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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.
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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…
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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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Enfield Approves Police Drone With One Condition: Policy First
A small New Hampshire town just voted to buy its first police drone. The board that approved it also made sure nobody could fly it until the rules are written down. That is the right order of operations, as VNEWS reported. The Enfield Selectboard voted 4 to 1 Monday night to accept a $15,000 donation…
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Your Weekend Drone Flight Might Be Worth More Than You Think
That is the entire business model. Spexi built an app that takes over the flying for you, sends your drone on a precise autonomous flight path
DJI
Drones and AI Are Changing How the World Finds Land Mines
In 2024, land mines and unexploded ordnance killed 1,945 people and injured 4,325 more. Ninety percent were civilians. Nearly half were children. Demining crews removed 105,640 mines that same year. The math is brutal, and it isn’t close. The Oldest Problem in Modern Warfare At least 57 countries still have live antipersonnel mines buried in…
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