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Texas DPS Quietly Built a Border-Scale Drone Fleet
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Texas DPS Quietly Built a Border-Scale Drone Fleet

Texas once flirted with the idea of citizens shooting drones out of the sky. Now the state is operating one of the largest law enforcement drone fleets in the country, irony included at no extra charge. Under Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, the Texas Department of Public Safety has gone from zero drones to…

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface
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NOAA Trains Drones for Oil Spill First Response

Oil spills do not wait politely for paperwork, daylight, or perfect weather, they move fast, spread faster, and leave responders racing a very messy clock. To tilt that race in their favor, the National Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration has teamed up with the U.S. Coast Guard to turn drones from classroom projects…

Drone Pilot Uses Thermal Tech to Find Lost Wisconsin Pets
DJI

Drone Pilot Uses Thermal Tech to Find Lost Wisconsin Pets

Losing a pet rarely feels dramatic at first. A gate left open. A collar that slips. Then minutes turn into hours, hours into a quiet panic. In Wisconsin, one drone pilot decided that waiting was not an option, as KIMT3 reports. In Oconomowoc, Sky Guardian Rescue has turned advanced drone technology into a lifeline for…

Northrop’s AiON Enters the Counter-Drone Arena
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Northrop’s AiON Enters the Counter-Drone Arena

Let’s set the stage properly. This is all based on official statements, demos, and testing info shared by Northrop Grumman, and yes, the tone is serious because the problem is serious. Rogue drones are no longer a future headache. They are already buzzing overhead, sometimes in swarms, sometimes cheap, sometimes disposable, and sometimes very unfriendly.…

China’s CH-7 Stealth Drone Completes First Flight
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China’s CH-7 Stealth Drone Completes First Flight

China’s high altitude stealth drone known as the CH-7 has officially left the runway and returned in one piece, which in the world of advanced flying wing aircraft is no small achievement and usually a reason for quiet celebrations and strong coffee. Also called the Caihong-7 or Rainbow-7, the large unmanned aircraft completed its maiden…

Rapid NATO Counter-Drone System Shines at Bold Machina
China

Rapid NATO Counter-Drone System Shines at Bold Machina

If there is one thing modern conflicts have made painfully clear, it is that small drones punch far above their weight. Cheap, fast, and everywhere, they have become the airborne equivalent of mosquitoes with cameras, explosives, or both. At NATO’s Bold Machina exercise in the Netherlands this September, a rapidly developed counter drone prototype showed…

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