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July 19, 2016

Dad, teen son ordered to disclose data on gun-firing, flame-throwing drones

A federal judge has ordered a Connecticut father and son to testify under oath at depositions and hand over documents about drones shown in YouTube videos firing a gun and deploying a flame thrower in their backyard.

July 18, 2016

Drones could save endangered ferrets by dropping peanut butter-flavored vaccine pellets

Experts from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are considering an ambitious plan to protect endangered ferrets by using drones to drop peanut-butter flavor vaccine pellets in a Montana Wildlife Refuge.

July 13, 2016

Utah votes to let authorities disable drones near wildfires

Utah lawmakers voted Wednesday to allow authorities to disable or damage unauthorized drones near wildfires after at least one has plagued firefighters in the southern part of the state.

June 29, 2016

Innovative Navy-funded drone is master of the air and water

A propeller-driven drone that can fly both in the air and underwater is in development at Rutgers University— a unique vehicle that has caught the eye of the U.S. Navy

June 29, 2016

FAA looks to boost commercial drone use with new regulations

The Federal Aviation Administration has published its regulations for small drones, a key move toward integrating commercial use of the technology into America’s airspace.

June 29, 2016

Nudists sweating over sight of drone outside sauna

It’s a sighting that made many people sweat.

June 24, 2016

Weaponized drone swarms will meet their match with this 60-kilowatt laser

Drones, whether alone or in groups, are difficult to spot when approaching, tough to follow on radar, and cannot be easily shot down using conventional weapons. To combat this potential threat, Lockheed Martin is developing a laser-based weapon that'll blow such drones out of the sky.

June 7, 2016

Airbus shows off Thor, a 3D-printed drone

Except for its electrical parts, everything on this drone came out of a printer.

May 12, 2016

Hidden high-tech ocean pods will unleash Naval drones

What if the U.S. could seed secret pods deep in the oceans that suddenly burst out of the water unleashing devastating surprise attacks on the enemy? While this sounds like the stuff of science fiction the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working to make this amazing project science fact.

May 12, 2016

Man from medieval times knocks a drone out of the sky with a spear

We've seen eagles and chimpanzees take down drones, but a spear-wielding man from medieval times? Now that we WEREN'T expecting. OK, he was dressed in period costume for a reenactment festival in Russia, but we're sure you'll agree, it's some throw.