The ability to drop bombs on targets a continent away can be a huge tactical advantage (even if just for sabre-rattling). Doing so at supersonic speeds, nearly automatically, is even better. That's why the UK has spent the better part of a decade developing the Taranis, one of the biggest and fastest UAVs in existence. Now it just needs to prove it can actually fly. Read More >>

Normally drones aren't credited with saving lives. But the Saskatoon Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reports that their personal drone helped them hunt down an injured car crash victim for rescuing, ultimately saving the poor guy's life. Read More >>

Fan-freakin'-tastic. It wasn't enough that drones are already watching our every move and capable of raining down missile-locked death strikes. No, we had to give them the ability to swoop and snag items like a goddamn Golden Eagle taking a baby. Everybody duck. Read More >>

Dubbed the P.1HH HammerHead, this UAV is the result of a collaboration between Piaggio Aero and Selex ES based on the P-180 Avanti II, a twin-engine turboprop. The Avanti II is primarily utilised as a business jet with a 1400 NM range, though a "Special Mission" piloted derivative is also available for both emergency response and military operations. Read More >>

When it comes to handy features for UAVs, your mind probably doesn't jump to towering, phallic protuberances and grabby arms for gingerly setting things down before darting away. Well DARPA's does, which is why it funded and demonstrated this monstrosity. Read More >>

Yeah, we can all do the 'tourist thing', visiting the sights and sounds of London town. But there's nothing quite like seeing Big Ben and it's clock tower, the London Eye, Tower Bridge, and even the Gherkin, right up close and personal, from the air. Now that really is awesome. Read More >>

Kamikaze attacks can utterly devastate an enemy's morale but come at a steep price—namely, the pilot's life. But what if there is no pilot? What if it's just a kamikaze drone aimed straight at the heart of North Korean military targets? Read More >>

UAV's are big, but they're not jet big — something the US Navy's trying to correct with its X-47B, which aims to replace traditional fighters. You know, the ones with humans in them. Watch the drone killer stretch its wings a little. Read More >>

Today, the US president said every soldier in Iraq is coming home, leading many to believe The War Is Over. Except it's not. Getting humans out of there is great, but the fact is war today doesn't need humans at all. Read More >>