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Skydio's $9M USAFCENT Deal Puts X10s on Middle East Bases
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Skydio’s $9M USAFCENT Deal Puts X10s on Middle East Bases

Skydio just landed the kind of contract that separates a public safety drone company from a defense contractor. U.S. Air Forces Central, the USAFCENT component of U.S. Central Command, awarded the San Mateo, California company an order exceeding $9 million for Skydio Dock and X10 systems to secure American airbases across the Middle East. Skydio…

DJI Osmo Pocket 4P Leaks: Dual-Lens Pro Model Next
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DJI Osmo Pocket 4P Leaks: Dual-Lens Pro Model Next

The ink isn’t dry on the standard Osmo Pocket 4 announcement and DJI already has another one lined up. Photo Rumors is reporting that a Pocket 4P, the Professional variant, is queued up for a summer launch with a dual-lens setup and real optical zoom. And our trusted leaker Igor Bogdanov posted this: And this…

Contraband is entering Georgia prisons from Drones— again
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Flock’s Jail Drone Wants to Expand to 19 County-Wide

NPR caught up with the Fulton County Jail drone story this week, three weeks after we covered the original Flock Safety deployment in detail. The national coverage matters because it surfaces two details that weren’t in the March announcement: Sheriff Patrick Labat’s plan to expand from one rooftop drone to 19 drones positioned across Fulton…

Oakland Taps DJI Mavic 3 Drones to Fight Illegal Dumping
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Oakland Taps DJI Mavic 3 Drones to Fight Illegal Dumping

Oakland is about to become the second U.S. city to run a DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise on AI-powered garbage patrol. The city council is moving forward with a six-month, $150,000 pilot contract with San Francisco startup Aerbits, which will fly 72 missions over roughly 1,440 miles of Oakland streets, as reported by NBC Bay Area.…

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