A soldier in a trench, wearing a $300 pair of FPV goggles and holding a hobbyist controller, can guide a commercial drone carrying a $500 payload into a $5 million tank. The math is brutal and it only moves in…
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published its latest official list of drones approved for operation in the EU, covering 66 systems across the Open and Specific categories. The list is a practical reference, not a press release. If…
The Pentagon fired a high-energy laser at a drone near Fort Hancock, Texas on Thursday — and destroyed it. The problem: it was a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone. CBP had not told the military it was flying…
The Department of Defense used a high-energy laser to destroy a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone over Fort Hancock, Texas on Thursday, February 26, according to four officials who spoke to The New York Times. The FAA responded…
Amazon is bringing its Prime Air drone delivery service to Chicago’s south suburbs this summer, and the company wants to introduce itself to the neighbors first. As Patch reports, a free community meet-and-greet is scheduled for Monday, March 2 at…
The paper dropped this week at the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium in San Diego, and the finding is blunt: an ordinary umbrella covered with an AI-generated pattern can trick autonomous target-tracking drones into flying directly toward the person…
We have been tracking Germany’s kamikaze drone procurement saga since the Bundeswehr first tested loitering munitions from Helsing and Stark Defence late last year. Today, the story hit a turning point that nobody in Berlin’s defense circles predicted: the Bundestag’s…
The Orlando City Council voted Monday to approve a $6.83 million Drone as First Responder program built on Axon’s Skydio platform. The decision comes after a seven-week pilot at OPD headquarters produced a striking result: a single drone arrived before…
Illinois Rep. Katie Stuart (D-112th) has introduced HB4332, a bill that would force individuals on the state’s Sex Offender Registry to disclose drone ownership to the Illinois State Police. The bill amends the Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act to add…
The online counter-drone shopping portal that DroneXL first covered back in November just hit a major milestone. Joint Interagency Task Force 401 announced on Monday that its counter-unmanned aircraft systems marketplace has reached initial operational capability, meaning military bases and…
Everyone covered the lawsuit. Almost nobody reported on what the filing actually says. The actual court document DJI submitted to the Ninth Circuit on February 20 reveals something far more interesting than the company’s legal arguments: it reveals who DJI…
BRINC Drones is gearing up to unveil its next-generation Drone as First Responder (DFR) aircraft on March 24, 2026. The company’s teaser campaign, branded “Command the Night,” points to a drone built specifically for low-light and nighttime law enforcement operations.…