Jun 10 FAA OKs commercial drone flights over land By Joan Lowy, Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it has granted the first permission for commercial drone flights over land, the latest effort by the agency to show it is loosening restrictions on commercial uses of the unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
May 29 CIA drone strike program targeting Pakistan winds down By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Just after midnight last Christmas, Pakistani officials say, two Hellfire missiles from a U.S. drone slammed into a house in Miramshah, Pakistan, killing four militants. It was an otherwise unremarkable episode in the sixth year of a relentless… Continue reading
May 14 Pentagon: U.S. military drones aid search for kidnapped Nigerian girls By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon said Wednesday that they have deployed at least one Global Hawk UAV to search for kidnapped girls in Nigeria. Continue reading
May 09 Model aircraft nearly collided with U.S. airliner in March By Joshua Barajas The pilot told officials that he saw a small, camouflaged fixed-wing aircraft about 2,300 feet above the ground fly "so close to his jet that he was sure he had collided with it," said Jim Williams, manager of the FAA's… Continue reading
May 05 Drones take flight in Alaska to survey wildlife By Joshua Barajas Alaska’s drone test site, one of six U.S. research locations selected to develop guidelines for “unmanned aircraft systems,” or drones, became operational Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA authorized the University of Alaska in Fairbanks to conduct wildlife… Continue reading
Apr 07 Giant art installation in Pakistan recasts drone attack targets as more than 'bug splats' By Justin Scuiletti An oversized poster of a child covers a field in Pakistan’s Kyhber Pukhtoonkhwa province -- a frequent target of U.S. drone strikes. The art is the first piece in a collective project from artists from the United States, Pakistan… Continue reading
Mar 07 Lawyers on commercial drone ruling: proceed cautiously By Frank Bi, Ellen Rolfes Drone lawyers caution commercial enthusiasts from interpreting the latest drone ruling as a free-for-all license to fly. Continue reading
Mar 07 FAA has no jurisdiction over small commercial drones, judge rules By Joan Lowy, Associated Press A federal judge has dismissed the Federal Aviation Administration's only fine against a commercial drone user on the grounds that the small drone was no different than a model aircraft, a decision that appears to undermine the agency's power to… Continue reading
Feb 20 Report: U.S. drone strike may have killed up to a dozen civilians in Yemen By Kimberly Dozier, Associated Press A U.S. military drone strike in Yemen in December may have killed up to a dozen civilians on their way to a wedding and injured others, including the bride, a human rights group says. U.S. officials say only members of… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch Tuesday, February 11, 2014 By PBS News Hour On the PBS NewsHour tonight, the Obama administration weighs whether to target a U.S. citizen in Pakistan who is suspected of terrorism with a drone attack. Also: a San Francisco neighborhood gets left behind, an attack prompts concern about the… Continue watching