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Knoxville Police Deployed Skydio X10 Drones for UT Game Day Security
When over 100,000 passionate football fans pour into a stadium, ensuring their safety is a monumental task. WBIR was there and let us know what this was about. The Knoxville Police Department (KPD) just tested a powerful new tool to…
DJI Mini 5 Pro: official description, full specifications and release date
Time to drop the really big bomb on the DJI Mini 5 Pro. After months of speculation, boxes, images and video, today I finally stumbled upon the official full DJI Mini 5 webshop description. Some spanish webshop leaked the promotional…
Armed MQ-9 Reaper Drones Deployed to Puerto Rico for a Caribbean Showdown
The temperature in the Caribbean is rising, and it’s not just the weather. The US military is staging a massive show of force aimed at countering drug trafficking, and at the heart of it is one of the world’s most…
New England Aquarium is Using Drones to Give Whales a Health Check
How do you check the health of a 50-ton, critically endangered whale without stressing it out? For years, the answer involved chasing it in a loud boat. Now, scientists at the New England Aquarium have a much better, quieter, and…
The Future is Now: Jetson Delivers Its First eVTOL to Palmer Luckey
The dream of strapping into your own personal flying machine and soaring through the sky just took a giant leap from science fiction to reality. Bussines Insider reported that Swedish startup Jetson has officially delivered its first-ever Jetson One eVTOL…
BREAKING: DJI Mini 5 pro full video unboxing, first flight, webshop promo images and pricing
If you were starting to worry if the DJI Mini 5 Pro might get postponed because of no teaser last week… well have I got new for you! Hundreds of webshops around the world are updating their stock, leaked their…
Canada’s Navy Taps Schiebel’s S-100 Drone for Its Warships
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) is getting a major upgrade to its eyes in the sky. In a significant new contract, the RCN will be equipping its Halifax-class warships with the combat-proven Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100, a helicopter-style drone designed for…
Mississippi State University is Using Thermal Drones to Study Dolphins
For marine biologists, studying dolphins in their natural habitat has always been a massive challenge. Getting close enough to observe them without altering their behavior is incredibly difficult. Now, a researcher at Mississippi State University (MSU) is using a powerful…
Media Drone Sparks Outrage by Flying Over Sensitive Search Site in Ireland
In the rush to get the perfect shot, a line was crossed. Irish police (gardaí) are now investigating a media outlet after one of its drone operators flew a UAV over a highly sensitive search site in Donabate, Co Dublin.…
Military Drones Could Be Defense Industry’s Bubble, Rheinmetall CEO Warns
Military drones may not deliver the long-term growth many expect, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger cautioned this week, saying the UAV market could become the defense sector’s biggest bubble, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The comments came…
Mini 5 Pro leaks, DOC Drone Regulations on Trade and Importation, 30-mile Drone Delivery
Welcome to the weekly UAS news update. There are three stories this week: more DJI Mini 5 Pro leaks with a possible release date, a forthcoming Department of Commerce regulation on drone trade and importation, and a 30-mile medical drone…
Las Vegas Police Are Launching Drones From Rooftops, and the ACLU is Watching
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) is taking its “drone as a first responder” program to a whole new level. In a massive expansion of their Project Blue Sky, the department is installing a network of 13 “Skyports” across…