March 13, 2017 – March 19, 2017 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 We spoke to Rolling Stone about the implications of recent advances in swarming drone …
By Dan Gettinger On Thursday, April 23, President Obama acknowledged that a CIA drone strike had accidentally killed an American and an Italian in northwest Pakistan in January. The two men, Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto, were aid workers who were captured by al Qaeda in Afghanistan and held …
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 …
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 Wondering what to read this holiday season? We’ve chosen the best drone books of 2014. News A U.S. drone strike reportedly killed …
If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News American drones struck several targets in Pakistan, reportedly killing up to 20 people. The strikes took place in Datta Khel, North Waziristan. The CIA drones targeted a mix of local …
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 If an autonomous drone does something harmful, who is responsible? If two driverless cars collide, who pays? These are the kind …
By Dan Gettinger The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that, over the past month, the U.S. government has cut back on the number of drone strikes before peace talks begin between the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Taliban (TTP). According to unnamed American officials quoted by the Post, the Pakistani …
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 Artist and writer James Bridle, whose bold creative interventions into the drone debate include the Drone Shadows and Dronestagram, discusses weaponized …
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 On November 26, an Israeli mall and cinema complex was converted into a military and civilian drone trade fair. Our correspondent Andy …
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 …
At the Center for the Study of the Drone While aerial drones dominate the media spotlight, their lowly ground-based counterparts are quickly developing and proliferating around the world, with profound consequences for the future of warfighting. We explore the strange ecosystem of military Unmanned Ground Vehicles. News A drone strike …
If you would like to receive the Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe below. News Documents leaked by Edward Snowden show that the CIA has relied on signals intelligence collected by the National Security Agency to conduct drone strikes. The documents detail extensive cooperation between the two agencies. (Washington Post) …
