Industry Austrian Airlines trials autonomous drones for aircraft inspection Turns out annoying UAVs at airports can have good uses too By Humza Aamir, September 17, 2019, 7:03 AM
Electronics This one-ton glider delivery drone is designed for battlefield cargo drops The Silent Arrow can carry up to 1,631 pounds of goods By Rob Thubron, September 11, 2019, 6:55 AM 10 comments
Tech Culture The FAA warns people not to weaponize their drones Attaching a weapon could cost you $25,000 By Rob Thubron, August 26, 2019, 8:37 AM 17 comments
Car Tech Japanese passenger drone lifts off in short demo Baby steps By Rob Thubron, August 6, 2019, 7:58 AM
Electronics Parrot pulls out of the entry-level drone market DJI has captured nearly three quarters of the global market By Shawn Knight, July 19, 2019, 3:15 PM
Electronics Check out this flamethrower attachment for drones Available now for $1,499 By Rob Thubron, July 17, 2019, 7:57 AM 11 comments
Science USAF directed-energy weapon 'THOR' can down swarms of drones simultaneously Captain America really can wield Mjolnir By Cal Jeffrey, June 24, 2019, 12:48 PM 15 comments
Security You might not be able to opt-out of Amazon's drone-based "surveillance as a service" Can Amazon pull this off? By Isaiah Mayersen, June 22, 2019, 9:39 AM 23 comments
Electronics Amazon unveils its redesigned 'hybrid' delivery drone, featuring helicopter and plane flight modes It switches between the two for maximum efficiency By Cohen Coberly, June 5, 2019, 2:14 PM 7 comments
Google A Google-funded startup just launched a fully functional drone delivery service An Australia exclusive, but deliveries take mere minutes By Greg Synek, April 9, 2019, 9:38 AM
Electronics Harman awarded patent for flying robotic speakers Taking virtual reality immersion to new heights By Shawn Knight, March 6, 2019, 11:03 AM 9 comments
Electronics Tech Culture FAA to require external registration markings on your drones Owners have to comply by February 23 By David Matthews, February 12, 2019, 11:16 PM 14 comments
Security The Pentagon deployed more drones domestically last year than the previous five years combined Armed drone use is on the rise, but not in ways you'd expect By Isaiah Mayersen, January 27, 2019, 1:19 PM
Industry Drone maker DJI is losing $150 million to its own employees through fraud Part prices were artificially inflated By Greg Synek, January 21, 2019, 9:28 AM
Security Tech Culture London airports are investing millions in military-grade drone defense systems Good possibility defense systems involve laser guns By Isaiah Mayersen, January 6, 2019, 10:10 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture NYPD to deploy drone over Times Square New Year's Eve festivities The eye in the sky will be watching --- better leave those hip flasks at home By Cal Jeffrey, December 31, 2018, 5:46 PM
Science Researchers shot a drone at a plane to study a simulated mid-flight impact That's gonna leave a mark By Cal Jeffrey, October 16, 2018, 12:01 PM 9 comments
Electronics FLIR nano-drones are now able to be automatically launched from vehicles Not even Bond's car could spawn a drone swarm By Greg Synek, October 8, 2018, 8:22 AM 8 comments
Industry Electronics Bill allowing government to destroy private drones gains Senate approval Ready, aim, fire! By Shawn Knight, October 4, 2018, 4:07 PM 12 comments
Google Industry Moonshot projects Loon and Wing become independent businesses under Alphabet umbrella Future work will be done outside of the prototyping-focused environment of X By Shawn Knight, July 11, 2018, 4:46 PM
Google Tech Culture Founder of Project Maven 'alarmed' at Google's decision to walk away The search giant will not be renewing its government contract due to internal pressure By Cal Jeffrey, June 26, 2018, 4:15 PM 11 comments
Industry New FAA program allows companies to easily and legally pilot drones through "no-fly" zones By Cohen Coberly, May 24, 2018, 4:18 PM
Electronics Microsoft DJI and Microsoft bring support for native Windows apps to drones with new SDK Capturing data is easy, making it useful is key By Greg Synek, May 7, 2018, 12:41 PM
Industry Google Google is working with the US Department of Defense to develop drone footage-analyzing AI The partnership has raised ethical questions for some Google employees By Cohen Coberly, March 7, 2018, 7:08 AM
Electronics Authorities are investigating what may be the first drone-linked aircraft crash Fortunately, nobody was injured in the crash By Cohen Coberly, February 16, 2018, 3:01 PM