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
Video: Drones Take Center Stage at First-Ever Silicon Valley Fashion Show
A different kind of fashion week.
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.
Digital Government
The Air Force Wants You To Build Its Next Drone Engine
The Pentagon hopes the next Predator is in someone's garage.
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.
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