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YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — A solar-powered drone backed by Facebook that could one day provide worldwide internet access has quietly completed a test flight in Arizona after an earlier attempt ended with a crash landing.

A North Korean drone spied on a U.S. missile defense base in South Korea before crashing nearby, according to a report.

A police report has been filed after a group of seven “young” girls were spied on and recorded by a drone which belonged to a group of men on a yacht.

South Korea’s military said on Tuesday that it fired warning shots at an unidentified flying object, possibly an unmanned aerial vehicle, that crossed the border with North Korea.

LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers say a U.K. man killed by a Royal Air Force drone strike in Syria was an Islamic State group attack planner who posed a “very serious threat” to Britain.

The U.S. Army has been testing a high-energy laser weapon that can destroy drones.

The U.S. Army has reportedly field-tested vehicle-mounted anti-drone lasers in an effort to combat ISIS-piloted drones, according to Stars and Stripes.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory will test “palm-sized” CICADA surveillance drones by dropping them from an airplane, according to recent reports.

The CEO of Yum Brands, Greg Creed, recently told CNBC he believes the majority of fast food jobs will by automated by robots within the next ten years.

A top Silicon Valley venture capitalist is backing a potentially disruptive revolution in huge drone seaplanes for cargo delivery.

Italian company Jet Capsule has released details on their new two-seater flying saucer drone.

The United States announced on Monday that it will permanently station attack drones in South Korea in what may be a continuing response to North Korea’s missile launches last week, among other provocations.

Media outlets are reporting that President Donald Trump has given the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) broader power to use drones to attack radical Islamic terrorists on the battlefield.

Takeout delivery robots have begun transporting food to customers across Washington, D.C. this week.

The increase in drones carrying out “unauthorized intrusions” over nuclear facilities poses a “growing threat,” according to the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command.

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife refuge officials say a man with a drone caused 1,500 elk to stampede half a mile.

The Islamic State organization has reportedly stepped up the use of drones in its campaigns in Iraq and Syria, claiming responsibility for at least 10 airborne attacks carried out last week alone. That number could not be immediately verified.

The U.S. military under former President Barack Obama quietly hid “potentially thousands of lethal airstrikes” from the American public that likely killed hundreds of civilians in war-ravaged Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, Military Times has found.

Uber has hired NASA engineer Mark Moore as Director of Engineering for their flying car project “Uber Elevate,” which seeks to expand the cab service into airborne travel.

A drone worth $1.5 million disappeared from an Arizona army base after its launch on Tuesday.

A court in Israel on Thursday sentenced a Palestinian computer engineer from Gaza to nine years in prison for hacking into Israeli drones for the terror group Islamic Jihad, the Justice Ministry said.

The NFL is pulling out all the stops to promote the upcoming Super Bowl, even going so far as introducing football-dropping drones at a Pro Bowl promotional event.

The U.S. military is alarmed that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq is using commercially available drones to drop small bombs with “pinpoint accuracy” in and around Mosul, the jihadist group’s last major stronghold in the country.

Sustained gunfire rang out over central Tehran on Monday afternoon as anti-aircraft guns targeted what officials said was a drone flying over the Iranian capital.

The Pentagon has announced successful testing of a swarm of “micro-drones.”

Amazon has been granted a patent for airship warehouses as it prepares to move its delivery business into the future.

“After friendly consultations between China and the United States, the transfer of the US underwater drone was smoothly completed in relevant waters in the South China Sea at midday on 20 December,” the Chinese Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday, referring to the device it seized about 50 miles from Subic Bay in the Philippines last week.

President-elect Donald Trump directly addressed the nation of China with his Twitter account Saturday, as he spent the weekend watching the news about China stealing an underwater drone belonging to the United States.

TEL AVIV – Hamas said the Mossad was behind Thursday’s killing of Mohammed Al-Zoari, a Tunisian aviation engineer who developed unmanned drones for the terror group, and vowed revenge.

“DroneGun,” a new product from company DroneShield, allows users to take down drones by scrambling and cutting off the machine’s electronic communications and returning it either to the “offending party” or a safe area.

A drone has helped catch two suspected burglars in a short chase across the town of Tusla, Oklahoma, it has been revealed.

With President-elect Donald Trump promising a huge military expansion, Boeing is moving half the jobs out of its sprawling Huntington Beach facility as the company streamlines in preparation for huge manufacturing orders coming to Southern California.

Disney World Orlando has announced the debut of a new drone light show, which will feature 300 light-fitted drones this winter.

A man allegedly caught his wife cheating on him after using his drone to spy on her, posting the drone’s footage to YouTube.

The Islamic State group drone hovered in the sky over the advancing Iraqi forces before dropping a grenade, the jihadists’ latest move to weaponise small off-the-shelf aircraft.

Within a quarter of a century, unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) will comprise half the global fleet of attack planes, an Israeli aerospace official said this week, Israel Defense reported.