Check out the Best Deals on Amazon for DJI Drones today!
New York
New York Drones: Explore the latest drone laws, news, and events in New York. Stay updated on how drones are influencing industries across the state.
Drone Drops Knives, Drugs, and a Cell Phone Into New York State Prison, Fueling Push for Hochul’s Anti-Drone Law
At 1 a.m. on a Saturday, a drone flew into the secured grounds of Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York and released a package between two dormitory buildings. Guards found it before any inmate did. The wires sticking out…
FAA & Photojournalist Rob Levine: The DHS Drone Ban Just Got Its First Federal Court Challenge
Minneapolis-based photojournalist Rob Levine filed a petition for judicial review Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, directly challenging NOTAM FDC 6/4375 — the FAA security notice that bans all drone flights within 3,000 feet…
Joby’s Bay Area Flight: A Masterclass in Marketing vs. Reality
There’s a detail buried in Joby’s Golden Gate flight announcement that most other outlets missed — and it changes how you should read this story. Last Friday, Joby Aviation flew its electric air taxi across the San Francisco Bay, past…
DOT & FAA Launch eVTOL Pilot Program in 26 States — Autonomous Cargo Flights Could Start This Summer
The same executive order that unleashed drone dominance last June is now sending electric air taxis into live commercial airspace. On March 9, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the FAA named eight projects under the eVTOL Integration Pilot Program…
China’s AI-Powered Radar Takes On Drone Swarms as US-Iran War Drives New Detection Race
The Iran conflict is doing more than destroying infrastructure and tankers. It’s stress-testing air defense systems in real time, and Beijing is watching every radar return very carefully. China has publicly confirmed it is integrating AI algorithms into its air…
16 Teams Battle for Drone Soccer Title at SUNY Poly
Sixteen teams of students aged 12 to 18 are descending on Utica, New York this Sunday for the 2026 U.S. Drone Soccer District II Championship, as Utica Phoenix reports. Glowing drones. A netted arena. Three-minute sets of full-contact aerial combat.…
Anthropic CEO Warns AI Could Let One Person Command a Drone Swarm
The Chinese PLA demonstrated what a single operator directing 200 fixed-wing drones looks like in January. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is now warning that with AI, that number could scale by orders of magnitude — and the operator count could…
Fedorov’s Gamble: Can Open-Source Battlefield Data Defeat Russian Jamming?
The footage is brutal and specific: FPV drones diving on vehicles as drivers swerve, soldiers leaping from trenches and hurling objects at incoming munitions. I’ve watched hundreds of these clips over the past three years of covering this war. Now…
The Sky is Watching: ICE’s Skydio Drones and the “Metro Surge” Fear in Minneapolis
There is a version of this story that is just about drones in the sky over Minnesota. The actual version is about what those drones mean to the people looking up at them. Minnesota Public Radio reports that drone sightings…
Ukraine Hits China-Free Drone Milestone — But Mass Production at That Standard Is Years Away
Back in July 2025, Ukrainian officials told us independence from Chinese drone components was “one or two quarters away.” The New York Times is reporting today that Ukraine has hit that target. In a basement workshop somewhere in Ukraine, dozens…
Archer Aviation’s eIPP selection brings air taxis closer to US cities, but certification questions remain
The photo tells you everything about where Archer Aviation actually is right now. That’s N703AX, the company’s Midnight eVTOL air taxi, flying in conventional airplane mode. The six fixed VTOL-only propellers sit stowed on top while the six tilt-propellers on…
Ukraine’s $2,500 Drone Just Became America’s Most Urgent Defense Import
The Sting interceptor drone costs roughly $2,500. A single Patriot PAC-3 missile costs over $3 million. That economic gap — a ratio I’ve been covering since Wild Hornets first started mass-producing the Sting in late 2024 — just became the…