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Top-down drone photo of a Main Line estate near Philadelphia showing the gray roof, brick patio and swimming pool surrounded by trees

Industry

Redfin Just Handed Drone Pilots a Client Checklist. Use It

Redfin tells home sellers how to prep for a drone shoot. Here is the checklist pilots should send clients, with photos by Billy Kyle and Ken Dono.

Haye KestelooSep 27

A Manna Air Delivery employee in a white jacket holds a Manna delivery drone overhead against a blue sky

Manna Aero

Manna Pitches Tulsa Fire Drone AEDs, an Idea Dublin Never Launched

Tulsa Fire gets a free Manna drone pilot for defibrillators and trauma kits. The Irish trials Manna cites: one simulated drop from a hub it has since shut.

Haye KestelooSep 27

Amazon

Amazon's Connecticut Drone Briefing Left No Trace in the Minutes

Connecticut's airport chief briefed his board on Amazon's North Haven drone hub, NBC reports. The Sept. 23 draft minutes name neither Amazon nor the FAA.

Haye KestelooSep 26

Lineup of AI-generated military robots including a humanoid, quadrupeds, a tracked snake robot and gun carts in a foggy field

Ukraine

Fedorov Wants A Humanoid Robot Killing Russians Within Six Months

Fired as defense minister in July, the man behind Ukraine's Army of Drones launched an Army of Robots and set a six-month target for a humanoid kill.

Haye KestelooSep 26

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst officer cadet kneeling with a drone controller as a small quadcopter hovers past his section at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany

United Kingdom

British Army Bought 10,000 Drones In A Year, Most Are For Training

The British Army acquired 10,000-plus drones through Project Rapstone in a year and points most at training: manual FPV, 30 simulator hours, no GPS.

Haye KestelooSep 26

Yellow quadcopter delivery drone hovering against a clear sky while lowering a white parcel box on a winch line

Drones for Good

Paris Study: AED Drones Reach 95% of Cardiac Arrests in Five Minutes

A Paris simulation of 28,349 cardiac arrests found AED drones could reach 95% of cases within five minutes, against 30 to 40% by road. No drone flew.

Haye KestelooSep 26

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, seen across the water with a steam cloud billowing beside the pad

Counter-Drone

Space Force Adds Lasers at Cape Canaveral After 500 Port Drone Flights

Space Force is adding a directed-energy weapon at Cape Canaveral. Next door, Port Canaveral logged 500+ drone incursions in 2025, already a Florida felony.

Haye KestelooSep 26

A painted play runway marked 1C crosses artificial turf toward a retired Navy F-4 Phantom II at the Airport Overlook park in Charlotte

FAA

Charlotte Drone Pilot Pleads Guilty to Flying Between Live Runways

A Charlotte man flew a drone for a client video from CLT's Airport Overlook, a park between two active runways. He faces up to a year in federal prison.

Haye KestelooSep 26

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