Location, location – the end of the airbase?
Last week, the United States Navy landed an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air system, as they like to call them, on an aircraft carrier off the coast of Virginia. The X-47B is a prototype drone,...
Monthly Archive: July 2013
Lawful action?
Public Interest Lawyers have produced a thorough and insightful legal opinion on the legality of the UK Government’s use of armed drones. While it is well worth reading the opinion in full, a summary...
DEFENCE COMMITTEE INQUIRY: REMOTE CONTROL: REMOTELY PILOTED AIR SYSTEMS – CURRENT AND FUTURE UK USE
The Defence Committee has announced the terms of its inquiry into drones – details below. The Committee’s website can be found here. NEW INQUIRY: REMOTE CONTROL: REMOTELY PILOTED AIR SYSTEMS – CURRENT AND FUTURE UK USE The Defence...
“Particularised cases” – use of drones by the FBI
On 19th June, the Director of the FBI, Robert Mueller, told the US Senate Judiciary Committee that his agency had used drones for surveillance purposes. In his testimony, which was primarily concerned with telephone...
