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The Air Force said Wednesday that it would begin offering retention bonuses of up to $35,000 to entice its unmanned aircraft pilots to stay in the military as part of an ongoing “get-well” plan for a workforce that’s been stretched extremely thin.
The Defense Department plans to eventually buy nearly 2,000 F-35s. The FAA has registered some 500,000 drones.
The agency caught heat for how long it took to issue the rules. Now it's uncorked an industry ready to pop.
It has started already, but the next wave of innovation in unmanned technology will bring autonomy. That is, vehicles won't require human operators with a joystick flying them remotely.
Kelley Sayler, associate fellow at the Center for a New American Security, tells Pentagon Solutions drones work better in groups.
As both defensive and offensive platforms, unmanned aircraft have a lot more potential when working in groups known as swarms. It's something the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been working on. Kelley Sayler, associate fellow and defense analyst at the Center for a New American Security, offers insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Fast-selling drones exemplify not so much new technology as the combination of existing products in such a way as to make new markets.
The DHS Privacy, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Unmanned Aircraft Systems Working Group, which wrote the best practices, acknowledged that not all suggestions will apply to every agency.
Eight years after unmanned aircraft became a part of border security, the effectiveness of the program remains a question mark. A new Homeland Security inspector general audit says Customs and Border Protection never developed performance measures. Investigators found aircraft don't meet flight goals, and CBP has way undercalculated flight costs. The agency, however, disputes those findings. For the management side of the story, Randolph "Tex" Alles, assistant commissioner of the Office of Air and Marine at CBP, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive. His first bone to pick concerned how long the drones are supposed to be in the air.
Have you ever done something really, really stupid at the office? Or work- related? Something so dumb, so bad, so off the wall that it's a miracle you still have a job? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know.
Eight years after unmanned aircraft became a part of border security, the effectiveness of the program remains a question mark. A new Homeland Security inspector general audit reveals, Customs and Border Protection never developed performance measures. Investigators found aircraft don't meet flight goals. And, CBP has way undercalculated flight costs. John Roth is the Inspector General at Homeland Security. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the report and the future of the drone program.
By JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is on the verge of proposing long-awaited rules for commercial drone operations in U.S. skies, but key decisions on how much access to grant…
The drone fleet at Customs and Border Protection isn't big, but the law states that very strict oversight from the Homeland Security Department and CBP is important. Rebecca Gambler is director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues at the Government Accountability Office. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she said Congress mandated a look at CBP's drone program.
Drones may wind up the future In Depth with Francis Rose, he said there are many different scenarios where a drone can pose a major cyber threat to your agency.