7/6/15 – 7/12/15 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 Max Abrahms, an assistant professor of political science at Northeastern University and a term member at the Council on …
6/29/15 – 7/5/15 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 Until the FAA implements comprehensive regulations for the commercial use of unmanned aircraft in U.S. skies, the only companies …
6/22/15 – 6/28/15 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 U.S. Air Force recently reduced the number of Combat Air Patrols flown by its various drone squadrons. This …
6/15/15 – 6/21/15 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 In a recent report on China’s military capabilities, the Department of Defense told Congress that China will manufacture up to …
6/8/15 – 6/15/15 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 Pentagon’s 1033 program, which transfers excess military equipment to domestic law enforcement, has resulted in the proliferation of unmanned …
6/1/15-6/7/15 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 House and Senate have released proposed Pentagon budget bills that differ in drone spending from Obama’s proposed budget in several …
5/25/15-5/31/15 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 On May 20, the U.S. government released 103 documents seized during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011. The …
5/4/15 – 5/11/15 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 month, the U.S. Navy retired its two X-47B prototype unmanned combat drones. Known as Salty Dog 501 and …
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 …
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 …
4/13/15 – 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, …
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 …
