Rafael Suárez

Rafael Suárez

Rafael Suárez is a drone journalist and content creator with more than 20 years behind the lens. He began in film photography in 1998, moved to digital in 2005, and has been flying and filming with drones since 2016. As a commercial videographer he has produced work for premium brands including BMW, Porsche, and MINI, and his documentary work champions a #flysafe mentality across the industry. Based in Quito, Ecuador, he covers drone news, hardware, and the policy and business shaping the industry for DroneXL, and shares reviews and cinematic flight on his YouTube channel. A dad and a lifelong aviation nerd, he's happiest when something is in the air.
Maui Students Win Honors With Uav Powered Apps In 2025

Maui students win honors with UAV powered apps in 2025

High school students in Hawaiʻi are proving that drones, data, and software can work together to protect fragile ecosystems, after U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda announced the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for her district through a series of…

Droneshield Secures $25.3 Million Defense Deal In Latin America

Navy Downs Unauthorized Drone at Whidbey Island Base

A commercially available quadcopter was disabled Tuesday after it was flown without authorization over Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state, according to the U.S. Navy and reported by Stars and Stripes. The incident immediately raised alarms because the…

Trillium Hd40 Lvv Joins Army P550 Isr Fleet

Trillium HD40 LVV Joins Army P550 ISR Fleet

The U.S. Army’s decision to pair Trillium Engineering’s HD40 LVV imaging payload with AeroVironment’s P550 uncrewed aircraft system offers a clear look at how future reconnaissance missions are being shaped, as Unmanned Systems Technology reported. This is not a case…

U.s. Army Trains Infantry Units With Bomber Drones

U.S. Army Trains Infantry Units With Bomber Drones

The U.S. Army is quietly but clearly signaling where modern infantry combat is heading. During a recent Spartan Focus Table VI exercise, soldiers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division trained with bomber style drones, integrating low…

Air Unveils Drn 600 Electric Cargo Drone

AIR Unveils DrN 600 Electric Cargo Drone

Florida based advanced air mobility company AIR has officially pulled the curtain back on the DrN 600, an uncrewed electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that is clearly designed to do something rare in this industry: actually work for a…

Poland Builds Europe’s Largest Anti Drone Wall

Poland Builds Europe’s Largest Anti Drone Wall

Poland has signed a contract worth roughly 3.8 billion dollars to deploy what will become Europe’s largest integrated counter drone system, a move shaped directly by hard lessons from the war in Ukraine and rising airspace violations along NATO’s eastern…

U.s. Marines Test Fiber Optic Fpv Drones At Sea

U.S. Marines Test Fiber Optic FPV Drones at Sea

The U.S. Marine Corps is rediscovering an old truth with a very modern twist. When the airwaves are hostile, unreliable, or outright weaponized, the smartest move might be to avoid them entirely. From January 27 to 29, 2026, I Marine…