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The Royal Navy has just flown straight into the future, without a pilot, without a cockpit crew, and without any intention of slowing down. The UK’s Navy first full size autonomous helicopter, known as Proteus, has completed its maiden flight at Predannack Airfield in Cornwall as reported by Futura Sciences, and yes, this thing is…
Dearborn is officially airborne. As of February 2, 2026, the City of Dearborn has rolled out a full scale Drone as First Responder program, making it the first city in Michigan to deploy drones as an integrated, citywide emergency response system, as FOX2 DETROIT reports. This is not a limited pilot or a specialty unit…
Armed drones continue to move beyond theory and into practical testing, and Sig Sauer is now preparing to begin flight tests of an armed unmanned quadcopter that signals a deeper shift in how small drones may be used on future battlefields, as Janes reports. The platform, known as the Fire Storm 250, represents a collaboration…
Late last month, a 19-year-old hiker went missing on Quandary Peak, a 14er (a mountain with a summit over 14,000 ft) in Summit County, Colorado, as winter weather closed in. After a call came in for an “overdue hiker”, a search team set out to locate him using a drone with a thermal camera, and…
An Amazon Prime Air delivery drone crashed into the side of an apartment complex in Richardson, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon, creating a brief moment of panic, a cloud of smoke, and a reminder that even futuristic delivery dreams still run into gravity, as FOX4NEWS reported. According to local officials, the drone struck the exterior of…
The US Navy has quietly crossed a threshold that defense planners have been chasing for decades. A warship used a laser, not a missile, to destroy multiple airborne threats during a real sea based test, as reported by the Kyiv Post. According to Lockheed Martin, the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Preble successfully shot down…
Swedish emergency medical drone company Everdrone has signed a new agreement with the Ambulance Services Administration in Region Stockholm, marking a major step toward integrating autonomous drones into everyday emergency medical response. The partnership covers the implementation and operation of Everdrone’s drone system, which is designed to rapidly deliver defibrillators and provide early situ
The Austin American-Statesman just published an in-depth look at Skyways Air Transportation, the Austin-based startup that wants to build the world’s largest fleet of fully autonomous drones. What caught my attention isn’t the ambition. It’s the math. The company says its V2 drone can deliver cargo between Navy ships for about $1,000 per flight hour.…
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