The Black Hornet Nano-drone Can Now Be Controlled by Voice Commands
By Nicholas West Longtime readers might remember when we first began discussing and warning about insect-sized drones and drone swarms more than a decade ago….
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Military Still Testing Software that “could help the Pentagon use drones instead of human-operated warplanes and warships”
By B.N. Frank In 2022, the Pentagon announced it was testing technology that would allow one person to control 130 robots. Apparently they have not…
US Military Says MQ-9 Reaper Drone Collided With Russian Jet Over Black Sea
By Dave DeCamp Russian officials have yet to respond to the US claims about the incident. The US and its allies conduct frequent surveillance flights…
Slowly But Steadily, the Executive Branch is Bringing Back Widespread Drone Warfare
By Andrew Corbley Not at any other time in the 21st century has the average American kept up less with the Global War on Terror,…
Ukraine Wants the US to Provide Cluster Bombs to Use With Drones
By Dave DeCamp Ukraine has been seeking cluster bombs from the US to use in its war against Russian forces and is now asking for…
Zombie Drones Made from DEAD Birds Could Soon Fool Wildlife and Nature Enthusiasts
By Study Finds Up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane — it’s a dead zombie bird scientists are using as a drone?…
Zelensky Lashes Out After Starlink Cuts Off Ukrainian Drones
By Tyler Durden Elon Musk’s SpaceX has blocked the Ukrainian government and its military from using Starlink technology to fly and control drones, after earlier…
Amazon Delivery Drones Take To The Skies
Drones are annoying due to the high-pitched whine of their propellers, and intrusive because they “see” everything that they fly over, including back yards and…
Police Drones and Robots: 2022 in Review
By Matthew Guariglia The rising tide of policing by robots and drones may seem relentless or even inevitable. But activism, legislative advocacy, and public outrage…
Killing By Drone: Hunting Enemies In Urban Combat
To a Technocrat, efficiency is like catnip is to a cat – it cannot be resisted even to the point of creating automated killing machines….
US to Deploy Over 100 Unmanned Vessels to the Persian Gulf
By Dave DeCamp US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Saturday that a US-led task force will deploy over 100 unmanned vessels to the Persian Gulf by…
Governments Are Using Drones to Spy on Americans — Here’s How People Are Fighting Back
By Patrick Carroll Americans have long been concerned about government surveillance, and rightly so. Being watched by the government is incredibly disconcerting, especially when government…
Iran Admits Supplying Russia With Drones For 1st Time
By Tyler Durden Iran has on Saturday for the first time admitted to supplying Russia with drones, after weeks of condemnation from the West over…
Could This Be The First Video Of A New Chinese Stealth Drone?
By Tyler Durden Video has surfaced on social media of what could be a Chinese flying-wing stealth drone in the air, according to The Drive. The…