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Runaway Retriever vs the Turnpike, Drones Win
An escaped Golden Retriever mix is back in safe hands after a dramatic weekend chase that involved highways, thermal drones, and a search team
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Gilbert Tests Various Drones as First Responders
The Town of Gilbert, Arizona is quietly building one of the more serious Drone as First Responder programs in the Southwest, with its Police and Fire departments jointly testing autonomous drone deployments to improve emergency response times, as reported by The Gilbert Sun News. At a recent town council retreat, Assistant Police Chief Jim Bisceglie…
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FCC Drone Ban Starts Countdown That Will Affect Every American
The FCC's December 23 drone policy didn't flip a switch. It started a countdown. Russ from 51 Drones explains how the drone ban affects emergency response, food costs, and infrastructure.
DJI
Eric Schmidt’s AI Drones Hit 70% Kill Rate as Commercial Tech Goes to War
The drone skills you learned for your Part 107 business are now battlefield capabilities. That’s the uncomfortable reality buried in a massive New York Times investigation published this week, and it should concern every commercial operator in America. C.J. Chivers spent 18 months reporting from Ukrainian frontlines, test ranges, and drone workshops. What he documented…
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Jersey Shore’s ‘Drone Ranger’ Has Saved 122 Missing Pets
These drones really are the cat’s meow, and occasionally the cow’s moo. Along the Jersey Shore, while most people worry about beach traffic and seagulls stealing fries, Michael Parziale is launching drones to bring missing pets home. Parziale, 64, a restaurant owner and FAA licensed drone pilot, has built an 18 drone rescue fleet through…
Skydio
Skydio X10 Drone Becomes First on Scene in Fairfax County Police Calls
A Skydio X10 drone reached a potentially dangerous 911 call in Fairfax County, Virginia, in just 57 seconds, arriving before any patrol officer and fundamentally changing how police handled the situation. The call came in near Fair Oaks Mall, where a caller reported a man standing in a median armed with a bow and arrow.…
Skydio
Chip War Author: FCC Ban Succeeds Where Trump Tariffs Failed Against DJI
It was clear that Trump’s tariffs were never going to stop DJI. Now one of the most influential voices in US-China tech competition is making the same argument in the Financial Times. Chris Miller, author of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist book “Chip War” that shaped Washington’s semiconductor policy, published an opinion piece this weekend analyzing why…
DJI
St. Cloud DFR’s 200 Flights Prove BVLOS Works, But at What Cost?
I’ve been tracking Florida’s disastrous DJI drone ban for over a year, and the bill is finally coming due. When we first reported on St. Cloud’s $890,000 Drone as a First Responder (DFR) program last month, the story was about the exorbitant cost of compliance. Now, new data shows the program is an operational success,…
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