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Amazon's Drones Now Have a 'Plan B' for Safe Landings
Amazon

Amazon Prime Air launches in Kansas City, its seventh US market, days after Texas drone crash

Amazon activated Prime Air drone delivery in Kansas City, Kansas today, February 9, making it the seventh metropolitan area in the United States to receive the service, as reported by KCTV5. The launch comes just five days after an MK30 drone crashed into a Richardson, Texas apartment building, leaving smoke and debris on a public sidewalk. Here is what you need…

Super Bowl Drone Ban Expands to San Francisco, Because Of Course It Does
Skydio

Kansas City on Alert for Drone Warnings in World Cup

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup creeping closer like a VAR review nobody asked for, Kansas City security officials are looking up, not at the scoreboard, but at the sky, as reported by KMBC. Their concern is not weather, birds, or lost balloons. It is unauthorized drones, the uninvited guests that do not need a…

Finnish Police Shoot Suspect Who Downed Their Drone In Nurmijärvi Standoff
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Finnish Police Shoot Suspect Who Downed Their Drone In Nurmijärvi Standoff

A suspect in Nurmijärvi, Finland shot down a police surveillance drone during a standoff at a private residence. He then tried to leave the cordoned area while still armed. Police shot him. The suspect survived with non-life-threatening injuries. The drone did not. DroneXL Has Tracked This Pattern For Years Suspects shooting at police drones is…

EagleNXT Moves Global HQ to Allen, Texas
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EagleNXT Moves Global HQ to Allen, Texas

Allen, Texas is about to become a serious node on the U.S. drone map. EagleNXT, formerly AgEagle Aerial Systems, is relocating its global headquarters from Kansas to a 33,000 square foot facility at 505 Century Parkway, with operations scheduled to begin in May, as Dallas News reports. The move brings engineering, customer support, marketing, and…

Soaring Above Limits: The DJI Mini 4 Pro Altitude Unlock.
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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 real story is that FEMA just deployed the first phase of a $500 million program…

Stalker-XE AI-Enabled UAS by Lockheed Martin | Photo Credits: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works Shows Off AI That Can Replan a Drone Mission Mid-Flight

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works just ran a live AI demonstration that hits on one of the hardest problems in autonomy – the unknown of what happens when an unmanned mission goes sideways. In the demonstration, Lockheed’s AI-driven contingency management software detected simulated fuel issues on a Stalker XE drone, generated updated mission options in seconds,…

Hong Kong Drones Slash Medical Delivery Times to Islands
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Hong Kong Drones Slash Medical Delivery Times to Islands

For the residents of Hong Kong’s remote outlying islands, a medical emergency can be a terrifying race against the clock, as Open Gov Asia notices it on their latest article. Critical supplies often have to be sent by ferry, a journey that can take an hour or more and is at the mercy of weather…

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