Deutsche Post used a drone to deliver a package for the first time on Monday, flying a box from a pharmacy across the Rhine just a week after Amazon carried off a similar stunt.
Just like Amazon, Germany's Deutsche Post-DHL is also testing mini-drones as a way to deliver packages across the skies to your doorstep, the group said on Thursday.
Members of the next German government have agreed to postpone the country's purchase of armed drones indefinitely following controversy over their use and cost.
Germany helped the CIA carry out drone attacks in Pakistan according to a report by Amnesty International published on Tuesday. The human rights organization has called on the German government to come clean about its involvement and slammed some of the attacks as “war crimes”.
A drone that hovered over a campaign rally by Chancellor Angela Merkel before crash landing in front of her was a protest by the upstart Pirate party, it said on Monday.
German outrage at the US President has peaked as Barack Obama is due in Berlin. But accusing him of Stasi methods over the surveillance scandal borders on defamation, argues <b>Malte Lehming</b> in political magazine <b>Cicero</b>.
Bundeswehr Chief-of-Staff Volker Wieker has admitted he made mistakes over the German army's Euro Hawk drone programme, and that Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière might let him go.
A simmering election-year scandal around German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere over a botched drone deal threatens to boil over this week when he testifies before lawmakers. AFP's Deborah Cole reports.
Classified footage shows a German drone narrowly missing a passenger plane, it was reported on Monday. Last month the government decided against fitting drones with anti-collision technology.
Germany is sticking with a plan to buy 16 combat drones, despite a controversy embroiling its defence minister over a scrapped surveillance drone project.
The writing is clearly on the wall for illegal graffiti artists, as Deutsche Bahn (DB) plans to deploy unmanned mini-helicopter drones to film, track and hunt them down, it emerged on Sunday.
Germany has cancelled a planned 'Euro Hawk' drone programme fearing European authorities will not certify them, a Defence Ministry source said Tuesday after reported European safety concerns.
German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière on Monday cautioned against game-changing "red lines" in Syria's civil war, amid growing evidence that regime forces have used chemical weapons.
German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière's plan to buy armed drones for the Bundeswehr received a tempered response on Monday from politicians within his own party, who warned against knee-jerk decisions.
The German government has for the first time declared its intention to buy armed drones, it was reported Friday. Up until now, the German military has only used unmanned aircraft for reconnaissance and spying.
Some German top Air Force brass want to expand their use of unmanned drones – and arm them in the future. Plans for European drone development are gaining support from those who want more independence from US military technology.
Germany’s bill for the Nato drone defence system seems set to rise by about a quarter to hit nearly half a billion euros, according to secret Finance Ministry documents.
Germany's armed forces and police currently operate 331 high-tech drones inside and outside the country, and the government intends to swell the fleet, according to a media report that has alarmed civil rights advocates.
