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The War App: Smart Phones Could Control Drone Cameras

(Dec. 14) -- "Droid wars" could be the new "drone wars" as defense firms work to develop smart phone applications for the military, based on the increasing popularity of the iPhone, Android and similar devices. Smart phone apps have taken off in the commercial marketplace, allowing consumers with smart phones to pay...

Air Force Drone Patrols Reach New High

(Nov. 5) -- More than two years after being sharply criticized by the secretary of defense for not flying enough surveillance missions, the U.S. Air Force has almost doubled the number of unmanned Predator and Reaper aircraft combat patrols. "On the second [of November], we stood up our 45th CAP [combat air patrol], and...

FAA Resists Push for More Drones in US Airspace

(June 14) -- Demands from U.S. lawmakers to deploy more drones along the U.S.-Mexican border is forcing the Federal Aviation Administration to consider opening the congested skies over the U.S. to unmanned aircraft. In recent months, Texas politicians have requested that the military help provide more Predator unmanned...

US Drone Crew Blamed for Afghan Civilian Deaths

(May 29) -- The U.S. military issued a scathing report today blaming "inaccurate and unprofessional" work by the operators of an unmanned American drone for the deaths of at least 23 Afghan civilians in a botched missile strike earlier this year. Investigating a February attack on a convoy in Afghanistan's Uruzgan...

'Transformer' Touted as Next-Gen Combat Drone

(May 26) -- It takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane and doesn't need a pilot. That's what one U.S. aerospace company is proposing as the latest in combat drones. Maryland-based American Dynamics Flight Systems is working on a concept for an aircraft that can take off vertically but then switch to flying...

Background on Predator

In ecology, predation describes a biological interaction where a predator (an organism that is hunting) feeds on its prey (the organism that is attacked).

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