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It only takes a few hours to configure a small, commercially available drone to hunt down a target by itself, a scientist has warned. Luis Wenus, an entrepreneur and engineer, incorporated an artificial intelligence (AI) system into a small drone to chase people around “as a game,” he wrote in …

News Analysis In California, a former U.S. Army pilot sells classified aviation research to China’s communist regime. In Kentucky, leaders of a defense contracting company allegedly conspire to sell technical drawings to China and illicitly introduce Chinese parts into the Pentagon’s supply Chain. In Illinois, a China-based company allegedly bribes …

Around the summertime, you might often see maple seeds—also known as “helicopter” seeds—twirl and dance in the air before floating to the ground. While they’re fun to play with as a kid, adults are also paying close attention to them and turning to these seeds as design inspiration for—what else—flying …

Photo credit: CIA From Popular Mechanics During the Cold War, the CIA considered building a bird-sized drone designed to spy on the communist bloc. The drone would carry “black box” spy packages into Russia and China, as well as take secret photographs—all while hiding in plain sight disguised as a …