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ACSL

ACSL Debuts TAITEN Smart Controller, Elevates SAMO Thermal Payload, and Partners with Teledyne FLIR

ACSL, Japan’s top drone manufacturer, has announced the release of the TAITEN Smart Controller—an NDAA-compliant remote with a 7-inch integrated display—alongside major enhancements to its SAMO thermal payload and a new collaboration with Teledyne FLIR’s Thermal by FLIR® Program. The advances put ACSL’s secure, versatile drones in sharper focus for U.S. public safety teams, infrastructure…

Haye KestelooAug 27

Skydio

Skydio Drone with Thermal Camera Rescues Missing 70-Year-Old Woman

Tthanks to a quick-thinking sheriff's office and a drone with a thermal camera, this story has a happy ending.

Rafael SuárezAug 27

Zipline

Zipline’s Drone Vaccine Deliveries in Kaduna Face Political Pause, Exposing Fragility in Health Supply Chains

Zipline’s autonomous drone delivery network, credited with transforming vaccine access in parts of Africa, has seen its operations in Kaduna State, Nigeria, suspended following a change in political leadership. The pause underscores how even proven innovations in health logistics remain vulnerable without sustained policy and funding support, according to a Nigeria Health Watch report. Cutting…

Haye KestelooAug 26

Skydio

Dreame Technology Expands into Drone Market to Challenge DJI

Dreame Technology, best known for its robot vacuum cleaners, is taking a bold step into the drone industry. The Chinese brand is actively recruiting drone professionals in what analysts see as a direct move to compete with DJI, the market leader, according to a report by Sina. Dreame’s Drone Hiring Drive Job postings on Boss…

Haye KestelooAug 26

DJI Mini 5 Pro Retail Price Fly More Combo RC2 Spotted in European webstore.

DJI

Retail price DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo and animation video leaked

Quick update on the DJI Mini 5 Pro today. The Italian channel Quadricottero (via Mauro Tandoi) leaked some interesting and the first folding animation video of the DJI Mini 5 and on top of that I also found the first official webstore price of the DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly more combo. Lets start with…

Jasper EllensAug 26

DJI

DJI docks cut El Paso emergency response from an hour to minutes with citywide, on‑prem DFR

El Paso, Texas, has deployed a citywide drone‑as‑first‑responder network built on 22 DJI Dock stations and FlightHub 2 On‑Premises, enabling remote launches from any laptop, live video to units en route, and a shift from after‑hours, 45–60 minute manual deployments to launches in mere minutes across nearly 40 miles (64 km) of urban and border…

Haye KestelooAug 26

Airobotics

Ondas backs Norway’s Rift Dynamics to bring Wåsp FPV+ attritable drone to U.S. defense market

Rift Dynamics, a Norway-based defense UAS maker, has unveiled the Wåsp FPV+—a hybrid FPV/ISR multicopter—and secured a strategic investment and exclusive U.S. distribution via Ondas Holdings’ American Robotics, with initial availability targeted as early as October and an opening order of 500 units. Ondas Holdings invests im Rift Dynamics Ondas Holdings announced a strategic investment…

Haye KestelooAug 26

Skydio

Police Drones Assist Firefighting and Robbery Arrest in San Diego County

A police drone provided critical aerial support during a commercial fire in La Mesa while a second unit helped locate a theft suspect nearby, according to the El Cajon Police Department. The dual incidents on Monday demonstrated how the city’s Drone as First Responder Program is expanding its role in both public safety and firefighting…

Haye KestelooAug 26

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