There is little disagreement that the drones can seriously injure or even kill someone. Understanding and minimizing the risk will be key to convincing regulators to expand their permitted uses.

The threat to U.S. airports from terror groups such as al-Qaeda and Islamic State is expected to grow, a former high-ranking intelligence official said Thursday.

Reports of drones violating safety standards in the U.S. continued to climb last year, rising by 46 percent over the same period a year earlier.

The number of drones used in business in the FAA database swelled to 6,683 as of the end of 2016.

Defects that caused Samsung Note 7 phones to burst into flames last year revealed that the industrys voluntary standards for the design and manufacture of rechargeable batteries arent adequate to protect safety.

U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday closed an investigation into a fatal accident involving Teslas Autopilot driver-assist system, and said they didnt find a defect warranting a recall.

Retail giant Amazon has made its first drone delivery to an actual customer, dropping off a Fire TV device and a bag of popcorn to a house in the English countryside 13 minutes after receiving an online order.

The pilot of a hot-air balloon that crashed last summer in Texas, killing himself and 15 sight-seeing passengers, had taken a cocktail of prohibited drugs before liftoff including the opiate pain-killer oxycodone.