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Eldora Police Drone Thermal Cam Finds Iowa Felony Suspect
A man wanted on felony warrants tried to vanish into a tall grass field in Eldora, Iowa on June 23, and a police drone with a thermal camera put him on the ground within minutes. The Eldora Police Department, the…
Drone Nerds Adds RigiTech Eiger for 62-Mile Delivery
XTI Aerospace’s Drone Nerds division added the RigiTech Eiger, a long-range delivery drone rated for 62 miles (100 km) per mission, to its enterprise portfolio. The Swiss-built aircraft takes off vertically, flies like a fixed-wing plane, and needs no runway.…
Boynton Beach OKs $90K Axon Drone Over Budget Fears
Boynton Beach is getting a police drone first responder program, but not without a fight over the bill. On June 16 the city commission approved an Axon drone package in a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Aimee Kelley the lone no…
FCC Cracks Open the Door for Chinese Toy Drones, Walmart and Wing Expand, and a Man Shoots a BB Gun at a DFR Drone
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I have three stories for you this week. The FCC opens the door for Chinese toy drones, but there’s a bit of a catch. Walmart and Wing are expanding their drone delivery operation.…
Orlando Police Launch 11-Drone Skydio DFR Network
The Orlando Police Department activated its automated Drone as First Responder network on June 17, four months after council approved the $6.83 million contract amendment to deploy 11 Skydio drones across nine rooftop docks. The system is now responding live…
Toy Drones Win In Washington While Working Pilots Keep Losing
The Toy Association spent months lobbying the FCC, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of War, and last week it walked the halls of Capitol Hill during its annual Washington fly-in. On Tuesday it got exactly what it…
Lee County Sheriff Releases Drone Footage Of Man Firing A BB Gun At A DFR Aircraft, A Federal Felony
A Lee County Sheriff’s Office drone searching for a bear in southwest Florida recorded a man pointing a BB gun at the aircraft and firing at least twice, and the footage put a federal felony on camera in real time.…
Port St. Lucie Skydio X10 Saves Life On Day One
Port St. Lucie’s police department flipped the switch on its new Drone as First Responder program on June 11, and the system did not wait long to prove itself. Within hours, a remotely launched drone located a missing autistic woman…
Amazon Lands in South Africa, but Prime Air Stays Home
Amazon just launched Prime in South Africa at 59 rand a month, and shoppers got same-day delivery, discounts, even cloud gaming. What they didn’t get is a single delivery drone. Prime Air isn’t coming, and when Amazon’s own regional boss…
The New York Times Spent 10 Minutes On AI Farming And Forgot The Drones Spraying The Fields
The New York Times Magazine published a feature on June 5 about the technology rewiring American agriculture, and the one machine actually flying over these fields barely made the cut. Robotic milkers, laser weeders, and driverless tractors each got a…
Georgia Bets $550K on Drones to Stop School Shooters
Five Georgia high schools will soon keep drones waiting on charging pads, ready to fly at an attacker before police can reach the building. The state set aside $550,000 to test the idea this fall. The drones are piloted by…
Minneapolis Studies DFR Pilot in North Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Police Department presented an exploratory proposal to the city council’s Public Health, Safety and Equity Committee in May 2026 to launch a Drones as First Responders pilot program. The pilot would deploy two drones, marked as police vehicles…