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Skydio X10 Tracks Suspect a Mile Away After Community Tip
Officers from the 3rd Division responded and launched a Skydio X10 within minutes. The suspect was already gone. It did not matter.
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In Fairfax County, Skydio Arrives First. Every Time.
Fairfax County, Virginia is not testing the waters on Drone as First Responder. The numbers from their first 100 missions make the case better than any press release could. Drones arrived on scene first in 71 of those 100 calls. Average response time: 83 seconds. In a county that sits inside the most restricted airspace…
DJI
A Broadcast Drone Just Ate a Tree at LIV Golf Hong Kong
Nobody was hurt. The drone did not survive. And somewhere out there, the pilot is having a very bad Thursday. During the first round of LIV Golf Hong Kong 2026 at The Hong Kong Golf Club, a broadcast drone lost its argument with a tree and fell to the ground mid-telecast, as reported by Awful…
Skydio
A Santa Fe Skydio Drone Found an Unconscious Man in Four Minutes
Santa Fe first responders located a 47-year-old man unconscious and not breathing near Las Acequias Park after receiving a call Wednesday afternoon.
Skydio
Michigan’s Third-Largest City Just Went All-In on DFR
Warren, Michigan did not test the waters. When the city decided to launch a Drone as First Responder program, it built one that covers both police and fire response simultaneously, funded by a millage voters passed in November, and it went fully operational on March 5. It is the first program of its kind in…
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Drone Dominance Gauntlet I: Skycutter Tops Leaderboard As Pentagon Prepares $150 Million Attack Drone Order
The Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program has named 11 Gauntlet I winners set to share a $150 million order for 30,000 one-way attack drones. Skycutter topped the leaderboard with 99.3 points — and the results arrive one week after U.S. forces used attack drones in combat for the first time during Operation Epic Fury against Iran.
DJI
DJI Mini 4 Pro-Flying Catholic Priest Is Building a 131-Church Drone Archive for the St. Cloud Diocese
Flying indoors with a drone requires a different kind of discipline. No GPS lock, no obstacle avoidance to lean on, confined spaces where prop wash bounces off stone walls and wooden pews. Father Mitchell Bechtold, a 40-year-old Catholic priest serving parishes in central Minnesota, logged roughly 100 hours of outdoor flight time before he ever…
DJI
5 Essential Drone Shots Every Pilot Should Master Before Moving to Advanced Maneuvers
Too many new drone pilots jump straight into advanced moves without mastering the basics. There are five drone shots that you should be practicing first. I’m Greg, the co-founder of Pilot Institute, where more than 400,000 students have already learned to fly safely and confidently. In this article, I’m going to walk you through the…
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