Search: Tiny drones to swarm skies soon, company promises

In the near future, unmanned aerial surveillance drones will not come in single aircrafts, but in huge swarms of "thousands," according to Bill Borgia, head of Lockheed Martin’s Intelligent Robotics Lab (watch Lockheed Martin's tiny "Samurai" drone in action). The company's drones, which are modeled after the common maple seed (photos), have alarmed some privacy-rights watchers (like whom?) who contend such unwarranted surveillance would violate the U.S. Constitution (particularly, which amendment?).

 

 

Read about recent efforts to allow more drones into U.S. skies. 

 

Get details on new fears that such drones could be easily hacked and hijacked.