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Amazon

Amazon Prime Air Targets Metro Atlanta As Walmart And Wing Already Own Georgia Skies

Amazon confirms Prime Air drone delivery exploration in metro Atlanta as Walmart's Wing drones already serve six Georgia suburbs from a five-month lead.

Haye KestelooMay 8

Skydio

Cobb Police Deploy Skydio Drones to Track Murder Suspect in I-75 Corridor

Cobb County police responded to a shooting involving a murder suspect near Leland and Windy Hill roads on Tuesday afternoon, deploying drones alongside SWAT teams and K9 units to track Damian Strozier, 31, who fled after exchanging gunfire with officers, as Marietta Daily Journal reported. Strozier, wanted on murder charges by Atlanta Police, pointed a…

Rafael SuárezApr 26

Contraband is entering Georgia prisons from Drones— again

DJI

Flock’s Jail Drone Wants to Expand to 19 County-Wide

NPR caught up with the Fulton County Jail drone story this week, three weeks after we covered the original Flock Safety deployment in detail. The national coverage matters because it surfaces two details that weren’t in the March announcement: Sheriff Patrick Labat’s plan to expand from one rooftop drone to 19 drones positioned across Fulton…

Rafael SuárezApr 17

Toledo PD Benefits from Ohio First Statewide DFR Pilot

Amazon

Oakland County OKs Flock Drones Despite Privacy Revolt

Oakland County’s Board of Commissioners voted 13-4 on April 8 to approve a nine-month pilot program that puts Flock Safety drones in the hands of the county Sheriff’s Office, as M Live reports. The decision came over loud protests from residents who packed the meeting in Pontiac and warned of mass surveillance. Seven Flock drones…

Rafael SuárezApr 15

Anduril

Hermeus raises $350M to build the fastest unmanned aircraft in the world

Hermeus, the Atlanta-based defense aviation company developing high-Mach unmanned aircraft, has closed a $350 million Series C round that values the company at $1 billion. The round, announced today, was led by Khosla Ventures and brings Hermeus’ total capital raised past $500 million. The funding arrives weeks after the company’s Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 completed its…

Haye KestelooApr 7

Drone as First Responder

Mithril Defense Puts Pepper-Gel Drones in High School Hallways — And Two States Are Paying for It

Mithril Defense is deploying Black Arrow drones in Florida high schools to stop active shooters in 15 seconds. Two states are funding it. Here's what the WSJ missed.

Haye KestelooApr 6

DJI

A Flock Drone Now Guards Georgia’s Most Notorious Jail

The Fulton County Sheriff's Office launched the system on March 19 in partnership with Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based public safety

Rafael SuárezMar 24

Teal

Drone Dominance Gauntlet I: Skycutter Tops Leaderboard As Pentagon Prepares $150 Million Attack Drone Order

The Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program has named 11 Gauntlet I winners set to share a $150 million order for 30,000 one-way attack drones. Skycutter topped the leaderboard with 99.3 points — and the results arrive one week after U.S. forces used attack drones in combat for the first time during Operation Epic Fury against Iran.

Haye KestelooMar 6

Georgia

The drone industry moves fast. Stay ahead of it.