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Congress looks to require military drone corps, which Army leaders oppose

House Armed Services Committee's bill is seen as premature by Gen. James Rainey, who leads the Army Futures Command.

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Drones becoming central to a variety of CBP’s mission sets

Defense News

Defense Department’s Replicator program must increase its speed

Air Force

Air Force plans drones with commercially available components

Defense

Pentagon plan aims to help avoid civilian deaths in strikes

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The head of federal at IBM has a multi-sided view of federal digital transformation

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Navy and Marine Corps make drones a top priority

This June 22, 2018, photo shows a Skydio R1 drone in Redwood City, Calif. Skateboarders, surfers and YouTube stars used to be the target customers for California drone startup Skydio, which builds sophisticated self-flying machines that can follow people around and capture their best moves on video. Now it's police officers and soldiers getting equipped with the pricey drones. U.S. political and security concerns about the world's dominant consumer drone-maker, China-based DJI, have opened the door for Skydio and other companies to pitch their drones for government and business customers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Government looking to rein in agencies' drone purchasing

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Defense

Building trust in AI is key to autonomous drones, flying cars

FILE - This Jan. 25, 2019 file photo shows a drone from the New York State Fire Agency to help track a cruise ship that broke from its moorings and became lodged against a bridge in Albany, N.Y. In Utah, drones are hovering near avalanches to measure roaring snow. In North Carolina, they're combing the skies for the nests of endangered birds. In Kansas, meanwhile, they could soon be identifying sick cows through heat signatures. A survey released Monday, May 20, 2019 shows transportation agencies are using drones in nearly every U.S. state. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

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DIU picks 5 commercial companies to help military deal with threat from small drones

Defense Acquisition University

Defense News

Recent trend shows DoD using DAU as a way to dynamically flesh out policies

FILE - In this April 3, 2017 file photo, students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday, May 7, 2018, that MIT cannot be held responsible for the 2009 death of graduate student Han Nugyen who killed himself. His family's lawsuit said that the school knew he was a suicide risk and could have prevented his death. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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Education Dept. investigating two universities' relationships with foreign governments

Michael Missal

Federal Newscast

Veterans Affairs, Justice IGs teaming up to take on health care fraud

Danielle Corbett, FAA

Federal Drive

FAA issues RFI on testing for amateur drone operators

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Federal Newscast

Proposed law would empower FTC to end addictive practices in social media

Delivery Drone

Special Bulletin Review: Securing our Citizens while Modernizing

FAA working to reconcile increasing utility of drones with public safety

Pramod Raheja

What's Working in Washington

How drones can lift up nearly every industry

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Federal Newscast

CBP hopes new bonuses will convince Border Patrol agents to stick around

Jay Merkle, FAA

Federal Drive

FAA project monitors drone traffic as usage grows more common

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Federal Newscast

IG: Cyber crime victims waited for up nine months to be notified by the FBI

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Fed Access

Defense spending: What's in the president's budget?

Kirstjen, Perry, Nakasone

Cybersecurity

DHS pushes Congress to act on cyber reorg, protection from enemy drones

Photographic coverage of Sammies breakfast ceremony for The Partnership for Public Service in Washington, DC.

Federal Drive

NASA engineer, Sammies finalist researching how drones will safely operate domestically

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