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Flocks of drones could be seen over St. Petersburg, Russia, to kick off the city’s tourist season.

Engineers have developed a seed-scattering drone to help reforest areas ravaged by wildfires.

A Google affiliate is using drones to deliver Girl Scout cookies in a Virginia community.

The management of a South Loop high-rise condominium building stressed heightened awareness to residents after drones hovered outside units last week. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Several drones repeatedly swarmed Navy destroyers off the California coast in July 2019, and it remains unclear who was behind the brazen nighttime flights, according to a report on the website The Drive, quoting ship logs.

Federal officials are outlining new rules that will let operators fly small drones over people and at night.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced new rules on Monday that will allow small drones to be flown over people and at night.

A commercial drone company has launched a program to deliver medicine in rural areas of North Carolina. The co-founder and CEO of Volansi, Hannan Parvizian, explains how their take-off and landing technology allowed the company to create the first drone delivery program for temperature-controlled medicines from manufacturers straight to health care facilities.

The Trump administration has notified Congress that it has approved the sale of $600 million in armed drones to Taiwan, the latest in a series of arms transfers for the island

Brent Morgan is one of many Americans who have had a Walmart package dropped off at his home during the coronavirus pandemic. Yet his delivery did not fit the typical mold. A drone flew overhead and dropped a bag in his front lawn. Inside, there was an at-home Covid-19 test kit. The aerial delivery in Morgan’s Las Vegas neighborhood is part...

Amazon received federal approval to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, a milestone that allows the company to expand unmanned package delivery.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been in Los Angeles for only a short period of time. But according to a new report by The Daily Beast, citing a source, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have allegedly experienced “unimaginable” levels of intrusion at their new home.

A company in Ukraine is using drones once used for spraying crops to disinfect vehicles used for public transportation.

For the first time, the Los Angeles Fire Department Thursday plans to deploy drones to help coordinate its battle against a pair of wildfires threatening homes in the city.

A drone company worked with a local doughnut shop in Denver, Colorado, to deliver doughnuts to the city’s mayor and local fire and police departments.

Scientists at the University of Cambridge and University of Bristol are using drones to capture footage and data above an active volcano in Guatemala.

Drone flights over 133 military facilities will be restricted for security reasons, marking the first time such flight restrictions have been applied only to drones rather than aircraft in general, the U.S. aviation safety authority said Friday. The restrictions are in response to requests from the Defense Department and other security and intelligence agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration said in...

Flying burritos will soon be a reality over Virginia Tech. Chipotle is taking part in a test this month that will let some of the university’s students and staff have their favorite tortilla-wrapped meal delivered by drone. Virginia Tech is conducting the test with Project Wing, a unit of Google owner Alphabet Inc., which makes self-flying devices that deliver food,...

Owners of unmanned aircraft systems have until Friday evening to register their drones with the Federal Aviation Administration or face hefty fines if they fly outdoors. Drone operators have until Friday night to register their drones with the Federal Aviation Administration. The federal agency began the registration program last year on Dec. 21. The registry will close at 10:59 p.m....

Beginning Monday, owners of recreational drones must register their devices with a Federal Aviation Administration database.