It seems like something out of science fiction: swarms of killer robots that hunt down targets
on their own and are capable of flying in for the kill without any human signing off.But it is …

In the battle for the streets of Mosul in Iraq, drones in the hands of ISIS terrorists made life
hell for the Iraq army and civilians. Today, defense companies are racing to develop the …

The expansive use of armed unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV), or 'drones', by the
United States over the past decade has occurred within a particular strategic context …

Predators is a riveting introduction to the murky world of Predator and Reaper drones, the
CIA's and US military's most effective and controversial killing tools. Brian Glyn Williams …

Since the turn of the millennium, when Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and robots first
began to gain special attention in the US military, a veritable boom of robotization has …

Since the United States carried out the first lethal drone strike, in Afghanistan in October
2001, drones have emerged from obscurity to become the most contentious aspect of …

Research is under way at enabling UAVs and UGVs to work in collaborative swarms,
ensuring each machine selects a different target. This has reinforced fears that UAV strikes …

Medium altitude, long endurance drones are becoming a component of regular air forces.
However, the extent to which manned aircraft are being replaced by such" MALE …

Armed drones' demonstrated seductiveness as a weapon of choice for those that have them,
coupled with their potential to be deployed in an ever-expanding set of situations, make …

Last month over a thousand scientists and tech-world luminaries, including Elon Musk,
Stephen Hawking and Steve Wozniak, released an open letter calling for a global ban on …