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Wing delivery drone lowering a Walmart order in Central Florida

Drone Delivery

Walmart Already Owns The Drone Network Amazon Wants

Wing and Walmart launched drone delivery for more than 50,000 Central Florida addresses, extending a store network Amazon cannot easily match.

Rafael SuárezJul 31

Wing delivery drone flying above palm trees

Drone Delivery

Wing Launches Walmart Drone Delivery In Orlando, Two Years After DroneUp Quit Florida

Wing opened its first Florida market with Walmart in Greater Orlando today, in a state where Walmart's previous drone delivery program shut down in 2024 when the economics stopped working.

Haye KestelooJul 29

Campus Guardian Angel drone hovers in a school hallway during an active shooter response demonstration

School Safety

Pepper-Spray School Drones Go Live In Nine Schools Across Three States

Mithril Defense's Campus Guardian Angel drones arrive in nine schools in Florida, Georgia, and Colorado this fall, and Florida has already approved year-two funding before a single real-world activation.

Haye KestelooJul 28

Ukraine

Shahed-136 in Cuba: The 300 Number Nobody Confirmed

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush stood beside a recovered Iranian Shahed drone at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables on July 8 and warned that roughly 300 of them now sit in Cuba, within range of South Florida. U.S. Representative Carlos Gimenez, a Republican from Florida, stood with him. The drone behind them, a Shahed-136,…

Rafael SuárezJul 9

Skydio

Kent County Wires Deputy Body Cameras to Drone Docks

The Kent County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan has wired its deputies’ body cameras into its drone fleet. When a deputy presses a button on the camera, the nearest rooftop-docked Skydio X10 launches and flies straight to that officer’s location. The agency stages three of the drones on rooftops across West Michigan, in Cutlerville, Comstock Park…

Rafael SuárezJul 7

Joby Aviation's Manhattan Demo Closes Quieter Than I Expected: A Witness Account From Blade Lounge East

Department of Transportation

FAA Breaks Ground On $8.3 Million V-PAR Range While The eVTOLs It Will Study Are Already Flying

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation broke ground on June 25 on the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Procedures and Analysis Range, or V-PAR, at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City. The roughly $8.3 million facility gives the agency its first dedicated range for studying how electric and hybrid vertical…

Haye KestelooJul 6

Skydio

Skydio X10 Thermal Drone Finds Lost Man at 3 A.M. in Florida

A Pasco Sheriff’s Office drone found a missing man in the woods outside San Antonio, Florida, in the dark early hours of July 2, using a thermal camera to pick his body heat out of the surrounding trees. Deputies got the call around 3:25 a.m., put a drone in the air, and used the aerial…

Rafael SuárezJul 5

Hoverfly

Hoverfly Launches NDAA-Compliant Drone Components Line, Betting on Blue UAS Demand

Hoverfly Technologies has launched Hoverfly Elements, a new business division selling NDAA-compliant drone components built for defense and commercial UAS manufacturers. The Sanford, Florida-based company unveiled the line at Xponential 2026, and its first products are drone motors and electronic speed controllers built with Korea Robot Manufacturing, plus GPS modules developed with Septentrio, a

Haye KestelooJul 4

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