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Amazon

Amazon Tells Packed Westborough Room Its Drones Are Coming Anyway

Hundreds packed Amazon's Prime Air forum in Westborough, Mass. No resident spoke in favor. Amazon says its drones are coming anyway, pending approvals.

Haye KestelooSep 24

Amazon

Amazon Wants Drones Over 6 Massachusetts Towns. Not All Have Been Told

Amazon wants a Westborough, Mass., drone pad serving six towns within 7.5 miles. Shrewsbury heard via police, Southborough not at all. Forum Sept. 23.

Haye KestelooSep 21

Police

Boston Police Drone Wrecks a Parked Car Six Days Into Its DFR Pilot

A BRINC Responder flown by Boston police fell onto a Mazda in Brighton on September 3, less than a week after BPD sold the program on safety.

Haye KestelooSep 19

Pilot Institute host presenting the weekly drone news update covering a police drone crash, DJI Neo 3 leaks, Wingcopter's recon drone, and a drone rescue

Drone as First Responder

Boston Police Drone Crashes on a Car Days After Its DFR Launch

Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week: a Boston police drone crashes, DJI Neo 3 leaks, Wingcopter unveils a new recon drone, and a search and rescue team in Canada uses drones to save a stranded climber. Let's get to it.

Greg ReverdiauSep 18

Robinson Unmanned Demos Spirit At XPONENTIAL Detroit; Helius Pocket Drone Still A Prototype, Production Pushed To Mid-To-Late Summer 2026

Drone Companies

Robinson Unmanned At XPONENTIAL: Spirit Modular Demo Impresses; Helius Pre-Orders Wait Another Six Months

Robinson Unmanned's Helius pocket drone, originally promised Q4 2025 delivery at $4,499, is still a prototype with production now slipping to mid-2026.

Haye KestelooMay 13

FAA's Bold BVLOS Proposal: End Waivers, Ignite U.S. Drone Innovation Boom

DJI

FAA’s No Drone Zone Push Caps A Year Of Counter-Drone Buildup For World Cup 2026

FAA designates every FIFA World Cup 2026 stadium a No Drone Zone with $100,000 fines and FBI seizure powers. What the messaging push really signals.

Haye KestelooMay 4

Drone Research

NOAA’s New Ocean Drone Can Replace A Lost Weather Buoy

NOAA announced a new uncrewed surface vehicle for its research fleet, and the pitch is simple. It’s solar-powered, self-propelled, small enough to trailer behind a truck, and built to loiter at sea for months. Engineers at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle think it can do almost everything a weather buoy does, plus a…

Rafael SuárezApr 20

DJI

DJI Matrice 30 Is Counting Deer on Martha’s Vineyard. The Ticks Are Not Happy About It.

The solution, apparently, begins with a DJI Matrice 30 at sunset and a thermal camera that sees warm bodies in the dark. The deer never saw it coming. Figuratively speaking.

Rafael SuárezMar 9

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