Digital Government

Microsoft Is Using Drones to Predict Disease Outbreaks

By catching mosquitoes, these drones could help scientists learn about—and react to—the way diseases become epidemics.

Emerging Tech

This Robot Bat Drone Is the Stuff of Nightmares

It’s the drone the world deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

Digital Government

SpaceX Has Broken the Monopoly on US National Security Launches

The move is another milestone in the development of SpaceX from start up to a legitimate aerospace company.

Digital Government

Secret US Military Space Drone Heads Back to Orbit

The flying robot looks like a shrunken down version of the Space Shuttle—and we still don’t know exactly what it will do up there.

Cybersecurity

Navy Needs Help Making Sure Its Drones are Hack-Proof

Aerial weapons systems were not expected to become part of the so-called Internet of Things.

Emerging Tech

Truly Autonomous Drones Are Coming, and They May Soon Deliver Packages to Your Door

Human operators of drones are prone to errors. One company is looking to make drones that are truly unmanned.

Digital Government

FAA Wishes People Would Stop Flying Drones Near the White House

An illegal amateur flight near the executive mansion Thursday ended with the pilot arrested.

Modernization

Amazon Drone Delivery Will Track Customers Down No Matter Where They Are

The retail giant has outlined a plan for its proposed delivery drones to get packages to you in half an hour, regardless of location.

Emerging Tech

CNN and FAA Team Up to Test Drones

The FAA is considering the technology that Amazon would use to deliver packages remotely.

Digital Government

Here's How You Hack a Military Drone

Research studies on drone vulnerabilities published in recent years essentially provided hackers a how-to guide, an Israeli researcher says.

Digital Government

This Duck Drone Could Spy on Enemy Subs

But building a flying-and-swimming robot is harder than nature makes it look.

Digital Government

Human Trust Overpowered High-Tech Security in German Air Plane Crash

Experts say the downing of Germanwings flight 9525 seems like the classic case of the insider threat -- which belies easy tech fixes.

Emerging Tech

Amazon Gets Approval for Experimental Drone Use

FAA just granted limited approval for Amazon to test drones for research and development.

Digital Government

Bipartisan Drone Privacy Bill Back on the Table

Reps. Ted Poe and Zoe Lofgren are reintroducing legislation that would limit how the U.S. government can use drones to spy on American citizens.

Cybersecurity

Pentagon on Path to Launch Hacker-Proof Boeing Drone by 2018

Defense industry programmers are rewriting software on the helicopter drone to prevent outsiders from digitally infiltrating the aerial vehicle.

Emerging Tech

FAA Drone Regulations Deal Blow to Amazon

The company's plan to deliver packages by unmanned air hit a snag Sunday after draft regulations prohibited remote piloting.

Digital Government

Will New Drone Regulations Stifle Innovation?

Regulators have a lot to consider when allowing commercial drone use—namely, how not to screw up the market potential.

Digital Government

FAA Proposes New Rules for Commercial Drones

President Obama also released a memo that orders federal agencies to create drone policies that would protect citizens' privacy and civil liberties.