2013-05-17
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BBC News - Week in pictures: 11-17 May 2013:
The US Navy launched an unmanned drone from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier for the first time. The Navy hopes the experimental aircraft will pave the way for a new line of drones that could carry out bombing raids from a carrier, heralding a new era of unmanned naval aircraft.
2013-05-08
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2013-04-23
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Glitch drone, from this post by James Bridle where the creator of the ‘canon drone’ image posts the original image used for the background.
2013-04-15
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2013-04-03
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The Telegraph: The first deskbound drone pilots get their RAF Wings:
Four RAF pilots have made history by becoming the first to be awarded their “wings” for flying unmanned aircraft.
The newly-qualified airmen will now pilot the Reaper MQ-9 aircraft in missions against the Taliban in Afghanistan, from an office on a US military base more than 7,000 miles away, near Las Vegas.
Although the RAF already has drone pilots, the four are the first to be trained specifically to fly unmanned aircraft.>
As the machines cannot currently been flown in the UK, under aviation laws, they trained in the USA, before graduating at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, USA, last month.
The photograph shows RAF Deputy Commander-in-Chief Operations Air Marshal Richard Garwood, centre, with the newly graduated RPAS pilots. Credit: SWNS By Jasper Copping
2013-03-25
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Drones form giant, glowing ‘Star Trek’ logo over London to promote Star Trek Into Darkness. The Verge:
a giant, glowing Starfleet insignia in the London night sky comprised of 30 LED-illuminated quadrotors, the 308-foot-tall logo rotated in place 118 feet above ground before dimming its lights alongside those of Tower Bridge and Big Ben in recognition of the WWF’s Earth Hour conservation effort.
They also include a link to a video of the logo.
2013-03-24
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2013-03-21
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Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern’s plans to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles for law enforcement, for the collection of photographic evidence at crime scenes, and for aerial support of emergency response operations in the county have provoked debate and raised privacy concerns among residents.
“We advise the sheriff not to buy a drone,” Arreguin said. “Although we do not have control over our airspace, we have made it clear that we do not want drones flying over Berkeley.”
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(via onevisiblefuture)
