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The Russian ambassador to the U.S. slammed Washington for an incident involving a Russian Su-27 fighter jet and a U.S. military drone over the Black Sea.  What Happened: After being summoned by the U.S. State Department, Anatoly Antonov said Moscow "views this incident as a provocation,”...

A U.S. drone has been taken down in international waters after it collided with a Russian aircraft Tuesday.  The collision occurred over the Black Sea, per the Pentagon. A Russian Su-27 aircraft struck the propeller of a U.S. MQ-9 drone, causing U.S. forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is on a surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday. The appearance is one week after President Joe Biden visited Kyiv to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart and express support for the Eastern European nation. Yellen's unannounced trip has the goal of reinforcing Biden...

Tensions are rising as accusations increase between Chinese and U.S. officials and members of the media, making it harder for audiences to distinguish between fact and war-mongering. Related: Xi Jinping Planning To Meet Putin In April To Broker Peace Talks With Ukraine On Thursday, German newspaper...

The war between Russia and Ukraine wages on and could now be headed in a different direction. While tension heats up around the world around nuclear threats, Elon Musk pointed to a new type of warfare quickly emerging. What Happened: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk recently shared four things he...

In the night sky over a prison in Ontario, Canada, one might have dreamt of seeing a sleigh full of Christmas goodies for all the well-behaved prisoners therein.  Once it was ascertained, however, that it was not Santa making the delivery but indeed a drone,...

The world’s richest person has weighed in on how future wars could be fought. SpaceX and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has shared that one device could be the future for wars. What Happened: A video shared on Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) by Whole Mars Catalog shows what a drone can do...

After years of regulatory issues, it seems the vision of drones filling the skies delivering products in 30 minutes or less may finally be realized, as a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is rolling out its commercial drone delivery service. What Happened?...

A quiet night at home in Ohio was disturbed this week when a drone strapped with weed, tobacco and cell phones crashed into a house in Mansfield, south of Cleveland, and scared the heck out of its occupants. According to the Richland County Sheriff's office, a 17-year-old...

California's Nevada county cannabis alliance announced that its next course of action to locate illegal cannabis farms will include the deployment of drones, reported Cannabis.net. Cannabis cultivators that belong to the Nevada County alliance expressed their grievances and decided to...

So far in the Drone Disruptors series, we've taken a look at two distinctly different players in the drone delivery space. Israel-based Flytrex hopes to become the drone of the U.S. suburbs, flying over residential neighborhoods and airdropping cups of coffee to your backyard. Then there's Volansi...

Launched in 2016, Drone Racing League features pilots who maneuver professional drones through courses at speeds of 90 mph or more. The sport’s focus on technology and reaching a younger audience could get a boost with a cryptocurrency-related partnership announced this week. About Drone...

A2Z Drone Delivery is already seeing success with its Rapid Delivery System (RDS1) tether drop system, and now it is adding a dual-drop commercial drone to complete the package. The company on Wednesday announced the commercial launch of the RDSX for drone delivery applications. The RDSX was...

Elroy Air's autonomous, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) cargo aircraft, the Chaparral, has caught the attention of investors, including Lockheed Martin. That company's venture capital arm and others were involved in Elroy Air's Series A raise announced on Wednesday. The company reported it had...

Drone delivery bulls took a hit after news of Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) floundering U.K. drone operations broke on Tuesday, but plenty of smaller players are still working to bring drones to U.S. cities. The latest locale? Phoenix. South Korea-based Pablo Air announced Wednesday the expansion of its...