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Camera footage shows the Leipzig drone flew straight into the wing of a Ukrainian An-124, and the bus driver never kicked it out of the air. DroneXL corrects Sunday's report as DNA on the drone matches the 2024 DHL parcel attack and a record in Lithuania, and an American EchoShield radar goes up at the airport.
Sen. John Kennedy told the FCC's own lawyer the agency scares him. He meant television. Drone pilots staring down Docket 26-189 know the feeling.
Cameras on the Royal Navy's K3 Scout sea drones sent heartbeat signals to a Chinese IP address. Kraken says the units were NDAA-compliant.
Six drone overflights hit the Bundeswehr base at Mechernich, believed to be the only Patriot repair facility in Europe, two nights after the Leipzig drone bomb. One drone circled above the police officers sent to investigate, and none of the aircraft was stopped.
Correction: Camera footage shows the Leipzig drone struck the wing of a parked Antonov An-124 and fell to the ground without detonating. The bus driver found it and pinned it under his foot. He never kicked it out of the air, contrary to the lawmaker account this article reported.
DJI is urging drone operators to file FCC comments before September 2 as the agency weighs cutting off imports and sales of previously approved drones with thermal, LiDAR, spray, and docking capabilities.
An Everdrone drone delivered a defibrillator before the ambulance at a Borås cardiac arrest. A bystander shocked the man's heart back, and he survived.
A FOIA release names 1,000+ agencies the FAA cleared for drone first responder flights in 10 months, more than in the previous seven years combined.
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