Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 (EODMU5) Platoon 142 recover an unmanned underwater vehicle onto a Coastal Riverine Group 1 Detachment Guam MK VI patrol boat in the Pacif...
May 1, 2017 – May 7, 2017
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The European Aviation Safety Association has propo...
April 17, 2017 – April 23, 2017
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A U.S. drone strike in Yemen reportedly killed four suspected members of al-Qaeda. According to Yemeni officials, the strike targeted al-Qaeda fighters in...
January 30, 2017 – February 5, 2017
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Israel has reportedly eased export restrictions on military drones in order to boost the competitiveness of Israeli companies. According to an unnamed...
January 23, 2017 – January 29, 2017
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
A growing number of countries around the world are developing or acquiring unmanned aircraft systems. Today, the Ce...
January 9, 2017 – January 15, 2017
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Popular French hobby drone maker Parrot laid off 290 out of 840 workers after posting growing losses in recent months. Parrot lost $27.8 million in the ...
January 2, 2017 – January 8, 2017
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
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December 26, 2016 – January 1, 2017
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December 12, 2016 – December 18, 2016
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December 5, 2016 – December 11, 2016
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October 17, 2016 – October 23, 2016
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In their perennial bid to better understand the weather, scientists are increasingly turning to drones, from high-a...
October 10, 2016 – October 16, 2016
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The U.S. president plays a key role in determining the country’s counterterrorism policies, including the use of ...
September 12, 2016 – September 18, 2016
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A U.S. airstrike in Syria reportedly killed Wael Adel Salman, the information minister for the Islamic State group. According to a U.S. official wh...
August 29, 2016 – September 4, 2016
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A U.S. airstrike in Syria killed Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, a senior strategist and spokesperson for the Islamic State. According to two U.S. officials w...
August 22, 2016 – August 28, 2016
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A U.S. drone strike in Yemen reportedly killed five suspected members of al-Qaeda. According to witnesses who spoke to the Associated Press, the strike t...
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
As growing numbers of countries around the world acquire and deploy military drones, the task of tracking where they are based and how they are being used b...
August 8, 2016 – August 14, 2016
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Earlier this month, hundreds of drones descended upon New York’s Governors Island for the second annual U.S. Nationa...
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Unmanned technology is becoming an increasingly hot commodity on the global market; it is no surprise, then, that the last few years have seen a spate of ca...
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
On May 7, the Academy of Model Aeronautics celebrated National Drone Day with events that brought together hobbyists across the country. We were on-site for...
3/21/16 – 3/27/16
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On Friday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration released 582 new reports of incidents involving drones in the national airsp...
3/14/16 – 3/20/16
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In our new report, “Analysis of U.S. Drone Exemptions 2014-2015,” we studied 2,700 FAA permits for non-recreational drone use to ...
3/7/16 – 3/13/16
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A major U.S. airstrike in Somalia reportedly killed at least 150 al-Shabab fighters. The strike, which was carried out by manned and unmanned aircraft, targeted a compoun...
2/29/16 – 3/6/16
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Iran has one of the most extensive military drone programs in the world. We’ve uncovered new evidence that the program’s capabilit...