In our monthly press review, we translate, analyze and summarize news from various European publications on the issues of drones. In January 2019 the most frequent topics discussed in drone news included stories on Russia's Okhotnik combat drone, rivalry between the US and China, and the use of drones in Yemen. ...
The Centre for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) is a Washington D.C. based NGO that has worked on behalf of civilians in conflict areas sinds 2003. In an interview for EFAD, we asked how they have been involved with the issues of armed drones and what they want to achieve through their work. ...
A short overview of news and updates from our network. If you have events, publications, or updates to share, you may forward them to info {at} efadrones.org....
During the first week of October the European Parliament discussed the situation in Yemen, where the ongoing conflict continues to spread death and destruction. The country is torn by years of internal conflict and international interventions. Since 2003, the United States' clandestine targeted-killing program has been using armed drones to target suspected Al-Qaeda militants. Hundreds of strikes took place and...
The US Department of Defense has released its latest roadmap for unmanned systems, describing how such systems might be integrated in defense operations across all domains. It discusses manned-unmanned teaming, autonomy of unmanned systems, and weaponization of such systems, amongst other things. ...
In our monthly press review, we translate, analyze and summarize news from various European publications on the issues of drones. July 2018 saw increased proliferation as the US sold drones across the world, a theft of drone-documents which were sold on the darkweb, and more concerns raised over drone strikes and the algorithms behind them....
The Stimson Center has conducted an analysis of how drones relate to various multilateral regulatory regimes. Based on these findings, they have published a report offering a particular focus on the International Arms Trade Treaty, examining the ways in which it regulates the transfers and use of drones. It finds that differing standards guiding drone transfers from different regimes, such...
A short overview of the news this week, including updates from us, PAX and the Stimson Centre. ...