A Dossier on Drones

The U.S. Air Force has deployed two of its most advanced long-distance surveillance drones to a base in northern Japan over the past week, enhancing its ability to monitor nuclear activities in ...

Human Rights Watch calls for an international ban of fully autonomous weapons as UN takes up debate

A promotional video for Samsung's "Intelligent Surveillance and Security System" Techwin - a robotic/remotely-operated border patrol system with "lethal and non-lethal capabilites" - highlighting the "human-on-the-loop".

"EUROSUR could form a ‘system of systems’ giving all the Member States’ border-control authorities access to a secure and decentralised information-sharing network resulting in a full picture of events at the EU external borders."

Adam Rothstein comments on the Drone and Aerial Robotics Conference (DARC) in New York City, published on rhizome.org.

"An online educational platform for people interested in learning more about the social, technological, and policy issues surrounding the proliferation of drones."

DARPA, the Pentagon’s research agency, has recently revealed its plans to boost the Navy’s response to threats in international waters by developing submerged unmanned platforms that can be deployed at a moment’s notice.

Christy Lange on Trevor Paglen, Omer Fast, Teju Cole, Harun Farocki, James Bridle, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, George Barber, ARGUS-IS and Predator drones in Frieze #155.

Ongoing research into visibility, legibility, agency, and drones by James Bridle.

"Defense industry specialists circled up in Washington this week for the three-day-long trade fair of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International."