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Antigravity A1

Ambarella’s Hardware Hides In The Antigravity A1 Drone, and it’s a 360-Degree Disappointment

Ambarella is one of those names that stays invisible until a company wants to brag about what’s under the hood of their new product. Based in Santa Clara, California, Ambarella builds the AI “brains” that handle heavy video processing and onboard calculations for cameras, instruments, robots, and yes, drones. The company announced that its CV5…

Ohio Deputies Used a DJI Drone to Track Fugitive in the Woods
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Drone Used by Ohio Deputies to Track Fugitive in the Woods

A DJI drone helped catch a suspect after a night crash on U.S. Route 62 in Stark County, Ohio that quickly escalated into a foot pursuit that could have ended very differently without modern tools, as WKYC reports. Deputies say 56 year old John Osler clipped a truck, ripping off a mud flap and a…

Baton Rouge Police Deploy First Stalker VXE30 Drone
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Baton Rouge Police Deploy First Stalker VXE30 Drone

The Baton Rouge Police Department has added a new aircraft to its growing drone unit, and this one immediately stands apart from the rest of the fleet. Unveiled this week, the Edge Autonomy Stalker VXE30 is significantly larger than any of the other thirty drones currently operated by the department, with a wingspan that stretches…

French Drone Maker Harmattan AI Targets $1B Valuation in Defense Boom
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Dassault’s $200M Harmattan Bet Completes France’s AI Defense Trifecta

Four months ago, we reported that Paris-based Harmattan AI was seeking a billion-dollar valuation and was in talks with Dassault Aviation. The aerospace giant just called, and they’re bringing $200 million to the table. The Series B round values Harmattan at $1.4 billion, officially making it France’s newest defense unicorn and confirming what we’ve been…

Colorado Celebrates 150 Years With Massive Drone Shows
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Colorado Celebrates 150 Years With Massive Drone Shows

Colorado is turning 150 this year, and instead of celebrating with loud bangs and accidental grass fires, the state is looking up and doing things a little smarter. More than forty locations across Colorado will host CO150 drone shows throughout the year, using hundreds of synchronized drones to tell the state’s story in the night…

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