a United States aircraft carrier AT the Zhuhai air show in southeastern China last November, Chinese comp... Read more
THE future of air power is likely to be unmanned. It may also be surprisingly small. Reapers and Predators grab the headlines, but these big, high-profile drones are already outnumbered by s... Read more
This fearsome contraption is the handiwork of a couple of amateur DEFCON-types who reckoned that any self-respecting spy plane ought to be able to impersonate cellphone towers. And that... Read more
Image by Getty Images via @daylife We’ve seen the AR.Drone floating around multiple events this year including CES but we never really got a chance to play with it until this week. Before I... Read more
Parrot’s AR Drone, the iphone-controlled, twin-camera packing RC quadrocopter we first saw in action at CES 2010 has now been released. The US$300 flyer features interchangeable hulls... Read more
Image via Wikipedia AN AMERICAN general told Peter Singer once that insurgents most fear America’s unmatched technology. Then, talking to a Lebanese newspaper editor as a drone circled... Read more