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Munich Airport Drone Sightings Force Flight Cancellations, Adding to Wave of European Incidents

Drone sightings Thursday evening forced Germany’s Munich airport to suspend operations, cancelling 17 flights and disrupting travel for nearly 3,000 passengers. The incident marks the latest in a concerning series of mysterious drone closures at major European airports—but whether these sightings represent genuine security threats or mass misidentification remains an urgent question. The pattern e

Haye KestelooOct 2

Airport

DronePort and Wingbits Launch AI Airspace Platform for Airports and Cities

DronePort Network and Wingbits announced today a partnership to launch meerir, an AI-powered airspace intelligence platform designed to give smaller airports, city planners, and insurers access to real-time flight data previously available only to major aviation institutions. The conversational AI system integrates Wingbits’ extensive live flight tracking network with DronePort’s analytics platfor

Haye KestelooOct 2

Amazon

Amazon Drone Disaster: Two Prime Air Drones Slam Into Crane, Operations Halted Again

Two Amazon Prime Air delivery drones collided with a construction crane in Tolleson, Arizona on Wednesday morning, prompting the e-commerce giant to temporarily pause its drone delivery operations for the second time this year. No injuries were reported, but the incident has triggered investigations by both the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation…

Haye KestelooOct 2

Police

Search and Rescue Drone Shot At Twice While Hunting Lost Dogs in Maine

A commercial drone pilot conducting aerial searches for missing pets in northern Maine has been targeted by gunfire twice in recent weeks, with one bullet striking his aircraft—acts that constitute federal crimes carrying potential prison sentences under aviation law. Robert Russell, owner of 2A TAC Drone Services based in Barrington, New Hampshire, was operating his…

Haye KestelooSep 25

Auterion

Auterion Raises $130M to Scale AI-Powered Drone Swarms for Defense

Auterion, the Swiss-American drone software company behind the open-source PX4 autopilot system, has secured $130 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners to accelerate deployment of AI-powered drone swarms for military operations. The funding round values the Arlington, Virginia-based company at “north of $600 million” according to Bloomberg. The funding comes as…

Haye KestelooSep 24