Sentence examples for drones for years from inspiring English sources

Mr. McConnell speaks often about the need for the private sector to jolt the government out of its attachment to existing systems, noting, for example, that the Air Force fought the concept of drones for years.

Police have been buying up drones for years now, as the cost of running helicopters is very high compared to sending up a drone for a short period of time.

India's private sector builds UAVs for both military and scientific purposes; Lebanon's de facto government Hezbollah has used Iranian-built drones for years; earlier this month, QinetiQ's solar-powered Zephyr set a world record by flying for 2 weeks nonstop; and, of course, the French-built, iPhone-controlled AR.Parrot has brought UAVs to the masses.

The JUSTAS program has been looking for a suite of — unarmed — drones for years, but has failed to award any contracts.

"We learned that the paparazzi have used drones for years to invade the privacy and capture pictures of public persons in their most private of activities -- despite existing law," he said in a statement.

The White House released its long-awaited drones report the afternoon before the Fourth of July holiday weekend, having pledged transparency on the drones issue for years.

Parrot has been in the drone game for years now and just released the Rolling Spider drone, which can fly and roll.

The company's founders have been working on the technology behind EHANG's drones for two years and the startup was officially launched in April.

SkySpecs' team has been building drones for six years and and individuals in the company come from teams that won the 2012 international aerial competition and the prestigious DARPA sponsored "MAGIC" competition.

It has also reportedly been trying to develop combat drones for many years.

But Pakistan has covertly supported the drone program for years, in return for the U.S.'s targeting of Taliban forces that it cannot vanquish on its own.