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SkyRover X1 Crashes to $449, a $309 Cut on the Sub-249g 4K Foldable
The SkyRover X1 just dropped to its lowest price ever, $449 at B&H, down from a $758 list. That is a $309 cut on a sub-250g foldable drone that flies 4K60 HDR, ships with 360-degree obstacle sensing, and walks into…
U.S. Navy Tests SEAL Mini-Subs Teamed With Drones
The U.S. Navy is working to pair its SEAL mini-submarines with uncrewed underwater vehicles, sending robotic scouts ahead of operators into the most defended stretches of any covert mission. Navy Captain Mike Linn confirmed the program at SOF Week 2026…
Alaska Drone Module Tracks Spot Fires To Contain Sawmill Creek Blaze At 14.8 Acres
The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection (DFFP) used its Unmanned Aerial Systems Module to identify hot spots and spot fires across the Gerstle River during the Sawmill Creek Fire, helping ground crews achieve 100 percent containment four days…
Durham Police DJI Drone Locates Wanted Suspect In Pickering Greenspace
A Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) drone operator located a suspect with outstanding warrants for violent offences in under 20 minutes on May 9, 2026, after the man fled a disturbance call in Pickering, Ontario and hid in a green…
Seminole Council Kills Walmart’s Pinellas Drone Hub In 4-3 Vote
The Seminole City Council voted 4-3 on May 12, 2026 to reject Walmart’s proposal for a Wing-operated drone delivery nest at the Walmart Supercenter at 10237 Bay Pines Blvd, blocking what would have been the company’s first launch site in…
OCFA Tracks Rogue Drone Pilots By Remote ID At Garden Grove Chemical Tank Crisis
The Orange County Fire Authority says it can find the private drone operators buzzing the Garden Grove chemical tank emergency, and it is reading their Remote ID to do it. OCFA Capt. Brian Yau said the agency has counter-UAS gear…
Russia’s Geran-4 Jet Drone Was Built To Beat Ukraine’s $2,000 Interceptors, GUR Says
Russia has started flying a new jet-powered attack drone, the Geran-4, and Ukrainian intelligence says the reason is blunt: the cheap interceptor drones Kyiv has been throwing at Russian Shaheds got good enough to force a redesign. Ukraine’s Main Directorate…
Pentagon’s $500 Million Counter-Drone Deal Turns Ukraine’s Cheap-Interceptor Math Into U.S. Doctrine
The Pentagon has awarded Perennial Autonomy a three-year contract worth up to $500 million for drone-killing interceptors, the largest single counter-unmanned-aircraft deal the U.S. military has signed. Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the Defense Department organization that tests and buys…
LOC8 Plus Skydio Run Coconino’s AI Search Engine
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office in Flagstaff, Arizona is using the latest AI-capable Skydio drones with the LOC8 G2 image-analysis platform to compress search and rescue photo review from thousands of drone images down to about twenty per mission. The…
Ukraine’s Shahed-Killing Drones Became the Export Gulf Monarchies and U.S. Commanders Now Want
Ukraine spent four years learning to shoot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones because Russia gave it no other option. That skill is now a product on offer to Gulf monarchies and European governments, and increasingly to the U.S. military. President Volodymyr…
1,600 Drones Break Brightness Record For He-Man
On the evening of Wednesday, May 19, 2026, Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel staged 1,600 drones on a light show over Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles to promote the upcoming Masters of the Universe film. The 10-minute display formed…
Eight Skydio Drones Now Fly Dallas 911 Calls
The Dallas Police Department officially launched its Drone as First Responder program on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, deploying eight remotely piloted Skydio aircraft from Dallas Fire-Rescue stations across the city. Each drone covers a two-mile radius from its base, with…
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