How the war in Afghanistan revealed an evolving drone fleet’s mettle—and shortcomings By Wesley Morgan / May 29, 2021
The future of the Air Force is fighter pilots leading drone swarms into battle By Kelsey D. Atherton / Jun 24, 2017
The DJI Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom drones are covered in sensors and filled with AI to prevent crashes By Stan Horaczek / Aug 23, 2018
DJI’s Mavic Air drone is the best flying machine you can throw in your backpack By Stan Horaczek / Feb 6, 2018
Fact Check: Ex-Cop Fugitive Christopher Dorner Is Not Being Hunted By Drones By Kelsey D. Atherton / Feb 12, 2013
The US military is testing a microwave anti-drone weapon called THOR By Kelsey D. Atherton / Apr 29, 2021
Russian fighter pilots could soon fly alongside bomb-filled combat drones By Kelsey D. Atherton / Apr 2, 2021
The Coyote swarming drone can deploy for aerial warfare—or hurricanes By Kelsey D. Atherton / Mar 12, 2021
Delivery drones could drive us batty—unless they take some sonic cues from owls By PopSci Staff / Nov 10, 2020
Amazon’s home security drone may actually be less creepy than a regular camera By Stan Horaczek / Sep 26, 2020
Drone surveillance can help hold governments accountable—but it can also oppress us By Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick/MIT Press Reader / Sep 21, 2020
Police can surveil protests from participants’ pockets and homes By Shere & Nurse/The Conversation / Jul 27, 2020
This big drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a biplane, and can carry 70 pounds By Rob Verger / Aug 30, 2019
Moment’s anamorphic drone lens makes aerial footage look more like the movies By Stan Horaczek / Jul 9, 2019
NASA’s new mission to Titan is looking for life in all the right places By Rachel Feltman / Jun 28, 2019
Drones can take scientists to strange new places—like inside whale snot By Jessica Boddy / May 2, 2018
These drones plant trees by firing seed pods at the ground By Josh Landis and Owen Agnew / Jan 22, 2018
These ‘two yahoos from the middle of Ohio’ designed the ultimate drone buster By Dan Stamm / Nov 7, 2017
The Plimp is a plane-blimp mashup that promises safe air transport By Kelsey D. Atherton / Sep 19, 2017
The Forest Service really doesn’t want you flying your drones into wildfire By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Aug 12, 2017
Last week in tech: Sorry in advance for getting ‘Despacito’ stuck in your head By Stan Horaczek / Aug 7, 2017