Skydio
Skydio X10 Tracks Suspect a Mile Away After Community Tip
Officers from the 3rd Division responded and launched a Skydio X10 within minutes. The suspect was already gone. It did not matter.
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.
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In Fairfax County, Skydio Arrives First. Every Time.
Fairfax County, Virginia is not testing the waters on Drone as First Responder. The numbers from their first 100 missions make the case better than any press release could. Drones arrived on scene first in 71 of those 100 calls. Average response time: 83 seconds. In a county that sits inside the most restricted airspace…
DJI
A Broadcast Drone Just Ate a Tree at LIV Golf Hong Kong
Nobody was hurt. The drone did not survive. And somewhere out there, the pilot is having a very bad Thursday. During the first round of LIV Golf Hong Kong 2026 at The Hong Kong Golf Club, a broadcast drone lost its argument with a tree and fell to the ground mid-telecast, as reported by Awful…
Skydio
A Santa Fe Skydio Drone Found an Unconscious Man in Four Minutes
Santa Fe first responders located a 47-year-old man unconscious and not breathing near Las Acequias Park after receiving a call Wednesday afternoon.
Skydio
Michigan’s Third-Largest City Just Went All-In on DFR
Warren, Michigan did not test the waters. When the city decided to launch a Drone as First Responder program, it built one that covers both police and fire response simultaneously, funded by a millage voters passed in November, and it went fully operational on March 5. It is the first program of its kind in…
DJI
Enfield Approves Police Drone With One Condition: Policy First
A small New Hampshire town just voted to buy its first police drone. The board that approved it also made sure nobody could fly it until the rules are written down. That is the right order of operations, as VNEWS reported. The Enfield Selectboard voted 4 to 1 Monday night to accept a $15,000 donation…
DJI
Your Weekend Drone Flight Might Be Worth More Than You Think
That is the entire business model. Spexi built an app that takes over the flying for you, sends your drone on a precise autonomous flight path
DJI
Drones and AI Are Changing How the World Finds Land Mines
In 2024, land mines and unexploded ordnance killed 1,945 people and injured 4,325 more. Ninety percent were civilians. Nearly half were children. Demining crews removed 105,640 mines that same year. The math is brutal, and it isn’t close. The Oldest Problem in Modern Warfare At least 57 countries still have live antipersonnel mines buried in…
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