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Ukrainian aerobatics champion Tymur Fatkullin hunts Russian Shahed drones at night from a six-ton An-28 skydiving plane, now profiled by The New Yorker.
The New York City Police Department now has trained officers and certified equipment to electronically disable hostile drones in city airspace, a capability reserved until December for a small group of federal agencies. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed the department spent $6.5 million on drone mitigation gear at a May 21 press conference at One…
Russ from 51 Drones breaks down where local drone bans stop and FAA airspace authority begins, with real examples from NYC, Lakewood, and Lakeville.
The U.S. Army has a new answer to the drone threat, and it involves sending a drone to take care of it. Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division recently trained with the Bumblebee V1 counter-drone system at Fort Drum, New York, in a session organized by Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the Department of War’s…
Amazon Prime Air plans a 176-square-mile drone delivery zone from Clay, NY, its first Northeast operation. FAA and Clay Planning Board approvals pending.
The New York Times rode along with a Ukrainian An-28 crew firing a Minigun at Russian Shaheds for $500 a kill. The same plane has 222 confirmed kills.
Witness account of Joby Aviation's final NYC demo flight at Blade Lounge East, with an exclusive interview with Blade CEO Rob Wiesenthal on charging, autonomy, and 2026 service.
Oleksiy Klochkovsky drives a white Mercedes truck through the villages outside Kharkiv with his left ear deliberately uncovered. He doesn’t play music. He keeps an AirPod in his right ear for phone calls only. The left side stays open so he can hear what’s coming from the sky. For four years, the 37-year-old has delivered…
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