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This Lawyer Says Beer-Delivery Drone Should Be Free To Fly

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A Minnesota beer company had two ideas: one good and one brilliant. The good idea was to deliver beer to ice-fishers by drone; an ice-shack dweller would call in his or her GPS coordinates to which...

Drone On

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By Glen Martin Jeff Bezos’ recent demonstration of a drone aircraft simulating delivery of an Amazon parcel was more stunt than technological breakthrough. We aren’t there yet. Yes, such things may...

Your Very Own Drone-Watching Guide

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What’s that strange bird flying overhead? Why, it’s a gray-breasted Dronus Predatorus, and it must be hungry, because it looks like it’s searching for prey. I know this thanks to my handy Drone...
    






Feds announce test sites for drone aircraft

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Feds announce drone testing sites in Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas, Virginia LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration announced six states on Monday that...
    






U.S. Navy demos drones that can launch from submarines

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Drones are the future of military warefare and espionage. Just this week, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory demonstrated its latest unmanned aerial system (UAS) called the XFC UAS (eXperimental Fuel...

USS Chancellorsville Hit by Drone

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United States Navy ship got "attacked" by its own drone. A guided-missile cruiser, USS Chancellorsville, got hit by an aerial target drone off the coast of southern California on Saturday afternoon,...