Digital Government
Navy Plans To Deploy A Submarine Drone Squadron By 2020
The highly autonomous underwater vehicles could be sent to scout ahead of attack submarines, or to guard valuable undersea targets.
Emerging Tech
FAA to Require Recreational Drones to be Registered with the Goverment
Getting a drone for Christmas? Better register it before you wrap it.
Digital Government
The Military Is Creating Vampire Drones That Die in the Sun
Like meeting the one true death, the Pentagon wants a drone that dissolves by morning light—or in 4 hours, whichever comes first.
Emerging Tech
Video: Watch These Battle Drones Cage Fight
What began as a military technology has exploded into a multimillion-dollar market that will top $90 billion within a decade.
Digital Government
Two Men Were Busted for Flying a Drone in the Most Restricted Airspace in America
A word of caution to drone-owners: Don’t fly your UAV near the White House.
Digital Government
Join a Drone Over the Indonesian Fires Smoking Out an Entire Region
A strong El Niño climate phenomenon has created particularly dry conditions and led to fast-spreading fires, all captured by drones and satellites.
Digital Government
The Government Is Testing Military-Grade Technology to Keep Drones Away From Airports
With the agency’s final rule for commercial drones still more than half a year out, FAA is responding to an increasing number of “close calls” between airliners and drones.
Emerging Tech
Drone Company Faces $1.9 Million Fine for Unsanctioned Flights
The FAA has proposed its largest ever fine of a company for unauthorized drone flights.
Digital Government
Drones Armed With High-Energy Lasers May Arrive In 2017
Predator maker looks beyond Hellfire missiles to the weapons of the future.
Emerging Tech
The End Is Nigh: Robots and Drones Are Working Together
The robot uprising seems to be closer every day.
Ideas
Vetoed Drone Legislation the Right Step for Growing Industry
Drones may represent the ultimate in disruptive technology.
Digital Government
Worried About the Safety of Drone Delivery? NASA Has Your Back
NASA has announced it successfully tested a prototype system that allows unpiloted drones to detect and avoid other aircraft in their midst.
Artificial Intelligence
Tech Experts Predict What 2025 Will Look Like
Nearly everyone surveyed was hopeful about the life-changing prospects of the Internet of Things.
Digital Government
Will Subdrones Cause World War III?
Smart, well-armed and built to operate on their own, underwater drones are becoming a dangerous wildcard.
Digital Government
The Warship of the Future: Lasers, Holograms and 3-D Printed Drones
If you thought the battleship era faded after World War II, just wait a few decades.
Digital Government
States Pass Drone Laws in Droves
These laws could potentially clash with future federal regulations.
Digital Government
What Keeps Pentagon’s Top Robotics Expert Up at Night?
Hint: It's not killer robots.
Digital Government
Why a No-Fly-Zone for Drones Won’t Work
U.S. lawmakers and the military worry about small consumer drones running afoul of planes and emergency crews. But there may be no simple fix.
Digital Government