Drone

Brit soldiers tune radio waves to fry drone swarms for pennies

Truck-mounted demonstration weapon costs 10p a pop, says MOD

Security17 Apr 2025 | 164

Call of Duty studio co-founder pleads guilty to crashing drone into firefighting aircraft

Peter Tripp Akemann avoids jail, will pay 'Super Scooper' repair costs and is ordered to help with LA's wildfire recovery

Personal Tech03 Feb 2025 | 66

White House attempts to 'explain' mystery drone sightings: The FAA authorized 'em

'Research and various other reasons' behind hullabaloo ... but why didn't someone say that a month ago?

Offbeat29 Jan 2025 | 65

Sweden seizes cargo ship after another undersea cable hit in suspected sabotage

NATO increasing patrols in the Baltic as region awaits navy drones

Networks27 Jan 2025 | 64

Anduril picks Ohio for 5 million square foot autonomous weapon factory

The hyperscale plant is designed to produce tens of thousands of AVs a year

Offbeat16 Jan 2025 | 26

DJI loosens flight restrictions, decides to trust operators to follow FAA rules

Right after one of its drones crashed into an aircraft fighting California wildfires? Great timing

Security15 Jan 2025 | 17

US airspace closures, lack of answers deepen East Coast drone mystery

Analysis Feds insist they still don't know what's happening – but note sightings cluster around airport flight paths

Offbeat17 Dec 2024 | 96

British Army zaps drones out of the sky with laser trucks

High-energy weapon proves its mettle in testing

Public Sector12 Dec 2024 | 145

Aliens, spy balloons, or drones? SUV-sized mystery objects spotted in US skies

No word from the FBI about where they are hiding aliens or UFOs

Offbeat12 Dec 2024 | 75

NATO tests aquatic drones to protect cables, coastlines

Floating the idea of a robot navy

Networks05 Dec 2024 | 10

Officials warn of Russia's tech-for-troops deal with North Korea amid Ukraine conflict

10,000 of Kim Jong Un's soldiers believed to be headed for front line

Security07 Nov 2024 | 45

US Army should ditch tanks for AI drones, says Eric Schmidt

And what do you know, Google's former CEO just so happens to have a commercial solution

AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 161

California cops cuff suspect in deadly drone-assisted drug deal

‘Crany’ also captured with three 'ghost guns'

Offbeat19 Oct 2024 | 35

Pentagon stumped by mystery drone swarm flying over Langley Air Force Base

Not that there's anything important there – just F-22s and stuff

Cybersecurity Month15 Oct 2024 | 85

Starlink-branded hardware reportedly found amid wreckage of downed Russian drone

Space broadband on weapons is not something Elon Musk condones

Networks27 Sep 2024 | 172

Look! About chest high! Is it a pallet? Is it a drone? No, it's a Palletrone

And it's here to carry your not-very-heavy stuff

Science24 Sep 2024 | 30

From windfarms to Amazon Prime, UK plans to long range test six drone services

BVLOS operations to modernize airspace

Edge + IoT16 Aug 2024 | 50

Nokia goes from phones to drones with Swiss service rollout

No pricing disclosed but plan allows users to order hands-off flights without operating any units

Networks08 Aug 2024 | 3

No, really, please ban Chinese DJI drones from America's skies, senators are urged

Previous outlawing attempt flew off, will this one stick the landing?

Personal Tech26 Jul 2024 | 70

Chinese researchers create four-gram drone that might fly forever

Asia in brief Plus: Former Samsung worker jailed for leaking secrets; Robo-cabs reach Shanghai airport; and more

Science22 Jul 2024 | 8

South Korea orders 'Star Wars' lasers to blast Northern drones out of the sky

Ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side

Offbeat12 Jul 2024 | 44

We've banned Chinese telco kit and drones. Next: Mountain bikes?

DJI builds a power pack for off-road two-wheelers

Personal Tech05 Jul 2024 | 60

Airbus shows off uncrewed AI-powered Wingman for fighter pilots

Updated I feel the need, the need for ... a Euro-made military drone

AI + ML05 Jun 2024 | 27

Amazon Prime Air delivery drones allowed off line-of-sight leash

Sky shipping can now go beyond visual range of operators – starting in Texas and then maybe airspace near you

Personal Tech30 May 2024 | 7

Kaspersky hits back at claims its AI helped Russia develop military drone systems

Ready, set, sanctions?

Security03 May 2024 | 15

Politicians call for ban on 'killer robots' and the curbing of AI weapons

Video 'This is the Oppenheimer moment of our generation'

AI + ML30 Apr 2024 | 56

Japan to draw up routes for roads dedicated to robot trucks

Digital reform conference sees PM repeat calls to get online government services right at last

Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 9

IT biz trials gadget deliveries by drone to sidestep traffic and emissions

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hard drive!

