By Danielle Lucey

• The U.S. Army has released a video of a Black Hawk it has converted into an autonomous aircraft. (Popular Science)

• Japan is fleshing out its plans to send a humanoid to the International Space Station by 2013. (Gizmag)

• Iran claims that it has captured a U.S.-owned, ScanEagle, a claim the Navy is refuting. (Daily Tech)

• Google has given a $5 million grant to the World Wildlife Fund to use UAVs to track down illegal poachers. (Mother Jones)

• An MQ-9 Reaper operated by Nellis Air Force Base crashed during a training mission on Thursday while it was flying in restricted airspace. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)