January 9, 2017 – January 15, 2017 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News Popular French hobby drone maker Parrot laid off 290 out of 840 workers after posting growing losses in recent months. Parrot lost …
By Arthur Holland Michel Last month, Steve Whitby, an executive at the french aerospace giant Airbus Defence and Space, briefed reporters with some exciting news. Airbus, he said, had entered into a deal with the British Ministry of Defense, which would buy three of the company’s Zephyr solar-powered, high-altitude, long-endurance …
8/10/15 – 8/16/15 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 Like many other regions of the world, Southeast Asia has been experiencing something of a drone boom. Hobbyists and …
A video posted on YouTube by MediaTown claims to show the devastated area of Al-Shejaiya in Gaza. If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News The United States has started flying drones and manned spy planes over Syria to …
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 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has taken on a critical role in the contemporary drone debate, appearing in the arguments of …
Review of Close Up at a Distance: Mapping, Technology and Politics by Laura Kurgan (Zone Books). by Dan Gettinger Detractors of military drones claim that the physical distance that separates the pilots from their targets is problematic. Fighting a war by way of satellite link is admittedly a foreign idea, something …
