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.
The US Navy has quietly crossed a threshold that defense planners have been chasing for decades. A warship used a laser, not a missile, to destroy multiple airborne threats during a real sea based test, as reported by the Kyiv Post. According to Lockheed Martin, the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Preble successfully shot down…
Swedish emergency medical drone company Everdrone has signed a new agreement with the Ambulance Services Administration in Region Stockholm, marking a major step toward integrating autonomous drones into everyday emergency medical response. The partnership covers the implementation and operation of Everdrone’s drone system, which is designed to rapidly deliver defibrillators and provide early situ
DZYNE Technologies has quietly crossed a line that matters in long-endurance unmanned flight. In a recent press release, the company announced that its ULTRA Turbo unmanned aerial system completed a mission-representative flight lasting 60 hours at 25,000 feet while cruising at 100 knots true airspeed That combination of endurance, altitude, and speed places the aircraft…
Battle Creek, Michigan is quietly laying the groundwork to become one of the most advanced drone and autonomous aviation hubs in the United States, as Second Wave Media reports. The city is not focused on flashy demos or short term pilots. Instead, it is investing in the digital infrastructure required to make long distance drone…
Canada is serious about defence, and not just in speeches or budget lines. With the federal government’s 2025 Canada Strong budget putting fresh emphasis on domestic innovation, Niagara College has stepped forward with new hands-on engineering programs designed to train students to build the systems Canada increasingly depends on, as Notlocal reports. Drones, autonomous vehicles,…
It is the scenario every dog owner fears, and for Amanda and Zach Sebert in Marysville, Ohio, it became painfully real just as a major winter storm rolled into Union County. Their one year old Bernedoodle, Gracie, slipped out of the yard in the Adena Pointe neighborhood only minutes before snow and brutal cold shut…
Hillsdale and Montvale are waiting on results from recent deer population surveys carried out with thermal imaging drones, with reports expected sometime in February, as The Press Group reports. Borough administrator Mike Ghassali, who is also Montvale’s mayor, said both towns were surveyed back to back during the winter, a period that improves accuracy because…
The Santa Ana Police Department is asking the City Council to approve a contract worth about $683,000 to officially launch the city’s first police drone program, with a vote scheduled for February 3. If approved, Santa Ana would join a growing list of police departments in Orange County that already operate their own unmanned aircraft…
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