Author Mark Bowden writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Though unmanned, remote-controlled ... Later renamed the Predator, it quickly became the U.S. military's preferred surveillance tool.

WASHINGTON (CNN) --Nearly half the U.S. Air Force's fleet of RQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles have crashed or been shot down in the years since they've been deployed, according to Air Force ...

A significant update to the U.S.-made MQ-9 Reaper drone appears to be making progress. Earlier this month, photos depicting ...