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Drone Smuggling Ring Hit 10 Prisons, DOJ Charges
A federal grand jury in Georgia indicted twelve people for running drones over the walls of ten federal prisons in eight states, dropping drugs, cell phones, and saw blades at least 38 times. Prosecutors call it the largest federal case…
Skydio, BRINC and a Robot Dog Join Louisiana Patrols
A district attorney in Louisiana is doing something most prosecutors never touch. He’s buying the drones. Tony Clayton wants 911 response on the west bank of the Mississippi to fall from minutes to seconds, and he’s funding a three-year program…
Ontario Bans Chinese Drones For Sensitive OPP Work, Plans Broader Government Phase-Out
The Ontario government will ban the Ontario Provincial Police from using Chinese-made drones on highly sensitive operations and begin phasing out broader provincial government use of Chinese hardware, the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement announced on…
Bloomington Tests Skydio X10 DFR Drones for First Response
The City of Bloomington, Minnesota, will spend the next two weeks running a Drone as First Responder pilot using Skydio X10 aircraft and the Skydio Dock, the city announced on May 15. The testing period begins the week of May…
Solar Impulse 2 Crashes Into Gulf After Skydweller Conversion
The aircraft that once made aviation history by circumnavigating the globe on sunlight alone is now at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Solar Impulse 2, the record-setting solar plane built by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, crashed during…
Paladin Drones Floats $8,000 30-Day DFR Trial As Flock Hands Out Free Pilots
Paladin Drones is offering public safety agencies a 30-day pilot of its Drone as First Responder system for $8,000, with the entry fee credited back against a full contract for up to three consecutive 30-day periods. The Houston company announced…
St. Charles County Clears Path for BRINC Drone Program
St. Charles County, Missouri just passed the ordinance it needed to get drones over emergency calls. The county council approved a measure allowing the St. Charles County Police Department to establish memorandums of understanding with schools, municipal facilities, and other…
Harvard Students Build Fixed-Wing VTOL Drone to Track Sperm Whales in Dominica
Two Harvard mechanical engineering seniors have built a fixed-wing VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) drone from scratch to help marine biologists locate sperm whales tagged with VHF (very high frequency) transmitters off the coast of Dominica, according to a project…
Anduril FURY Combat Drone Production Starts at Ohio’s Arsenal-1 as US Military Urgency Grows
Anduril Industries will begin building its FURY “loyal wingman” high-speed combat drone within days at its new Arsenal-1 facility in Pickaway County, south of Columbus, Ohio, according to a Reuters report published March 19, 2026 (paywalled). The nearly $1 billion…
South Bend PD Taps Flock Safety for No-Cost Drone as First Responder Pilot
The South Bend Police Department in Indiana has launched a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program through a one-year, no-cost partnership with Flock Safety, according to local reporting on the program. Eight FAA-certified operators inside the department’s Real Time Crime…
Sheriff Deputy Builds Drone Pilots in Mississippi
In a classroom filled with propellers, lithium batteries, and big ambition, a deputy sheriff is quietly shaping the next generation of drone pilots, as Leader Call reports. In Smith County, John Darden wears two uniforms. One carries a badge from…
Ole Miss Symposium Puts Drones in Crisis Response Spotlight
In a world where minutes can redraw the map of a community, drones are no longer weekend gadgets or delivery pipe dreams. They are becoming airborne lifelines. On March 2, the University of Mississippi will host its second Unmanned Aircraft…