All the headlines from our Drones Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2025 // Don’t be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn’t hosting a late Halloween party.Instead, it’s a testing ground for tiny drones...
Oct 9 2025 // Russia has reported a growing number of drone attacks deep inside its territory, with some reaching nearly 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) from the Ukrainian border, further testing the country’s air defenses as the...
Oct 3 2025 // Denmark accused Russia of waging a hybrid war against the Nordic nation and warned more attacks are likely, after a series of drone incursions disrupted operations at civilian and military airports.The Danish Defence...
Oct 3 2025 // Flight disruptions eased at Munich International Airport after drone sightings on Thursday led German authorities to suspend operations at the country’s second-biggest hub.Flight operations have been running normally...
Sep 26 2025 // Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned Danes to brace for more hybrid attacks, pointing to Russia as Europe’s main security threat, just before a suspected drone sighting disrupted air traffic in...
Sep 25 2025 // Denmark endured the second drone attack this week as authorities probe Russian involvement in an earlier incident.Large professional drones spotted at five regional airports in Denmark disrupted flights and sparked a major...
Sep 24 2025 // A hack hitting major airports across Europe followed by drone incursions in Copenhagen and Oslo are testing the weak spots of the region’s aviation infrastructure and raising fears about coordinated attacks leading...
Sep 23 2025 // Denmark said drones that halted flights at its main airport on Monday were the most serious attack yet on its critical infrastructure and linked them to a series of suspected Russian drone incursions and other disruptions...
Aug 15 2025 // Delivery drones are so fast they can zip a pint of ice cream to a customer’s driveway before it melts.Yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States. More than six years after the...
Aug 6 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration proposed a rule to allow more commercial drones to fly beyond an operator’s visual line of sight, a potential boon for companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Wing unit...
Jul 24 2025 // Chinese-made engines are being covertly shipped via front companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in Russia, labeled as “industrial refrigeration units” to avoid detection in the wake of Western...
Jul 23 2025 // U.S. officials told a Senate committee on Tuesday that there have been more than 3,000 drone events near American airports since 2021, including 11 aircraft this year that reported taking evasive action to avoid...
Jul 21 2025 // While authorities were desperately trying to save people from the deadly Fourth of July floods in Kerr County, Texas, a private drone collided with a search and rescue helicopter and forced it to make an emergency landing,...
Jul 15 2025 // The US Commerce Department launched investigations into imports of drones, parts for unmanned aerial vehicles and for polysilicon, a key material for solar power, setting the stage for possible tariffs on those goods.The...
Jul 14 2025 // Key House lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration to accelerate a congressionally mandated review of Chinese-made drones ahead of a potential US ban of the technologies later this year.Three House Republicans...
Jul 3 2025 // Sherpas working on Mount Everest carry all that and more — 20 kilograms (44 pounds) per person — navigating a four-hour hike that traverses crumbling glacial ice and treacherous crevasses to bring trash back to base...
Jun 19 2025 // Alabama’s insurance commissioner this week urged property insurers to be judicious in the use of drones and aerial imagery in making nonrenewal decisions, but stopped short of issuing new regulations.“If an...
Jun 6 2025 // Walmart Inc. is adding drone delivery in five new cities in a bid to expand online sales and get goods to shoppers faster.The world’s largest retailer will start offering drone service at 100 stores across Charlotte,...
Apr 28 2025 // After receiving multiple inquiries about the use of aerial images in property insurance nonrenewals, West Virginia’s insurance commissioner has posted guidelines for insurers’ use of the technology.In a...
Apr 24 2025 // Washington, D.C.-based BreachBits has received an investment of an undisclosed amount from Lloyd’s in what is the London-based global insurance marketplace’s third strategic innovation investment from among...