Pentagon Developing AI Drone Swarms to “Deter” China
By Will Porter The US military is devising a new system designed to field thousands of drones controlled by artificial intelligence, deputy Pentagon chief Kathleen…
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22 Years of Drone Warfare and No End in Sight
By Maha Hilal and Tom Engelhardt In a June 2012 piece headlined “Praying at the Church of St. Drone,” I wrote, “Be assured of one…
Police Dept Will Send Drones to Investigate Outdoor Parties When Neighbors Complain
By B.N. Frank Not everybody likes drones. They’re loud. They’re privacy invasive. In addition to their potential for crashing, they can create other dangerous situations. …
USAF Conducts First-AI Flight With Stealth Drone
By Tyler Durden The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) completed the first-ever flight of an AFRL-developed stealth drone powered by artificial intelligence software. On July…
Letter Calls for Pentagon to “Make Amends” for Killing Civilian in Syria Drone Strike
By Dave DeCamp Twenty-one organizations have sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin calling for the Pentagon to conduct a transparent investigation into…
Where Combat Drones Are Operated
By Tyler Durden Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States, Washington has urged the country to overcome bureaucratic hurdles in…
AI-Controlled Drone Goes Rogue, “Kills” Human Operator In Simulated US Air Force Test
By Caden Pearsen An AI-enabled drone turned on and “killed” its human operator during a simulated U.S. Air Force (USAF) test so that it could…
Illinois Expands Use of Police Drones to Cover “Special Events” and Can Include Facial Recognition
By Nicholas West The rapid proliferation of police drones and robots shouldn’t come as a surprise for longtime readers, but legislators are now reaching for…
The Black Hornet Nano-drone Can Now Be Controlled by Voice Commands
By Nicholas West Longtime readers might remember when we first began discussing and warning about insect-sized drones and drone swarms more than a decade ago….
Military Still Testing Software that “could help the Pentagon use drones instead of human-operated warplanes and warships”
By B.N. Frank In 2022, the Pentagon announced it was testing technology that would allow one person to control 130 robots. Apparently they have not…
US Military Says MQ-9 Reaper Drone Collided With Russian Jet Over Black Sea
By Dave DeCamp Russian officials have yet to respond to the US claims about the incident. The US and its allies conduct frequent surveillance flights…
Slowly But Steadily, the Executive Branch is Bringing Back Widespread Drone Warfare
By Andrew Corbley Not at any other time in the 21st century has the average American kept up less with the Global War on Terror,…
Ukraine Wants the US to Provide Cluster Bombs to Use With Drones
By Dave DeCamp Ukraine has been seeking cluster bombs from the US to use in its war against Russian forces and is now asking for…
Zombie Drones Made from DEAD Birds Could Soon Fool Wildlife and Nature Enthusiasts
By Study Finds Up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane — it’s a dead zombie bird scientists are using as a drone?…