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.
Japan has pledged to provide drones to Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay to help the four South American nations monitor their exclusive economic zones and crack down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, according to Sea Food Source. The move is aimed at improving surveillance of foreign fishing fleets operating just outside, and sometimes inside,…
Drones are no longer a novelty in Greenville, Mississippi. They are a working tool, already woven into search efforts and emergency response. This week, city leaders approved new funding that quietly but meaningfully expands those capabilities, adding extra batteries and a second drone controller to the Greenville Public Safety drone program, as FOX17 reports. That…
The Joint Interagency Task Force 401 just fired the starting pistol on Replicator 2, and the first runner out of the blocks is not a missile, not a jammer, but a net throwing robot hawk. On January 11, JIATF 401 announced its first official Replicator 2 purchase, awarding a contract for two Fortem DroneHunter F700…
Houston just got a little more futuristic, and thankfully not in a flying cars kind of way. Walmart has officially launched drone delivery in the greater Houston area, partnering once again with Wing, Alphabet’s drone delivery company, to bring groceries and household essentials straight from the sky to customers’ homes in about 30 minutes. This…
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When every second counts, Milwaukee police are now letting a drone beat the squad car to the scene as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The Milwaukee Police Department has officially launched its Drone as First Responder program, and yes, the drones doing the heavy lifting are Skydio X10s, not DJI, not Autel, not a mystery…
A DJI drone helped catch a suspect after a night crash on U.S. Route 62 in Stark County, Ohio that quickly escalated into a foot pursuit that could have ended very differently without modern tools, as WKYC reports. Deputies say 56 year old John Osler clipped a truck, ripping off a mud flap and a…
DJI tried to keep the RS 5 under wraps, but the Hong Kong website cracked open the vault and spilled everything. Specs, features, accessories, the whole buffet. After digging through all the official information, one thing is clear. Dear readers: this is not a polite refresh. The RS 5 is DJI tightening every screw, adding…
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