drones

"Rheinmetall recently unveiled a multi-purpose unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with reconnaissance and combat features. The Rheinmetall Combat Drone is based on the German arms maker’s Luna NG reconnaissance drone and can carry the Hero-R type loitering munition."...

A research team in New Mexico is converting taxidermic birds into drones in order to study flight patterns. Mostafa Hassanalian, a mechanical engineering professor leading the project at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, said the team started looking into deceased...

Anyone else remember reading this in the Beano. :p Who would have thought, that one day, we would seriously be talking about remote-controlled, miniature armies... (or suchlike!)

Luckily this was an incident rather than an accident: 'Reckless drone operator' in 'near miss' with Flybe flight 11 August 2016 A "reckless drone operator" is being sought by police after reports of a "near miss" between a drone and plane. The Flybe passenger aircraft was flying at about 900ft...

A band of large drones appears to be flying nighttime search patterns over northeast Colorado — and local authorities say they don’t know who’s behind the mysterious aircraft. The drones, estimated to have six-foot wingspans, have been flying over Phillips and Yuma counties every night for...

This is really impressive: drones as sky-pixels, making 3D images that are astounding. (just imagine how impressive a 200ft diameter 'flying saucer' would look, made-up from drones. Unfortunately....if you follow the logic in my concern)