The drone wars continue to develop with strikes taking place over the past ten days in Yemen, Somalia and Libya as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan. The RAF reported, in a unsurprisingly low-key way, that the 200th British drone strike had… Read More ›
Archive for October 2011
USAF presentation on future of drones (RPA)
Last week I posted two presentations by the RAF on British drones. Here is a presentation by Dr Mark Maybury, USAF Chief Scientist on the future development of USAF drones or Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) as he prefers to call them. The presentation… Read More ›
UK MoD release presentations on Reaper and Watchkeeper drones to Drone Wars UK under FoI
Last month the UK MoD’s Air Warfare Centre held a symposium on drones at the Shrivenham Defence Academy. While the overall theme of the symposium was how drones could help ‘UK Resilience Operations’, attendees were also given updates by senior military officials on… Read More ›
The Real Drone Virus
Since Wired announced last week that a computer virus has infected the Ground Control stations of the USAF Reaper and Predator drone fleet at Creech Air Force Base, the blogosphere as well as the general media have been awash with the story…. Read More ›
Ground the Drones Week of Action
As part of the global ‘Keep Space for Peace’, Ground the Drones Week of Action is happening this week. Protests, public meetings, street stalls and vigils are being held to raise awareness and resist the growing use of drones. A… Read More ›
