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Neros Technologies Opens UK FPV Hub in Swindon With £10M Investment for British and European Defense
Neros Technologies is planting a serious flag on British soil. The Los Angeles-based FPV drone manufacturer — best known for its NDAA-compliant platforms including the Archer Fiber, the first NDAA-compliant fiber-optic FPV drone — has announced the formation of Neros…
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…
FBI’s Iran Drone Warning to California Was Built on a Single Unverified Tip — Here’s What the Bulletin Actually Said
In late February, the FBI quietly distributed a security bulletin to California law enforcement warning that Iran had “allegedly aspired” to launch a surprise drone attack on West Coast targets from an unidentified vessel off the coast. The bulletin sat…
Neros Technologies Opens UK FPV Hub in Swindon With £10M Investment for British and European Defense
Neros Technologies is planting a serious flag on British soil. The Los Angeles-based FPV drone manufacturer — best known for its NDAA-compliant platforms including the Archer Fiber, the first NDAA-compliant fiber-optic FPV drone — has announced the formation of Neros…
Neros Technologies Joins Swindon’s Military Drone Cluster With £10M UK Investment
Swindon has quietly become one of the more consequential defense drone addresses in Europe. The latest arrival: Neros Technologies, the Los Angeles-based manufacturer best known for its NDAA-compliant Archer fiber-optic FPV drone, has confirmed it is opening its first UK…
DJI Takes FCC to Court, Apple Sets Drone Light Show Record, and Brinc Teases New Night Drone
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. This week, we have three big stories: DJI is taking the FCC to court, Apple TV just set a massive world record with a drone light show over Los Angeles, and Brinc Drones…
Apple TV sets drone record over Los Angeles
Apple TV turned the night sky over Los Angeles into a floating billboard this week, launching a 3,000 drone light show to promote season two of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, as TechRadar reports. The 12 minute aerial display reached up…
Toledo PD Benefits from Ohio First Statewide DFR Pilot
Ohio just pushed the Drone as First Responder conversation to a new altitude. The state has selected nine public safety agencies, including the Toledo Police Department, to participate in what officials describe as the first statewide Drone First Responder pilot…
LAPD Expands Drone Program With $2.1M Boost
The Los Angeles Police Department is preparing to significantly expand its Drone as First Responder program after receiving approval for a $2.1 million donation from the Los Angeles Police Foundation, according to CBS News. The Los Angeles Board of Police…
Drone delays LifeFlight helicopter carrying critically ill child at Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah
A surveying drone flying directly above a LifeFlight helicopter at Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi, Utah forced all air operations to halt while a child in critical care waited for emergency transport to another facility. The Lehi City Police Department…
FAA no-fly zones around ICE vehicles are a First Amendment problem, press groups say
When DHS closed 935 square miles of Chicago’s airspace to civilian drones during immigration raids last October, press freedom organizations called it a First Amendment crisis. NOTAM FDC 6/4375 is the same thing, but permanent and nationwide. Two of the…
ICE’s $85 Billion Surveillance Machine Includes Skydio Drones for Protest Monitoring and Roving No-Fly Zones for Everyone Else
The Washington Post published a comprehensive investigation this week into ICE’s rapidly expanding surveillance technology arsenal, and the drone angle is something every pilot in this country needs to understand. Buried within the details of facial recognition apps, phone-hacking spyware,…