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Kansas invests $3M in ag drone expansion
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Kansas invests $3M in ag drone expansion

Kansas is putting serious money behind agricultural drones. Governor Laura Kelly announced the state will invest $3 million in a drone initiative aimed at improving yields, reducing input costs, managing livestock, and expanding precision agriculture capabilities across the state. The funding will support Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems in developing systems capable of operating beyond visual…

BRINC teases next-gen DFR drone with 'Command the Night' reveal set for March 24
Brinc

BRINC teases next-gen DFR drone with ‘Command the Night’ reveal set for March 24

BRINC Drones is gearing up to unveil its next-generation Drone as First Responder (DFR) aircraft on March 24, 2026. The company’s teaser campaign, branded “Command the Night,” points to a drone built specifically for low-light and nighttime law enforcement operations. BRINC CEO and founder Blake Resnick didn’t hold back on LinkedIn: “This is by far…

On the thin ice by Florian Ledoux. A colossal male polar bear strides on the fragile ice of late spring in Svalbard. Each year, the sea ice region in Svalbard diminishes, as this area experiences a warming rate seven times quicker than the global average.
Ukraine

NATO’s Arctic drone gap is widening

Since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, the High North has shifted from geopolitical afterthought to frontline chessboard. As NATO Arctic

DJI is NOT leaving the US market contrary to what you might have read today
Legal

DJI takes FCC to court: the government had a year to prove a threat and never bothered

DJI is done waiting for Washington to play fair. Two months after the FCC added all foreign-made drones to its Covered List, the world’s largest drone manufacturer has taken the fight to federal court, filing a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging the December 22, 2025, decision that blocked…

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface
United States

Army R.E.D. Drone With Arms Wins Innovation Title

At the U.S. Army’s inaugural Best Drone Warfighter Competition, one team showed up with something straight out of a robotics lab fever dream. A drone. With arms. That actually grabs things. And it won. Soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division took first place in the innovation category at the Army’s first Best Drone Warfighter Competition,…

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