Drones

Mark Episkopos Security, Or could the new jet compliment the F-35? Take a look.  See Ya Later, F-35: Britain's 6th Generation Fighter Is In the Works As the EU consolidates its sixth-generation aircraft efforts around the Franco-German FCAS project, Brit…

Listening to grey seals recite vowel sounds and sing the melodies to Star Wars and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star makes for excellent entertainment, but for the researchers who trained these aquatic mammals, its serious science. Animals make all sorts of wac…

Warning: Mild spoilers for Child's Play (2019) below. It may seem strange that a horror movie about a killer doll is better primed to terrify Big Tech execs than kids and parents but in Child's Play 2019, that's exactly what Chucky is after.  Forgoing the f…

Its become abundantly clear that Amazon is interested in incorporating surveillance into many of its products and servicesthrough the internet, in our homes, and from the sky. Last month at Amazons annual shareholder meeting, investors pressured the company…

President Donald Trump said Thursday that it would have made a “big, big difference” if the drone shot down by Iran had been manned. Such a big difference — because drones are never manned. A drone by definition is an unpiloted aircraft. The technical term f…

(Reuters) - Iran on Thursday shot down a U.S. military drone it said was on a spy mission over its territory. Washington said the aircraft was targeted in international air space in “an unprovoked attack.” The Global Hawk drone, made by Northrop Grumman Cor…

President Donald Trump on Thursday said the public will "soon find out" if the US will launch a military strike against Iran after it shot down a US Navy drone. But the president also said he found it "hard to believe" that the downing of the drone was "int…

In the wild, monkeys need to keep their eyes peeled for all sorts of dangers, like leopards and eagles and snakes. But the green monkeys studied by Julia Fischer of the German Primate Center have an additional challenge: they also have to scan the skies for d…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Abha airport was targeted on both days Yemen's rebel Houthi movement launched five drones at a Saudi airport, two days after a similar assault at the same location injured 26 people. The drones targeted Abha airport and…

On June 11th, common rules on European drones, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947, were published to ensure the safety and security of unmanned aircraft operations across countries in the Europea…