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Police officer in a dark uniform speaking into a handheld radio while watching aerial drone video on a row of monitors in a dim control room

Skydio

Lewisville Police Drones Flew 1,789 Times. Public Log Shows 1,303

Lewisville police say their DFR drones flew 1,789 times by Nov. 3. The city's public DFR flight log lists 1,303 and nothing after Sept. 2.

Haye KestelooNov 9

Gray US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone with its landing gear down climbing into a blue sky with scattered white clouds

Colombia

Colombia Blames ELN for Drone Strike a Week After US Reapers Debut

Colombia's defense minister blamed the ELN for bomb drones that killed three soldiers, a week after the US showed off three MQ-9A Reapers on loan.

Haye KestelooNov 9

Black Geran-5 K5-K small cruise missile with a high swept wing, a single tail fin and a gold-colored exhaust nozzle, seen from above at a three-quarter angle against a pale gray background

Russia

Russia's Geran-5 K5-K Runs on 52 US Parts, 23 From Texas Instruments

Ukraine's HUR took apart Russia's new Geran-5 K5-K: 93 foreign parts, 52 from US firms, 23 by Texas Instruments, and a Chinese Pi that navigates by photo.

Haye KestelooNov 9

White BRINC Guardian drone in flight above its docking station at a beach, carrying a defibrillator under its body

Drone as First Responder

West Valley Votes on Free Police Drone Trial With $874,985 Renewal

West Valley City votes Nov. 10 on a free year of BRINC police drones. Unless the city cancels, Motorola's quote adds $874,985 for years two to six.

Haye KestelooNov 9

Drones lit in orange, green and blue spell out Bubba's Bright Lights Block Party under a lamp shape against a black night sky

Drone Light Show

St. Vrain Students Fly 300 Drones for Make-A-Wish Boy on a School Day

St. Vrain Valley's student drone team flew 300 drones in Holyoke, Colorado, for Make-A-Wish kid Bubba Brown, 11, after weather moved it to a school day.

Haye KestelooNov 9

Two B-52H Stratofortress bombers with LA tail codes taxiing on the flight line at Barksdale Air Force Base

Department of Homeland Security

Iran Never Sent Drones to California. The Barksdale Case Is Still Open

The White House denied the FBI's Iran drone bulletin within a day. Eight months on, nobody has said who flew drones over Barksdale's B-52 flight line.

Haye KestelooNov 8

A chimpanzee sitting in tall grass, seen from above, pulling a peeled banana out of a brown paper bag

Florida

Chimp Sanctuary Fed Kaleb by DJI Drone. Florida Agencies Can't Fly One

Save the Chimps flew a DJI Air 3-series drone to drop bananas and blankets to Kaleb, 38, after floods cut him off. Florida's own agencies can't fly one.

Haye KestelooNov 8

Amazon

Amazon's MK30 Hangs in Seattle's Museum of Flight. It Still Flies

Seattle's Museum of Flight added an Amazon Prime Air MK30 to its Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles exhibit. The same 83-pound drone type flies in 13 US metros.

Haye KestelooNov 8

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