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June 09, 2022

Ethics Board Quits Over Proposed Drone Technology

Axon Shelves Promising Program

Taser-maker Axon Enterprise Inc. has announced it’s shelving a promising project that would equip drones with stun guns for purpose of combating mass shootings. The measure came too late to stop nine of the company’s 12-member ethics advisory board members from announcing their resignations in protest of the emergent technology. The May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, TX, prompted Axon to announce it was working on a forward-thinking drone system that first-responders could operate remotely to fire a Taser at a target up to forty-feet (12 meters) away.

Aviation’s Birthplace Prevails

The Vertical Flight Society has announced the winners of its second annual Design-Build-Vertical Flight (DBVF) Student Competition. The annual event seeks to encourage student interest in unmanned aircraft technology and small air-vehicle design and fabrication, thereby helping to prepare the next generation of aerospace designers and engineers to expand the boundaries of unmanned flight.