UAVs
Drones are Nowhere Near Ready to Enter National Airspace, Says Researcher
August 08 by Mike O'BrienA professor of software engineering says unleashing unmanned aircraft into the national airspace in the next few years as ordered by Congress is unrealistic. John McDermid, who teaches at the Univ...
The Drone Strikes Will End Soon, John Kerry tells Pakistan
August 01 by Mike O'BrienSecretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that the U.S. plans to end drone strikes in Pakistan. Mr. Kerry spoke out in a TV interview after meeting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. His aim was...
U.S. Drone Strike Kills 16 People in Pakistan
July 03 by Mike O'BrienAt least 16 people were killed and five wounded in a U.S. drone strike on a suspected militant compound in Pakistan late on Tuesday night. The strike was the deadliest since Pakistan’s new P...
Will America's Drone Wars Come Back to Haunt Us?
May 02 by Dan VertonFarea Al-Muslimi spent 2007 living and studying in the US as a high school exchange student from Yemen. The trip was made possible by a scholarship from the US State Department, and Muslimi recounts...
Appeals Court Rejects Ruling on CIA’s Refusal to Confirm it has Drone Records
March 15 by Mike O'BrienA federal appeals court has reversed the ruling of a lower court that allowed the CIA to refuse to confirm whether it had records on drones killing suspected terrorists. A lower court federal judg...
True Autonomy over Automation: The Benefits of Ground and Water Robots to Our Service Members
June 05 by Marissa AlvordWhere is funding being allocated for military robotics? What can ground and water robots do that humans can’t? Dr Bill Powers, Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (CETO) sits down wi...
Dr. Bill Powers on Long-Range Strike in Support of Amphibious Operations
February 09 by Christopher DauerDr. Bill Powers, Colonel (ret), Research Fellow for the US Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, talks about umanned aerial systems development for long-range strike in support of amphibious operatio...
Prompt Global Strike Capabilities
August 08 by IDGA StaffThe ability to conduct superior long-range strike operations has long given the US an important military advantage. In an exclusive interview with IDGA, Amy Woolf, Specialist in Nuclear Weapons Poli...
UAV Development and Implementation in Iraq and Afghanistan
February 22 by IDGA Staff"Insatiable" is how the United States Army's demand for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has previously been described. The advantages of UAVs are clear cut; they provide ISTAR [intelligence, surve...