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NSU Trains Fort Polk Soldiers on Drone Operations
Northwestern State University’s ARGO Lab just ran its first drone training program for soldiers at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The two-day course took troops from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division through the fundamentals of UAS operations, flight planning,…
Drone Finds Injured Man in Iowa Ravine
A drone became the difference between panic and precision in Story County, Iowa, after an elderly man fell into a ravine near the Greenbelt Trail south of Story City, as WHO13 reports. The man called 911 over the weekend, reporting…
Veteran DFR Operator’s 10,000-Flight Reality Check: Stop Panicking About The FCC Ban
While agencies across America scramble to figure out what the FCC’s foreign drone ban means for their fleets, one veteran public safety drone operator is offering the kind of practical advice that only comes from putting thousands of hours on…
AAIB’s “Record-Only” Kent Police Drone Crash Investigation Raises Troubling Questions About UK Police Drone Oversight
I’ve spent the morning going through the Air Accident Investigation Branch’s newly released findings on the Kent Police drone crash that injured a child last August, and I’m genuinely troubled by what I’m reading. While the headlines are focused on…
FCC Bans All Foreign And DJI Drones: America Just Made Itself Weaker, Not Safer
We’ve been tracking the December 23 deadline for months, expecting DJI to land on the FCC’s Covered List through bureaucratic default. What the FCC actually did today goes far beyond anything we predicted. They didn’t just ban DJI. They banned…
DJI Drones Save American Lives: Here’s The Proof Politicians Are Ignoring Before December 23
We have been reporting on the DJI ban for over a year, but today we are publishing something different: a comprehensive, documented record of American lives saved by the very drones that will be banned in nine days. DroneXL reader…
UK Police Drone Crash Sends Child to the Hospital
According to multiple sources, a police officer in Kent was operating a DJI Matrice 30T drone when it struck a power line and crashed into a child, causing them to be taken to a London hospital for severe injuries to…
Olean Police Deploy Drone to Rescue Three Kayakers from Allegheny River
A thermal-equipped drone helped the Olean Police Department swiftly locate and rescue three kayakers in distress on the Allegheny River in upstate New York. The October 4, 2024 rescue highlights how drone technology is becoming an essential life-saving tool for…
Drones Revolutionize Firefighting in Gifford and Mason
¡Buenos días, drone lovers! Happy Monday—let’s spark the week with a blazing tale of how drones are transforming firefighting from coast to coast. In California’s Gifford Fire and West Virginia’s Mason County, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are proving their worth…
Drones Could Be Heroes in Venezuela’s Flood Nightmare
Drones are needed. Venezuela’s Mérida state got slammed by monster rains in June 2025. Rivers overflowed. Roads crumbled. Over 24,000 families—yep, that’s no typo—got hit hard, with homes wrecked and bridges wiped out. Towns like Apartaderos drowned in mud. No…
Trumbull County Drone Team Saves Two Lives in One Night
The Trumbull County Drone Team in Ohio recently demonstrated the life-saving potential of DJI drone technology by locating two missing people in separate incidents on the same night. Dual Rescues Showcase Drone Capabilities In an unprecedented event, the drone team…
How to Safely Hand Launch and Hand Catch Your DJI Drone
Long-time DroneXL friend and drone specialist, Lauren, explains in this short video how to safely hand launch and hand catch your DJI drone. Now keep in mind that if you hit the propellers, it will hurt, so this is not…