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Illinois Unleashes Police Drones for Event Security
In a bid to bolster public safety, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill allowing increased use of police drones at public events. This decision comes just shy of a year since the devastating mass shooting at Highland Park.…
Dufour’s Aero 2 Breaks Barriers in Drone Technology
Dufour Aerospace, the Swiss-based eVTOL aircraft developer, has revealed the final design for its Aero 2 cargo drone. This unveiling came after the successful maiden flight of its third prototype, dubbed the X2.2, at the Dübendorf airfield near Zurich in…
Drone Power: Japan’s New Disaster Management Strategy
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) is harnessing the power of drones to manage heavy rain disasters. They recently conducted a successful drone test flight that lasted over three hours to understand better areas at risk of…
Drone Delivery Revolution: Wing Takes Over Aussie Skies
Imagine having your lunch or an urgent grocery item swiftly delivered to your doorstep by a drone. This once futuristic vision is now a reality in parts of Australia, thanks to Google’s drone delivery company, Wing. Since establishing its drone…
Unmanned Heroes: Drones Transform Wildfire Battles
As darkness enveloped the landscape, Dusty Kavitz was closely watching a fire without flames. Based out of Buffalo, Kavitz serves the U.S. Forest Service and has played an integral part in the battle against the notorious Dixie fire, one of…
FAA Authorization Bill, Percepto BVLOS Waiver, New Skyebrowse Feature, New FAA Admin
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week. The first one is a big one: the FAA reauthorization bill has been released, and it contains quite a bit of information. Secondly, Percepto gets…
Youthful Rebellion Against DJI’s Drone Dilemma
In the dead of night last Sunday, the socialist youth group ROOD Rotterdam (Red Rotterdam) staged a protest outside the office of DJI Europe BV in Barendrecht, The Netherlands. Their mission? To denounce the drone deliveries from DJI to Russia,…
Chinese-made drone locates children and adults after kayaks overturn
A distressing event unfolded at the heart of South Salt Lake, Utah, as several children and adults capsized in the Jordan River during a canoeing trip. Among the victims were seven middle schoolers and two adults from the Tracy Aviary’s…
Drone Show Lights Up Fourth of July Celebrations in Colorado
Excitement is building in the mountain city of Woodland Park as they gear up to reintroduce their highly anticipated drone show, part of the 2023, 4th of July festivities. The event, humorously named ‘Symphony Above the Clouds,’ is set for…
DJI Mini 3 Pro ONE YEAR Long Term Review – Still The Best Mini Drone in 2023?
Good day, folks. Shawn here, from Air Photography. It’s hard to believe that the DJI Mini 3 Pro has been out for one year. It was first announced by DJI in May of last year. They started shipping at the…
DJI Inspire 3 vs. Inspire 2 image comparison with samples available for download
In a recent online update, aerial photographer Jarmo Pohjaniemi showed an intriguing comparison of images captured by two top-tier drones, the DJI Inspire 3 and DJI Inspire 2. Pohjaniemi has made the files available for you to download so that…
Drones of Mercy: A Russian Soldier’s Desperate Surrender
In the midday sun on May 9, Russian conscript Ruslan Anitin, trapped in the trenches of war-torn Kupiansk, Ukraine, made an unexpected plea for mercy to a seemingly unlikely arbiter – a DJI Mavic 3 drone. Bombarded by drones dropping…
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