Tag Archives: Drones

  • Offbeat

    VIDEO: Drone delivers beer

    There’s a lot of talk about drones being used for a variety of reasons, but how about a flying bartender.

  • News PETA wants to name a Virginia road "Spay Today Way"

    PETA eyes drones to watch hunters, farmers

    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said this week it plans to purchase drones — small, remote-controlled, camera-carrying aircraft — to watch for illegal activity among hunters.

  • News

    Anti-drone bill advances in Florida

    Florida state senators voted Wednesday to restrict the use of unmanned aircraft by police.

  • News

    Virginia wants to be one of six FAA drone test sites

    Soon, an even bigger influx of eyes in the sky could be coming to Hampton Roads, as state leaders fight to become one of the FAA’s new drone testing sites.

  • News / Politics

    Court: CIA must acknowledge records on drone strikes

    A federal appeals court panel has ruled the CIA must acknowledge the existence of any records related to military unmanned drone strikes aimed at people.

  • News U.S. Predator Drone

    Five questions: Targeting Americans on U.S. soil

    What is the administration’s argument for targeting U.S. citizens on U.S. soil?

  • News

    Congress debates national drone ban

    Lawmakers are discussing a ban on a national level, while Virginia has proposed a two-year ban.

  • News A Predator drone at a US Air Force base , Photo Credit: US Air Force, Photo Date: Summer 2011

    Poll: Americans back drone attacks, but not on U.S. citizens abroad

    Support or opposition to the legality of drone attacks on Americans also does not vary by party lines, according to the poll.

  • News U.S. Drone

    After attack on U.S. drone, Iran backs right to defend territory

    The Pentagon said two Iranian jets fired on an unmanned U.S. Air Force drone last week.

  • News Unmanned Drone

    ACLU teams with lawmaker to push regulation of unmanned drones in VA

    Del. Todd Gilbert and the ACLU are crafting regulation on how drones can be used in Virginia.

  • News drone

    Pilots worry about safety with more drones

    Congress is asking for more drones in U.S. skies but yesterday’s crash on Maryland’s eastern shore has raised concerns in the aviation industry.

  • Mark Holmberg Reports / News

    HOLMBERG: Drone technology outraces the Constitution

    Technology is flying so fast, drones and now go almost anywhere and see almost anything. But what about the Constitution?