4/27/15 – 5/3/15 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 While the most widely recognized military drones are fixed-wing designs like the Predator and Reaper, vertical takeoff and landing …
4/20/15 – 4/26/15 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 Earlier this month, the United Nations held a Meeting of Experts to discuss the ethical and legal implications of …
4/13/15 – 4/19/15 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 Last week, the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons held a Meeting of Experts to discuss the ethical, …
By Dan Gettinger Today, April 13, experts and delegates from around the world are gathering in Geneva, Switzerland for a discussion on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, or, LAWS. The Meeting of Experts is organized by the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). Over the next five days, the representatives …
4/6/15-4/12/15 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 FAA grants more and more exemptions for the commercial use of drones, the immediate future of the domestic drone …
We have published an updated database of FAA commercial drone exemptions here. By Dan Gettinger On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration released the names of 30 new companies that had approval to use drones commercially. Although the announcement was made quietly, in terms of numbers of companies, this new round …
3/30/15 – 4/5/15 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 The National Air and Space Museum recently took possession of a rather special drone: the Center for the Study …
Weekly Roundup 3/16/15 – 3/22/15 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 Grégoire Chamayou’s A Theory of the Drone offers a scathing critique of the use of military drones. …
By Dan Gettinger In January, a DJI Phantom quadcopter drone crashed on the White House lawn. The operator had apparently lost control of the drone while he was flying it outside his apartment window in Washington D.C. For some, this was proof that cheap, small drones such as the Phantom …
March 9, 2015 – March 15, 2015 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 the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, senior U.S. government …
March 2, 2015 – March 9, 2015 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 late February, the Obama administration announced that it would ease long-standing restrictions on the …
By Dan Gettinger On February 17, the United States announced that it will loosen restrictions on the sale of armed drones to foreign nations. The policy, which was outlined in a statement by the Department of State, establishes new rules for the export of drones and makes it easier for …
