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Australian Army to Spend $100 million for Hand-launched Wasp AE drones

The Australian Army's WASP AE drones will be customized to meet its unique needs.

Reaper Aircraft Flies Without Pilot From Creech AFB

China to Launch TYW-1 Military Drone to International Market in 2018

China is planning to introduce a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the TYW-1, for military purpose to the international market next year.

Deutsche Post Tests Deliveries With Drones

China's JD.com to Open 150 Drone Delivery Operation Sites by 2020

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com revealed on Thursday its plan to build 150 operation sites for unmanned aerial vehicle delivery in the southwestern province of Sichuan. JD.com CEO Richard Liu said the airports are expected to open in 2020.

CeBIT 2015 Technology Trade Fair

China Starts Shooting Down Illegal UAVs With Anti-Drone Rifles

Chinese officials have started a fight against illegal drones, arming the country with more than 20 drone-jamming rifles.

China may require drone owners to register their real names.

China Wants Drone Owners to Register Their Real Names

China plans mandatory real name registration of drone owners to help the country in monitoring and managing security risks posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in airports and other sensitive areas, a senior official told local media.

China claimed that its Wing Loong II unmanned aerial vehicle received its largest foreign order.

China's Wing Loong II Drone Secures Biggest Foreign Order

China has received the largest overseas order for its Wing Loong II strike-capable reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a step closer to its goal to become a major military exporter, state-backed Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Retiring

US Air Force will Retire MQ-1 Predator Aerial Drones in 2018

The air force took delivery of its last MQ-1 Predator in March 2011.

Muslims like them

China is Top Combat Aerial Drone Supplier to Muslim Military Powers

Iraq is the leading combat operator of the CH-4.

It doesn't work

Iran Claims New Suicide Drone can Attack US Forces on Land and Sea

Flying low, the drone is designed to skim less than a meter above the water.

Alien

China Claims its CH-5 Aerial Drone is better than US MQ-9 Reaper

The CH-5 made its first flight in August 2015, becoming the best military drone in China in terms of operational endurance and payload.

Really big

Russia Presenting US Aerial Drone Mission near Crimea as a ‘Casus Belli’

RQ-4s flying over friendly Ukraine are nothing new.

Reverse engineered

Iran Reveals New UAV with Bombs Based on Captured US Drone

The version lost over Iran was operated by the CIA.

Beekeepers Prepare For Spring Pollination

University Researchers try out new Tech That Allows Drones to Perch Like a Bee

Spies and other intelligence services would love to get a hold of this: researchers from a renowned university are currently experimenting a way to help drones conserve energy on ore important flights – by making them stick to surfaces the way a bee does.

Latest Consumer Technology Products On Display At CES 2016

DJI Unveils the Matrice 600, Its Most Powerful Drone Ever

After making its drones available for agricultural use in China, drone maker DJI has now introduced its most powerful drone which is able to lift a heavy load into the sky.

Drone

Photographers Charged For Illegally Using Drones To Take Aerial Photos In Beijing

Chinese authorities charged three photographers in Beijing for endangering public security after using an illegal drone in an attempt to take aerial photos of an airport in Hebei Province in December last year.

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