the drone center’s weekly roundup

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 6/12/17

June 5, 2017 – June 11, 2017 At the Center for the Study of the Drone At Washington D.C.’s WTOP radio, Center for the Study of the Drone co-director Dan Gettinger discusses the growing use...

12 June 2017, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup 5/15/17

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...

16 May 2017, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup 5/8/17

May 1, 2017 – May 7, 2017 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News The European Aviation Safety Association has propo...

08 May 2017, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 4/24/17

April 17, 2017 – April 23, 2017 News 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...

24 April 2017, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 4/17/17

April 10, 2017 – April 16, 2017 News A drone strike in the Sinai reportedly killed one person. According to al-Jazeera, the strike targeted a house in Rafah, a town that borders the Gaza Stri...

17 April 2017, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 4/10/17

April 3, 2017 – April 9, 2017 Public Safety Drones Police and first responder drones were once a sci-fi fantasy; now they are a reality, appearing with increasing frequency in cities and towns ...

10 April 2017, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 9/5/16

August 29, 2016 – September 4, 2016 News 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...

05 September 2016, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/8/16

News A U.S. airstrike in Yemen killed three members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. In a statement, U.S. Central Command announced that the strike took place in Yemen’s central Shabwa provi...

08 August 2016, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/1/16

July 25, 2016 – July 31, 2016 News The U.S. Air Force has created a new training course for officers responsible for ensuring that the communications between drones and pilots are secure. The Elec...

01 August 2016, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 7/18/16

At the Center for the Study of the Drone A cache of personal documents seized during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in 2011 includes several letters that refer to the drones used by the U...

18 July 2016, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 6/20/16

At the Center for the Study of the Drone The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives have passed competing drafts of the National Defense Authorization Act, which establishes funding prioritie...

20 June 2016, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 6/13/16

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...

13 June 2016, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 5/9/16

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...

09 May 2016, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College