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Aspen Fire Department Deploys AI Firefighting Drones
This article has been updated on Feb. 19 2026 In the mountain town of Aspen, where forests press close against homes and ski lodges, wildfire season no longer waits politely for summer. It lingers year round, prowling the tree lines.…
San Bernardino County Tests 1st FireSparrow Drone
San Bernardino County Fire is stepping into new airspace, and not with another helicopter. The department has partnered with Ponderosa.ai to pilot what they describe as the nation’s first water dropping suppression drones, as VVNG reports. The goal is simple…
California JROTC Team Heads to Nevada Drone Battle
Fifty four teams. One competition floor in Reno. And just one squad carrying the Kern County banner, as 23ABC reports. Arvin High School’s five member JROTC drone team is heading to Nevada for the 8th Brigade Aerial Drone Competition, and…
DJI Matrice 30 drone helps rescue surfer swept offshore in California
A surf session off the California coast nearly turned tragic, but a lobster trap buoy and a DJI Matrice 30 drone helped write a very different ending, as reported by FOX WEATHER. High surf pulls surfer away from shore The…
Drone delays LifeFlight helicopter carrying critically ill child at Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah
A surveying drone flying directly above a LifeFlight helicopter at Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi, Utah forced all air operations to halt while a child in critical care waited for emergency transport to another facility. The Lehi City Police Department…
DJI vs. TikTok: The Chinese Drone Giant Tried a US Strategy First, Then Abandoned It for Shell Companies
TikTok just pulled off what many considered impossible. On Thursday, ByteDance agreed to spin out a U.S. TikTok entity where non-Chinese investors will own approximately 80 percent of the American app. ByteDance keeps just 19.9 percent. The deal effectively neutralizes…
Anduril’s $1 Billion Long Beach Gamble: Why Palmer Luckey’s Drone Empire Is Doubling Down on Southern California
When Anduril Industries announced its $900 million Arsenal-1 factory in Ohio last January, the message was clear: the company was moving production to the heartland. So why is it now committing another billion dollars to a 1.1 million-square-foot campus in…
Georgia Army National Guard Launches State’s First FPV Drone Training Program
The Georgia Army National Guard this month launched its first dedicated drone pilot training program, joining a growing list of state Guard units racing to build FPV drone expertise following lessons learned from Ukraine’s battlefield. The 12-day Unmanned Aerial Systems…
Sterling Heights Brings Axon-Skydio DFR Program to Detroit Metro, Funded Entirely by Federal Forfeiture
The photo shows a Skydio drone hovering over a dock outside the Sterling Heights Police Department. It’s a familiar sight in 2026, but not in Michigan, where automated drone response has been slow to take hold despite the state’s heavy…
Opinion: DJI and The American Drone Delusion: We’re Not Catching Up, We’re Falling Behind
On December 23, 2025, the FCC added DJI to its Covered List, effectively banning the import and sale of any new DJI drones in the United States. Future DJI products will never legally reach American consumers. The ban, justified by…
Drone News: Foreign Drone Ban Updates, DHS Creates Counter Drone Office, Super Bowl LX No-Fly Zone
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. An update on the foreign drone ban. A couple updates actually. The Department of Homeland Security is creating a new permanent counter drone office. And…
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…
