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Beijing’s Drone Ban Takes Effect Friday, Squeezing DJI On Its Home Turf

Beijing's near-total drone ban takes effect May 1 with an April 30 registration deadline, hitting DJI as it fights a $1.56B FCC loss in US court.

Haye KestelooApr 27

NASA

NASA’s Dragonfly Octocopter Hits Three Build Milestones Ahead of 2028 Titan Launch

NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft is no longer a render. Over the past two months, the team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has bolted together the lander’s primary structure, dropped a full-scale parachute system over the Arizona desert, and finished testing the laser inside the science payload that will sniff Titan’s surface for the…

Rafael SuárezApr 27

Brinc

BRINC Drones Land in Victorville for $832K DFR Rollout

The City of Victorville just flipped the switch on a Drone as First Responder program with BRINC Drones, becoming the first contract city under the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department to put DFR technology into the field, as Public CEO reported. The City Council unanimously approved the three-year service agreement back in October 2025, and…

Rafael SuárezApr 27

Skydio

Cobb Police Deploy Skydio Drones to Track Murder Suspect in I-75 Corridor

Cobb County police responded to a shooting involving a murder suspect near Leland and Windy Hill roads on Tuesday afternoon, deploying drones alongside SWAT teams and K9 units to track Damian Strozier, 31, who fled after exchanging gunfire with officers, as Marietta Daily Journal reported. Strozier, wanted on murder charges by Atlanta Police, pointed a…

Rafael SuárezApr 26

Anduril

The Army Picked Atlas Over Better Drones. Here’s Why

The 101st Airborne Division became the first division to train with the Aevex Atlas at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana, as Clarksville Now reported. That’s a significant moment, but the real story isn’t about being first. It’s about what the Army chose when it had options, and what it’s learning about how to…

Rafael SuárezApr 26

NASA

NASA Is Sending Organs by Drone, And It Actually Makes Sense

Right now that's a minimum of ninety minutes door-to-door if traffic cooperates. A drone? Straight line. Twenty minutes, maybe less. No traffic lights.

Rafael SuárezApr 25

Starmer's Drone Dilemma: How a Shahed at RAF Akrotiri Pulled Britain Deeper Into the Iran War

Amazon

The $30,000 Drones That Cost Amazon $150 Million

The bigger story is that Amazon's insurance won't pay a dollar of it. War exclusions are standard. And in this new kind of war, drones are the weapon

Rafael SuárezApr 25

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

Skydio

AFA Gabriel Chapter Funds Drone Program at Leesburg CAP

The Air & Space Forces Association’s Gabriel Chapter in Northern Virginia just handed the Leesburg Civil Air Patrol squadron a concrete investment in its future: two professional-grade unmanned aerial systems and the curriculum to put them to work, as the AFA reported. The donation marks an expansion of how the Leesburg cadet program introduces young…

Rafael SuárezApr 25

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