Personal Tech12 Apr 2024 | 10

US insurers use drone photos to deny home insurance policies

Of course, it helps if you don't live in a potential disaster zone

Security08 Apr 2024 | 136

Flying car biz Alef claims 3K preorders, still hasn't done a proper demo

What will happen first by 2026? Model A in production or end of the world?

Personal Tech04 Mar 2024 | 32

US military pulls the trigger, uses AI to target air strikes

People still make the final decision, but recent raids in Iraq and Syria had help

AI + ML27 Feb 2024 | 26

US agencies warn made-in-China drones might help Beijing snoop on the world

It’s a bird, it’s a plane… it’s a flying menace out to endanger national security

Security19 Jan 2024 | 17

Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery unit, designs bigger bird to deliver pasta, faster

Aerial delivery kit doubles payloads

Personal Tech18 Jan 2024 | 15

Royal Navy flies first mega Mojave drone from aircraft carrier

Pilotless plane said to be next generation of naval air power

Offbeat20 Nov 2023 | 27

We're getting that fry-day feeling... US Army gets hold of drone-cooking microwave rig

Look, in the sky - it's a, oh, never mind

Public Sector03 Nov 2023 | 80

Amazon unveils new drone design, plans liftoff of aerial delivery in UK, Italy

Smaller, quieter, and expected to deliver millions of packages in coming years

Science19 Oct 2023 | 52

San Francisco mayor suggests police drones and CCTV can cure city's crime woes

Suggests bodycam footage should replace paperwork for simple arrests

Cybersecurity Month19 Oct 2023 | 30

DARPA takes its long-duration Manta undersea drone for a test-dip

Autonomous sub should recharge and resupply in perfect stealth, hopefully

Security28 Sep 2023 | 3

Another thing AI is better at than you: First-person drone racing

May as well give up already

AI + ML31 Aug 2023 | 10

Controversial Chinese drone maker DJI debuts a cargo carrier

For dropping stuff in remote locations. Just don't mention the war in Ukraine, where DJI kit repeatedly appeared

Offbeat22 Aug 2023 | 25

Orkney islands look to drones to streamline mail deliveries

Unmanned aircraft trial will skip delays caused by boat-battering weather

Edge + IoT03 Aug 2023 | 51

Chinese companies evade sanctions, fuel Moscow’s war on Ukraine, says report

PRC semiconductor exports curiously rose 19% y-o-y for first 9 months of 2022

Security28 Jul 2023 | 36

US Air Force's Angry Kitten turns Reaper drone into fierce feline of electronic warfare

Hardware from a decade ago? More like grumpy old mog

Offbeat21 Jul 2023 | 21

Fire-resistant drones promise to help rescuers in a hot spot

NASA space suits provide inspiration to Swiss and Brit boffins

Science28 Jun 2023 | 2

No-no cop: Illinois bans drones from using facial recognition or weapons

But police are allowed to fly them for 'public safety' missions

AI + ML17 Jun 2023 | 29

OPPO abandons custom chip design ambitions

Asia In Brief PLUS: India gets blood from a drone; Toshiba sets a date; Australia floats metaverse standards

Personal Tech15 May 2023 | 2

Cardboard drones running open source flight software take off in Ukraine and beyond

'CORVO' ships with tape and glue, gives defense orgs just-in-time drone capability for a song

Defense Tech Week07 Apr 2023 | 86

Drones aim to undo Ukraine's landmine problem

Feature Draganfly aims to help clear invaded nation of deadly devices

Defense Tech Week05 Apr 2023 | 36

China aims to pair J-20 stealth fighter with 'loyal wingman' battle drone

Reports suggest Beijing may speed past rivals with supersonic helper for its air superiority weapon

Defense Tech Week03 Apr 2023 | 28

Japan Post closer to replacing snail mail with autonomous drones

As Alphabet's Wing wants to fly millions of small packages by 2024

AI + ML14 Mar 2023 | 11

Beijing grants permit to 'flying car' that can handle 'roads and low altitude'

X2 eVTOL doesn't have wheels but paves the way for sedan-like X3

Offbeat31 Jan 2023 | 38

BT in tests to beam down 5G coverage from the stratosphere

Bet is to use UAV to plug not-spots in mobile coverage with 150Mbps across 15,000 square km

Networks31 Jan 2023 | 49

FCC suggests licensing 5GHz spectrum to drone operators

What's the WiFly password again?

Legal05 Jan 2023 | 5

Swiss drone-busting eagle squadron grounded permanently

Pilot project in Geneva ends potential danger to welfare of the birds

Offbeat08 Nov 2022 | 41

Now you can't even scale Mount Everest without a drone buzzing overhead

Video No chance of any peace, not even at 8,900 metres

Bootnotes14 Oct 2022 | 17

How Wi-Fi spy drones snooped on financial firm

Check your rooftops: Flying gear caught carrying network-intrusion kit

Cyber-crime12 Oct 2022 | 36