Drones

Are Unmanned Drones Coming To A Police Dept. Near You?

Eric Lach | January 24, 2011, 10:59AM

A Draganflyer X4 drone.

The Miami-Dade police department should soon be up and flying, while the Mayor of Ogden, Utah has floated a blimp idea. Still, unmanned drone use among U.S. law enforcement remains rare. That may soon change.

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Hacking

OECD Says The U.S. Doesn't Get Cyberwarfare, Stuxnet Suggests Otherwise

Neal Ungerleider | January 19, 2011, 10:33AM

Have governments got cyberwarfare all wrong? A new study argues that the United States and United Kingdom have never figured out a proper definition of cyberwar and that a "true cyber war" will never happen.

But it's not all good news: In order to prevent a combination of cyberwarfare, conventional war and other disasters from causing future, the scholars behind the project argue that an internet equivalent of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is needed to protect against worms, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and hackers.

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Drones

Miami Police Could Become First To Use Drones In A U.S. City

Eric Lach | January 7, 2011, 8:42AM

Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when drones come for you?

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Israel

Report: Saudi Arabia Captures Israeli Vulture For Being Mossad Spy

Jillian Rayfield | January 4, 2011, 12:04PM

"Cap de Bonne-Espérance" (Cape of Good Hope) by Roland Topor.

Saudi Arabian officials have reportedly arrested a vulture suspected of being a Mossad spy, after the bird, tagged by Israeli scientists, flew into Saudi territory today.

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Air Force

Air Force's New Gorgon Stare Drones Will 'See Everything'

Eric Lach | January 4, 2011, 8:27AM

In a matter of months, the Air Force hopes to start using a new airborne surveillance system called Gorgon Stare, which officials say will give soldiers the ability to monitor activity in real time across an entire city.

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Drones

Border Patrol: This Is The First Mexican Drone Crash We've Had

Rachel Slajda | December 17, 2010, 2:51PM

A spokesman for U.S. Customs & Border Patrol, the agency which found a small Mexican drone after it crashed in an El Paso neighborhood, told CNN today that it's the first time a Mexican drone has crashed on U.S. soil.

Officials confirm the drone, which crashed in residential yard Tuesday, was an unmanned, radio-controlled craft called an Orbiter Mini UAV owned by the Mexican government. Border Patrol was the first to respond to the crash, and has since turned the investigation over the the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates plane crashes.

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