Drone

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Name: Drone

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 33 mins ago - 19 reports

US drones kill 4 ‘militants’ in first strike in Yemen a month

US drones launched the first strike in Yemen in a month, killing four "militants" in an attack on a vehicle carrying explosives in a southern town plagued by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers ... [Published CSC Center for Strategic Communication - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Drone, Yemen, First Strike

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

UK urged to come clean on drone attacks

Britain’s Foreign Office has been funding surveys in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas to find out only that the U.S.-led drone campaign triggered deep resentment among local population, it was revealed.The revelation came as part of a parliamentary question put ... [Published Press tv - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Drone, United Kingdom, UK Government, Alistair Burt, Pakistan

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 reports

General Atomics

France gets Pentagon backing to buy U.S.-made drones - paper

Le Monde said France intended to eventually buy a total of five or seven Reapers, built by privately held General Atomics, for 300 million euros (£253.8 million).The French-led military intervention in Mali since January has exposed France's shortage ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Drone, France, United States, Jon Hemming, General Atomics

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 6 reports

National Guard

Minn. National Guard launches new drone facility

The Minnesota National Guard has officially launched its new $3.9 million Unmanned Aircraft Operations Facility at Camp Ripley. ... [Published Rochester Post Bulletin - 10 hours ago]

Entities: National Guard, Drone, Minnesota National Guard

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Federal Aviation Administration

‘Drone surveillance new form of warfare’

The drone surveillance in the U.S. is an extension of a new form of international warfare on people of the whole world, says an American political writer.“And just like all U.S. wars, it comes back on the people here of the U.S. also,” Sara Flounders, ... [Published Press tv - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Drone, Surveillance, United States, Federal Aviation Administration

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 4 reports

France to buy US drones for use in Mali

France has plans to purchase US-made unarmed Reaper surveillance drones in a bid to back up its military operations against fighters in the crisis-hit African country, Mali, a report says.According to the report published by Air et Cosmos specialist magazine ... [Published Press tv - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Drone, Mali, France

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 4 reports

John Kerry

The new drone plan

Kerry promise to limit war and 20 year drone war plans contradictWith the US Secretary of State John Kerry due to arrive next month to present a new proposal to Pakistan to impose “limits” on the drone program, it has emerged that the Pentagon is adamant ... [Published Pakistan Today - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Drone, John Kerry, Pakistan

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 4 reports

No end to drone strikes for 20 years: Pentagon

A senior defence official has told a congressional hearing on drone strikes carried out by US military that the war on terror is one without end or boundary.Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Assistant Defence Secretary ... [Published The Nation Pakistan - May 18 2013]

Entities: Michael Sheehan, Drone, Al-Qaeda

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 5 reports

Russia to test drones to track wildlife, poachers

Moscow, May 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) In a bid to track its wildlife and hunt down poachers, Russia is all set to test unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a nature reserve on the countrys Pacific coast this summer. ... [Published Business Standard India - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Drone, Russia, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

Texas drone bill sparks a battle

The battle to find a balance between privacy concerns and the beneficial use of drones for commercial and law enforcement purposes is in sharp focus in a bill that's winding its way through the Texas legislature.The Texas Privacy Act (HB 912), sponsored ... [Published CIO Australia - May 17 2013]

Entities: UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Drone, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems Intern..., UAS Unmanned Aircraft System

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones

The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it. ... [Published Omaha World-Herald - May 17 2013]

Entities: Drone, Surveillance

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 6 reports

Pentagon official: Drone War on Terror is endless

During a Congressional hearing Thursday on drone strikes carried out by the military, senior defense official Michael Sheehan admitted that the is one without end or boundary. The assistant defense secretary told the Senate Armed Services Committee that ... [Published Salon - May 17 2013]

Entities: Drone, Michael Sheehan, War On Terror, Al-Qaeda

Quotes

"Police departments across China are already using it,” said a salesman for the Beijing-based company Seven Dimension Information."

China police billions spell profit opportunity [Published New Straits Times - 56 mins ago]

"We've really got to put pressure on the Sri Lankan government to change its ways, for the sake of accountability, for the sake of human rights."

Australia's Sri Lankan Tamil Community Celebrate [Published ABC Online - 1 hour ago]

"We have interacted about 30 times with them (Iran) and it has always been in a professional manner" he said

Mines 'big threat to shipping' [Published Gulf Daily News - 1 hour ago]

Previously British ministers have kept saying: "Drone strikes are a matter for the United States and Pakistan."

UK urged to come clean on drone attacks [Published Press tv - 2 hours ago]

More Content

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Decades more of drones [Published The Nation Pakistan - 2 hours ago]
UK urged to come clean on drone attacks [Published Press tv - 2 hours ago]
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5 al-Qaida members killed in U.S. drone strike ... [Published CNTV - 3 hours ago]
Seven killed in Yemen drone strike [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - 4 hours ago]

Blogs

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US drones kill 4 ‘militants’ in first strike in... [Published CSC Center for Strategic Communication - 1 hour ago] US drones launched the first strike in Yemen in a month, killing four "militants" in an attack on a vehicle carrying explosives in a southern town plagued by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers ...
US drones kill 4 'militants' in first strike in... [Published The Long War Journal (Site-Wide) - 1 hour ago] US drones launched the first strike in Yemen in a month, killing four "militants" in an attack on a vehicle carrying explosives in a southern town plagued by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers ...
US drones kill 4 'militants' in first strike in... [Published The Long War Journal - 1 hour ago] US drones launched the first strike in Yemen in a month, killing four "militants" in an attack on a vehicle carrying explosives in a southern town plagued by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers ...
Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones [Published The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Rese ... - 8 hours ago] A future with domestic drones may be inevitable. ...
The Time Has Come For Chrome In The Home [Published TechCrunch - 15 hours ago] I’ve spent the last two weeks wandering around London, Paris, and Istanbul (not Constantinople.) As an experiment, I left my trusty MacBook Pro behind and brought only the $199 Chromebook on which I type this. And to my considerable surprise it has served ...

Audio/Video

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Drones go mainstream [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 17 2013]
Drones going mainstream [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 17 2013]
Tea-delivering drone, phone-charging bike [Published CNNMoney.com - Video - May 16 2013]
ACLU calls for laws limiting drone survelliance [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 16 2013]
Navy tests new drone that could revolutionize w... [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 16 2013]

Press Releases

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Parity Energy Selects Guardtime for Regulatory ... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Apr 28 2013]
New video digest offers fresh ideas to move jou... [Published CisionWire - English - Apr 23 2013]
Maker Faire Bay Area 2013 Announces New Attract... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 18 2013]
Advanced Defense Technologies (ADTI) Presents M... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 17 2013]
Distinguished Warfare Medal Cancelled [Published Business Wire Public Policy/Government News - Apr 15 2013]