Drones cost $28,000 for one arrest
CNN was inside the control room in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, during a recent mission, when a control team inside a virtual cockpit operated the drones. Opinion: Can U.S. drone policy…
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Drones Spotted Over Paris Landmarks for 2nd Night
PARIS — For a second straight night, mysterious unidentified flying objects were spotted over some of Paris’s most identifiable landmarks, officials said on Wednesday. Agnès Thibault-Lecuivre, the spokeswoman for the…
Drones hover over Paris landmarks and U.S. Embassy overnight
The unmanned aerial vehicles were spotted over the Eiffel Tower, the Bastille, Place de la Concorde, Les Invalides and the U.S. Embassy, according to Agnès Thibault-Lecuivre, a spokeswoman for the…
U.S. Allows Sales Of Armed Drones To Allies With Clean Human Rights Records
WASHINGTON — A day after the State Department loosened restrictions on the sale of armed drones to foreign allies, the risks posed by targeted killings again became apparent. Lebanese television…
F.A.A. Rules Would Limit Commercial Drone Use
In an attempt to bring order to increasingly chaotic skies, the Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday proposed long-awaited rules on the commercial use of small drones, requiring operators to be…
FAA proposes to allow commercial drone use
READ: FAA to announce new rules for flying drones “Today’s proposed rule is the next step in integrating unmanned aircraft systems into our nation’s airspace.” FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said…
Proposed Drone Regulations Complicate Amazon Delivery Plans
(Adds detail and analysis) By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. aviation regulator proposed on Sunday that people flying drones for commercial purposes obtain a special…
Crash-proof ‘drone in a cage’ flies away with $1 million prize
Its creatorsSwiss company Flyabilityare traveling home from Dubai $1 million richer after winning the “Drones for Good” international competition, on February 7. Gimball is described as the first “collision-tolerant drone,”…
Some Farms Tried To Keep Their Abuse Secret. Then The Drones Arrived.
www.upworthy.com: We’re not used to hearing about drones doing good. Here’s an example of technology being used to end abuses, rather than perpetuating them.
A swarm of drones that just wants to help
“The aim of the Drones for Good competition is to find positive ways to use drones to improve the lives of people around the world,” said Saif Al Aleeli, the…
Friend: Drone crasher wants to apologize to Obama family
Still unnamed by authorities, the flyer of the DJI Phantom quadcopter, who is also a U.S. intelligence agency employee, is declining comment. The drone’s owner only spoke to CNN on…
Drones Will Be Everywhere Watching, Listening, And…Planting Millions Of Trees?
More and more people are getting to know drones, and not just the military kind. Drones were one of the hottest gifts over the holidays because they’re not only getting…
Drones Spotted, but Not Halted, Raise Concerns
WASHINGTON — As Major League Baseball’s top players took the field at the All-Star Game in Minneapolis in July, a covert radar system scanned the sky above the 40,000-seat stadium…
What to do about drones
Last year, for example, the Federal Aviation Administration fined a man for crashing a drone in Manhattan, narrowly missing pedestrians. Also in 2014, the National Park Service banned the use…
Drone company looks to restrict flight areas in D.C.
A mana government intelligence agency employee, no lesstook to the top of his G Street building late at night to show off his drone to a female companion. He had…
White House drone operator worked for U.S. intelligence agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agencya little-known but enormous agency with a broad mission that ranges from supporting U.S. combat efforts to aiding security planning for the Olympicssaid Tuesday that one of…
Obama: We need more drone regulations
“The drone that landed in the White House you buy in Radio Shack,” Obama said Tuesday in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in India. The Federal Aviation Administration has…
Could drones be used against U.S.?
A small drone crashed onto the White House grounds on Monday. Described as a 2-foot-long quadcoptera drone with four propellersthe event raises some troubling questions about the possibility that terrorists…
CNN cleared to test drones for reporting
As a result, the FAA has set up a handful of largely uninhabited regions across the country where people can test out drones for commercial use. Currently, the agency only…