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Chevy Lights Up Piedmont Park With 1,000 Holiday Drones
United States

Chevy Lights Up Piedmont Park With 1,000 Holiday Drones

Chevrolet is bringing a massive holiday light show to Atlanta next week with one thousand drones set to rise above Piedmont Park, as Secret Atlanta reported. The show is part of the Chevy Holiday Magic tour, a country wide event traveling from San Diego to Detroit with stops in Dallas, Nashville and Atlanta. The caravan…

Port Richey Equips Police and Fire Departments with Skydio X10 Drones
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Portland Council Reopens Police Drone Debate

As Spectrum Local News reports, the Portland City Council is preparing to revisit a drone proposal that it rejected only a few weeks ago. The vote takes place tonight, and it will decide whether the Portland Police Department can move forward with buying a drone priced at forty five thousand dollars. Absolutely not chump change.…

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

Schofield Soldiers Build New Drones for Pacific Missions

Schofield Barracks has become one of the most active testing grounds for soldier built drones inside the United States Army. The 25th Infantry Division’s Lightning Lab is leading this push as Defense One reports. The unit is building, modifying, and flying new first person view drones that are meant to support operations across the Pacific.…

Heven AeroTech becomes Israel’s first defense tech unicorn
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Heven AeroTech becomes Israel’s first defense tech unicorn

Heven AeroTech has reached a new milestone in the global drone industry. The Israeli founded and US based drone company is now valued at more than one billion dollars, as reported by The Jerusalem Post. The new valuation follows a one hundred million dollar investment round led in part by the American quantum computing company…

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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Hawaiian Electric Uses Drones to Install Bird Diverters

Hawaiian Electric is using drones to install new bird diverters on power lines across several parts of Maui. As reported by Maui Now, the work takes place from December 1 to December 22 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., weather permitting. Power service will stay normal during the entire operation. The company selected three regions…

Miami PD drone catches suspect on camera in fast response
Skydio

Miami PD drone catches suspect on camera in fast response

A recent incident in Miami shows once again how drones are changing police work in the United States. As reported by Local10 News, on Nov. 11, Miami officers used a drone to track and apprehend a suspect in a domestic battery case. The entire chase was recorded from the air, giving us a detailed look…

Drone mystery in New Jersey still not solved
Department of Defense

Drone Mystery in New Jersey Still Not Solved

More than a year has passed since a series of drone sightings over New Jersey created one of the strangest aviation stories in recent memory. The events started on November 13, 2024, when a large drone appeared inside the restricted airspace of Picatinny Arsenal. This is a major United States Army research center. Residents, officials,…

DJI Drone Helps Find Missing Elderly Man in the Cold
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DJI Drone Helps Find Missing Elderly Man in the Cold

A DJI drone helped rescue a missing 90-year-old Atoka County man who spent nearly 12 hours lost in freezing temperatures. Wagoner County Emergency Management deployed its team after Oklahoma officials called for help. Ground crews, horses, and even the National Guard searched the area, but it was the drone team that made the breakthrough. Volunteer…

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