X10, autonomy software, and the American drone maker betting everything on enterprise and defense.
The most sophisticated camouflage technology available to Norway’s elite Arctic reconnaissance unit right now isn’t thermal cloaking, radar-absorbing material, or anything you’d find in a defense procurement catalog. It’s snow. Piled by hand into a dome, allowed to harden, and crawled into before dawn. The Ukrainians figured this out the hard way. The Norwegians figured…
East Texas utility SWEPCO has a new way to find the branches that will kill your power before they actually do it. The drones are already flying. The Problem With Trees and Power Lines Vegetation management is the unglamorous backbone of electric utility reliability. Branches grow. Trees lean. Storms push limbs into conductors and the…
Chief Mark Morello pitched a $50,000 drone program to the Board of Finance this week, and the most interesting part isn’t the money. It’s the vision. Bristol, Connecticut wants a rooftop-launched autonomous drone that beats cops to the scene of a 911 call. That’s not a gadget request. That’s a fundamental shift in how a…
Minnesota drone sightings are fueling surveillance fears following ICE's Operation Metro Surge. Learn how FAA NOTAM FDC 6/4375 and Skydio X10D drones are creating an "invisible" compliance trap for pilots while escalating tensions in immigrant communities.
Four Skydio X10D drone systems were stolen from a U.S. Army engineer battalion building at Fort Campbell in November 2025. Army CID went public with the case on March 9-10, releasing surveillance images and a $5,000 reward offer — more than 16 weeks after the theft. What Was Stolen and Why It Matters The Skydio…
Two juveniles tried to break into cars, allegedly pointed a gun at a security camera, then ran into a wooded creek bed at midnight thinking the dark would cover them. The drone disagreed. What Went Down on Saturday Night Just before midnight on Saturday, a resident near Airport Road and Highway 24 in Colorado Springs…
The Drug Enforcement Administration is buying Skydio R10 indoor drones. The aircraft is genuinely impressive. The procurement process is a different story. The Drone That Goes Where Officers Cannot The Skydio R10 is the first American-made drone purpose-built for indoor public safety operations and the DEA just made it their aircraft of choice, as Defence…
A woman passed counterfeit bills at three businesses on Cerrillos Road. Instead of sending a patrol officer to drive the corridor looking for her, Santa Fe police clicked a mouse and put a Skydio X10 in the air, as Santa Fe New Mexican reported. Two minutes after launch, the drone was hovering above the intersection…
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