Department of Defense
Neros Makes Both Pentagon Gauntlet II Boards As Skycutter Falls To 4th
Neros is the only company on both Gauntlet II leaderboards, Perennial Autonomy wins deep strike, and March champion Skycutter drops to fourth.
Haye Kesteloo
Haye Kesteloo is the Editor in Chief and Founder of DroneXL.co, where he covers all drone-related news, DJI rumors and writes drone reviews, and of EVXL.co, for all electric vehicle news. Haye can be reached at haye @ dronexl.co or @hayekesteloo. Also on LinkedIn, Muck Rack, Instagram and YouTube.
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Police
Boston Police Drone Wrecks a Parked Car Six Days Into Its DFR Pilot
A BRINC Responder flown by Boston police fell onto a Mazda in Brighton on September 3, less than a week after BPD sold the program on safety.
Counter-Drone
UK Bases Logged 340 Drone Incidents in a Year. The MoD Names Nobody
MoD figures show 340 drone incidents at British military sites in a year, up from 126 in 2024. The ministry credits better detection and names no culprit.
Drone Incidents
NASA Kennedy Drone Case: Chinese Tourist Pleads Guilty, Faces a Year
Xiaodong He pleaded guilty over a 12-minute drone flight near Kennedy Space Center. Two earlier cases show what sentencing could look like.
Technology
NATO-Backed Drone Picked Its Own Target And Dropped A Bomb
Scaleout's onboard AI picked an armored vehicle out of a Swedish test range and struck it with no direct human command. Geneva is still arguing.
Drone Delivery
Upstate Medical Hires FAA Veteran Behind The First BVLOS Approvals
Upstate Medical named Cliff Sweatte director of UAS operations, months after an FAA waiver opened 50 miles of Central New York airspace to its drones.
Technology
Joby Flew 3,199 Miles With Zero Pilot Input, in a Cessna Caravan
Joby flew a converted Cessna Caravan 3,199 miles across the US with zero pilot inputs, supervised remotely from California and Shaw Air Force Base.
DJI
DJI Mic Mini Drops to $79 While DJI's Own US Store Is Empty
DJI Mic Mini is $79 at Amazon, $20 off list. DJI's own US store shows every configuration out of stock, and the Mic Mini 2 and 2S both skipped America.
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