August 29, 2016 – September 4, 2016 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News A U.S. airstrike in Syria killed Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, a senior strategist and spokesperson for the Islamic State. According to two U.S. officials …
August 8, 2016 – August 14, 2016 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, hundreds of drones descended upon New York’s Governors Island for the …
August 1, 2016 – August 7, 2016 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News A U.S. airstrike in Yemen killed three members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. In a statement, U.S. Central Command announced that the …
July 11, 2016 – July 17, 2016 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 A cache of personal documents seized during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound …
By Dan Gettinger On July 1, 2016, the Obama administration released an official tally of U.S. counterterrorism airstrikes that have occurred outside of declared war zones over the past seven years. According to the report, since 2009 the U.S. has launched 473 strikes—most of which have been carried out by …
June 27, 2016 – July 3, 2016 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 ongoing conflict in Iraq and Syria is the first major war in which drones …
June 13, 2016 – June 19, 2016 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 U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives have passed competing drafts of the …
5/30/16 – 6/5/16 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News A U.S. drone strike in Somalia targeted Abdullahi Haji Da’ud, a senior member of al-Shabab. In a statement, spokesperson Peter Cook said that the Pentagon is …
5/23/16 – 5/29/16 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 more commercial drone users take to the sky, insurers are struggling to develop policies to cover the …
5/9/16 – 5/15/16 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 Companies that offer a range of end-to-end drone services are becoming increasingly significant players in the domestic drone …
5/2/16 – 5/8/16 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 On May 7, the Academy of Model Aeronautics celebrated National Drone Day with events that brought together hobbyists …
Gavin Hood is an actor, writer and director. His films include Tsotsi, the winner of Best Foreign Film at the 2006 Academy Awards, Rendition, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Ender’s Game. His most recent film, Eye in the Sky, follows the story of a number of individuals involved in a drone …
