The sound of a drone is supposed to be exciting. For us, it’s the sound of a powerful tool, a new perspective, a profession. But for the residents of Colombia’s volatile Cauca region, the familiar buzz of a multi-rotor drone…
In a quiet corner of Indiana, a tech company just showed off the future of drone defense, and it looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. The company, Epirus, successfully used its Leonidas weapon system to knock out a…
In the high-stakes chess game being played in the Pacific, Taiwan just made a massive move. In a bold and unprecedented partnership, Taiwan is teaming up with Kratos, a cutting-edge US defense company, to develop advanced, jet-powered “kamikaze” drones. This…
Rock and roll has always been about creating a spectacle. From pyrotechnics to massive stage setups, the goal is to blow the audience’s mind. Now, legendary British band Oasis has embraced the newest tool in the showman’s toolkit: a massive…
We’ve all felt that tiny moment of panic. You’re flying, lining up the perfect shot, and for a split second, the GPS signal on your controller flickers. For us, it’s an annoyance. For the U.S. Air Force, it’s a critical…
For years, the main way to stop a rogue drone has been brute force. You either jam its signal with a blast of radio waves, knocking it out of the sky, or you try to shoot it down. But now,…
There is a strange and deeply ironic silence in the skies over Venezuela today. Just as the government proudly showcases its new fleet of locally-assembled, missile-capable combat drones, it has slammed the door shut on every single civilian pilot in…
Imagine you’re in your backyard, enjoying a quiet Saturday. You look up and see a drone hovering over your property. As a droner, your first reaction might be curiosity. But what if that drone isn’t a hobbyist? What if it’s…
When you call 911, the minutes it takes for police or paramedics to arrive can feel like an eternity. But in the city of Minnetonka, Minnesota, a new first responder is arriving on scene in seconds, and it doesn’t drive…
Every once in a while, a story comes along that cuts through all the noise about regulations and military hardware, and reminds us why we fell in love with this technology in the first place. This is one of those…
Just when you think you’ve seen every possible use for a drone, a story comes along that feels like it was ripped straight from a comic book. In the skies over Ukraine, a new type of aerial duel is taking…
For millions of years, birds of prey have been the undisputed masters of the sky. An owl can silently weave through a dense forest, and a hawk can dive and perch on a branch in a fraction of a second.…