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Choctaw Nation lands $2M federal grant to fly medical supplies across Oklahoma’s rural reservation

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) just received a $2 million SMART (Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build out a drone-based medical delivery network across its 10,923-square-mile reservation in southeastern Oklahoma. The announcement came alongside a live demonstration at the Atoka Health Clinic, where airborne drone

Haye KestelooFeb 1

DJI Mini 5 Pro vs DJI Air 3s Everything you need to know

Alaska

JBER warns Alaska drone pilots: fly here and you risk an F-22 collision

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, is home to F-22 Raptors and C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft. It is also surrounded by some of the most photogenic terrain on the planet. That combination creates a problem the base’s counter-drone team deals with regularly. JBER has published a public advisory reminding everyone that flying any drone…

Haye KestelooFeb 1

FAA's ICE NOTAM Gets Teeth: Change 13 Is the Enforcement Escalation Drone Pilots Should Fear - DJI Air 3S vs Mavic 3 Pro Drone Comparison

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Michigan’s 15-Bill SHIELD Drone Package Collides With Federal Law It Claims to Respect

Michigan legislators just introduced the most ambitious state drone regulation package in the country. It also has the most obvious federal preemption problems of any state drone package in the country. The 15-bill SHIELD legislation, sponsored by state Rep. William Bruck (R-Erie), received its first committee hearing this week and would create “no drone zones”…

Haye KestelooFeb 1

Greenville Expands Drone Ops With Flock Safety Push

Police

Police Drone Tracks Heat to Catch Fatal Hit and Run Suspect

Aurora police added another chapter to the growing playbook of real world drone policing, and this one reads like a night vision thriller with a very real and tragic ending. On Friday night, just after 8 p.m., officers responded to a serious crash at Peoria Street and East 13th Avenue in northwest Aurora, as reported…

Rafael SuárezJan 31

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface

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Dakota College Hosts sUAS Industry Bootcamp in 2026

Dakota College at Bottineau is quietly becoming one of the more interesting places in the US if you care about practical drone education, especially the kind that actually leads to jobs instead of just Instagram clips and dusty certificates. In spring 2026, the college will host its second sUAS Industry Bootcamp, running from March 31…

Rafael SuárezJan 31

Skydio

Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office rolls out new policing drones

The future of policing has arrived in Natchitoches Parish, and it hums, hovers, and politely refuses to crash into trees. The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office has officially unveiled its new drone program, a move officials say took months of research, conversations, and careful planning to get right, as KALB reports. This is not a last…

Rafael SuárezJan 31

Lockheed Martin

RQ-170 ‘Beast of Kandahar’ Filmed Taxiing at Creech AFB in Rare Daylight Footage Weeks After Venezuela Mission

New video footage shows the RQ-170 Sentinel, one of America’s most secretive stealth drones, taxiing in broad daylight at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. The footage, captured by aviation observer Uncanny Expeditions and shared on X by @thenewarea51 on January 30, 2026, gives the public one of the clearest looks at the classified drone…

Haye KestelooJan 31

Contraband

Prison Drone Drops Turn Night Skies Into Smuggling Lanes

A single drone drop at South Carolina’s Lee Correctional Institution recently made national headlines, not because of technical sophistication, but because of its grocery list, as WISTV reports. Crab legs, steak, Old Bay seasoning, and marijuana were delivered neatly from the night sky, a reminder that modern drone misuse does not always involve espionage or…

Rafael SuárezJan 31

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