It was playing a real-time video feed from a Predator drone -- the same video McCurley said was being beamed to high-level officials in Washington, D.C., more than 7,000 miles away.

The Predator can fly nearly 500 miles to a target and linger in the air for 14 hours Tech. Sgt. Beth Holliker A fully-loaded Predator, like this one, weighs 2,250 pounds ...

Jan. 12, 2010— -- Far from the mountains of Afghanistan, an American Air Force base sits in California. It is here where unmanned Predator drones are flown by remote control. They're America ...

The U.S. Air Force has announced that it is officially moving to retire the MQ-1 Predator drone in early 2018 with the newer MQ-9 Reaper drone to better address its combat needs. The Predator has ...

Al Qaeda and the Taliban haven’t been able to bring down the CIA’s Predator drones. But a new lawsuit alleging parts of their targeting software are pirated (and faulty) could. On December 7 ...

Flashcard: Predator Drone Strikes. By Marc Ambinder. September 9, 2010. ... The CIA's targeting list is not limited to members of Al Qaeda: drones now target militants and drug lords.

On Sept. 28, 2000, the first CIA Predator drone took off from a base in Uzbekistan on its maiden flight and soon spotted “a tall man in flowing white robes” in a compound just outside ...

Once closely guarded military secrets, remotely operated Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are now widely known to play a vital role in modern wars. But even while most people recognize that UAS are ...

A lonely Predator drone sits in an airplane hanger at the Creech, Air Force base in Nevada, June, 2015. PATRICK TUCKER / DEFENSE ONE Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET.

In less than a week, target data captured by a drone is available on an online “intelligence knowledge base” that is published on the coalition’s internal websites. Gallery: Inside a ...

Here’s a life tip you probably don’t need to be told: You should really avoid having your name put on the government’s drone strike “kill … ...

Upon closer examination, however, the platform revealed itself as far more advanced, Russia’s MS001, an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) integrating artificial intelligence, hardened ...