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Coors Field Drone Incursions Prompt Federal Warning
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Coors Field Drone Incursions Prompt Federal Warning

More than a half dozen drones flew into restricted airspace around Coors Field during the Colorado Rockies’ opening homestand against the Philadelphia Phillies from April 3 through 5, as ESPN reported. Nobody was arrested. The FAA and the FBI issued a joint warning on Thursday, April 16, trying to keep drones out of the stadium…

Aevex Stock Doubles in Two Days as Wall Street Bets Big on Military Drone Makers
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Aevex Stock Doubles in Two Days as Wall Street Bets Big on Military Drone Makers

Shares of Aevex Corp. doubled Monday, April 20, 2026, just two trading sessions after the military drone manufacturer listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Class A shares jumped as much as 49% to $40.25, up from the initial public offering price of $20 set last week, according to a Bloomberg report by Arvelisse Bonilla…

24 MQ-9 Reapers Lost Over Iran: A $720 Million Problem
Iran

24 MQ-9 Reapers Lost Over Iran: A $720 Million Problem

Operation Epic Fury has cost the US Air Force 24 MQ-9 Reaper drones since late February. At roughly $30 million per airframe, the losses add up to around $720 million in hardware alone, as National Interest reports. Iranian surface-to-air missiles are doing most of the shooting, and the clusters of lost drones map almost perfectly…

NOAA's New Ocean Drone Can Replace A Lost Weather Buoy
Drone Research

NOAA’s New Ocean Drone Can Replace A Lost Weather Buoy

NOAA announced a new uncrewed surface vehicle for its research fleet, and the pitch is simple. It’s solar-powered, self-propelled, small enough to trailer behind a truck, and built to loiter at sea for months. Engineers at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle think it can do almost everything a weather buoy does, plus a…

DJI Power 1000 Mini Review Lands With An 8/10 From The Verge, US Sale Still In Limbo
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DJI Power 1000 Mini Review Lands With An 8/10 From The Verge, US Sale Still In Limbo

DJI launches the Power 1000 Mini globally today, and The Verge’s Thomas Ricker posted his review this morning giving it an 8 out of 10. The headline finding: it is the smallest 1 kWh portable power station on the market. DJI shrank it down roughly in half compared to the original Power 1000, while keeping…

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