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Tennessee asks for $1.7M in drone detection tech as prison contraband airdrops keep coming
Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada told state lawmakers on Tuesday that drone-delivered contraband is no longer an occasional annoyance. It is one of the most significant security threats his facilities face. His department is requesting $1.7 million in…
Army Launches Drone and Robotics Leader Course at Fort Benning
The U.S. Army has quietly opened a new front in its modernization push, not on a distant battlefield, but inside a classroom at Fort Benning, Georgia. This week marked the debut of the Robotic Autonomous Systems Leader Tactics course, known…
Pentagon Picks 25 Drone Makers for $150M “Gauntlet” Competition
On February 3rd, The Pentagon announced a list of 25 drone vendors that will be competing against each other for a $150,000,000 contract opportunity, and the Department of War will push toward fielding hundreds of thousands of weaponized one-way attack…
UK Launches £1.85M Contest to Stop Prison Drones
Drones have become the most reliable delivery service prisons never asked for. Phones, drugs, SIM cards, sometimes even full shopping lists, all floating neatly over razor wire with zero regard for visiting hours. The UK government has officially decided that…
Georgia House Bill Opens Hog Hunting with Drones
Georgia lawmakers are moving to loosen the rules around hog hunting and tracking, and one line in House Bill 946 is getting drone pilots’ attention. The bill would expand when and how hogs can be taken, including allowing drones to…
Knoxville Weighs Drones for 911 Response
Knoxville City Council is set to vote Tuesday on a major expansion of drone operations for public safety, one that would allow drones to respond directly to 911 calls before police officers arrive on scene, as WATE reports. The proposal…
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…
FEMA’s $500M Counter-Drone Program Launches With World Cup Funding
I’ve been tracking the expansion of police counter-drone capabilities for months, and what just happened is bigger than the headlines suggest. Missouri received $14.24 million in federal funding for World Cup drone security, but that’s not the real story. The…
New C-UAS Authority, SkyeBrowse Update, Drone Delivers Life Jacket, Pilot Pleads Guilty
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I have four stories for you this week that every pilot needs to know about. Police just got new counter-drone authority with a bill that President Trump signed into law yesterday. SkyeBrowse released…
Prisons Face a Growing Threat From Smuggling Drones
Drones were supposed to bring us sunset photos, roof inspections, and the occasional wedding video with questionable music choices. Instead, they are now running prison logistics like an airborne Amazon Prime, except the packages include drugs, phones, and the occasional…
Contraband is entering Georgia prisons from Drones again
Contraband delivery by drone has surged recently inside Georgia’s prison system, as reported by The Georgia Recorder. Previously, a months-long investigation that led to 150 arrests had driven drone activity down. In December, only 15 drone incidents had been reported.…
Florida’s DJI Drone Ban: A $200 Million Disaster With No Evidence
Florida destroyed $200 million in functional public safety drones citing Chinese espionage threats, provided only $25 million for inferior replacements that catch fire and fall from the sky, and never published the security analysis that was supposed to justify it…