If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News Three suspected al-Qaeda militants were reportedly killed in a drone strike in Yemen. According to tribal elders who spoke to Reuters, the militants were traveling in a vehicle in …
If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone As the crisis in Crimea escalates, Russia is stepping up its efforts to acquire a fleet of military drones. Dan Gettinger …
If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone In an attempt to curb the recent resurgence of violence in Iraq, the U.S. is secretly sending ScanEagle surveillance drones to …
At the Center for the Study of the Drone Drones are heating up the territorial dispute between China and Japan over the Senkaku Islands. At the same time, China is expanding research and production of their own drones and Japan is considering political and military reforms. These developments could bring …
By Dan Gettinger, @GettDan On September 9th, the Japanese Air Self-Defence Force scrambled an F-15 fighter jet in response to an aircraft that had intruded into Japanese airspace . The offending vehicle: a Chinese military drone. The surveillance drone was spotted flying over the Senkaku Islands-known in China as the Diaoyu …
If you would like to receive the Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone In the span of just over a week, two U.N. Special Rapporteurs, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch all released separate reports …
By Dan Gettinger On Thursday, the United States and Japan signed a new security agreement that broadened the cooperation between the militaries of the two nations. As part of the agreement, the United States will establish a drone base at an undisclosed location in Japan. Up to four Northrop Grumman …
If you would like to receive the Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe below. News According to FireEye, a cybersecurity company, the targets of Chinese cyber attacks on the United States have been the American defense contractors who manufacturer drones. A Shanghai-based unit of the People’s Liberation Army is suspected …
If you want to receive our roundup directly to your inbox each week, you can subscribe at the bottom of the page. News Trending Now China’s push to become a major player in the international drone market has had a good start. Five countries are currently negotiating with China to …
If you would like to receive our roundup directly to your inbox, please let us know at barddrones [at] gmail News Trending Now Robert Mueller, the outgoing director of the FBI, said in a Senate hearing on Wednesday that the FBI has occasionally used drones over the United States in …
News Trending Now President Obama plans to address the use of drones and the Guantanamo detention facility in a major defense speech this week. (The Guardian) The United States Senate debated the terms of the Authorized Use of Military Force, raising questions about President Obama’s mandate to wage war. (New …
News Trending Now A former Bush administration lawyer says that the United States is using drone strikes instead of sending suspected terrorists to Guantanamo. (US News) The Guardian reports that Great Britain has five hundred drones and is interested in expanding the airspace in which they can fly them. Similar …
