X10, autonomy software, and the American drone maker betting everything on enterprise and defense.
Leander, Texas, is putting two Skydio drones on actual 911 calls for two weeks to decide whether the city needs a permanent Drone as First Responder program, as CBS Austin reported. The trial runs May 4-15 and deploys the aircraft to real incidents, not simulations. A Fast-Growing City With a Response Problem Leander isn’t a…
Olathe pulled its drone ordinance. The FAA pulled the ICE NOTAM. The fight for US drone pilots' rights spans every level of government now.
The point was not to have drone operators train drone operators. It was to force combined arms units to work with aerial intelligence in real time
The St. Petersburg Police Department has activated a rooftop Drone Hive at its headquarters — three Skydio X10 drones docked and ready to launch within seconds of a priority call. Chief Anthony Holloway announced the expansion this week, and the numbers behind it are already making a case for what comes next, as reported by…
The Los Angeles Police Department flew its drone-as-first-responder fleet more than 3,500 times in the program’s first year, according to a report headed to the Police Commission this week, as reported by Govtech. The fleet now plans to nearly triple, growing from 9 to 24 aircraft, with a $1.2 million Police Foundation donation funding part…
Minneapolis drone journalist Rob Levine sued the FAA over no-fly zones around unmarked ICE vehicles and won. What changed, what didn't, and why it still matters.
LAPD Skydio drones orbited the March 28 No Kings protest for seven hours, flight records show — starting three hours before any dispersal order was issued.
DJI and SkyPixel announced the winners of the 11th Annual SkyPixel Photo and Video Contest on April 27, naming “Africa Unseen” by ellisvanjason as the Annual Best Video in the Aerial Category. Slovak photographer Filip Hrebenda won the Annual Best Photo prize for “The Gate.” AYANG took Annual Best Video in the Handheld Category for…
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