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Ukrainian long-range drones hit two Wildberries logistics hubs that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says were supplying drone-production components and navigation equipment to Russia's war effort, in the deadliest deep strike inside Russia in more than two years.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says drones and advanced thermal imaging are now part of Canada's national wildfire response, bringing DroneXL's thermal-drone fireline coverage into a G7 leader's public briefing for the first time.
Boom Supersonic has turned Blake Scholl’s Mach 1 RC challenge into an $800,000 competition with judges, co-sponsors, and formal rules, but the fine print may be the hardest part: entrants must clear a legal and regulatory path that does not obviously exist today.
The Minneapolis City Council deadlocked 6-6, killing a free 75-day Skydio Drone as First Responder trial after members cited the company’s ties to ICE and the Israeli military, despite neighboring cities expanding similar programs.
DJI has released Avata 360 firmware v01.00.0500 after reports that the earlier v01.00.0300 update caused black-screen video loss in FPV goggles, a failure that hit the one system FPV pilots cannot afford to lose.
Quantum Systems says its Apex Recordhunter experimental aircraft reached 699 km/h in June testing, a number that would blow past today’s electric-aircraft benchmark if it clears FAI certification, while feeding future interceptor-drone development.
Mykhailo Fedorov, the 35-year-old who built Ukraine's drone warfare machine and then ran the ministry that wielded it, was pushed out as defense minister after just six months in the post.
Palm Springs police used DJI thermal drones and Dock 3 launch stations to track a teen rider from above without triggering a dangerous street pursuit, turning a baited chase into a quiet arrest directed entirely from the air.
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