X10, autonomy software, and the American drone maker betting everything on enterprise and defense.
New FAA-funded research puts a hard number on what every drone pilot already knows: DJI is the US drone market. Not most of it. Nearly all of it. The ASSURE A83 2025 Annual Report, produced by researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Kansas State University, NIAR, and Wichita State University for the FAA’s Center of Excellence,…
Skydio just announced that its DFR Command software platform has crossed 10 million calls for service processed — making it the most
Correction (March 9, 2026): An earlier version of this article’s headline included BRINC alongside Nokia and Motorola Solutions, which incorrectly implied BRINC was part of the Summerville Police Department deployment. BRINC is a Motorola Solutions portfolio investment referenced in the context of the broader DFR ecosystem. The Summerville program is a Nokia Drone Networks and…
A 76 year old woman with Alzheimer’s walked out of her home into a cold Colorado evening. Within 24 minutes, a drone had found her standing in live traffic. That is not a futuristic concept. It happened last week in Commerce City. Drone as First Responder Moves Fast On February 17, just before 7pm, the…
Orlando City Council approved a $6.83M Axon Skydio DFR program. During a seven-week trial, the drone beat officers to the scene on 33% of emergency calls.
In Washington County, deputies just gained a new pair of eyes in the sky. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has launched a Drone as First Responder program, and it is already turning routine calls into coordinated aerial operations, as KGW8 NBC reports. This is not a drone sitting in the trunk of a patrol car.…
The Orlando City Council is set to vote Monday on a $6.83 million expansion of the Orlando Police Department drone program, a move that would formalize a Drone as First Responder system built around Axon’s Skydio aircraft, according to Orlando Weekly. If approved, the city would amend its existing contract with Axon to purchase 11…
London’s phone theft crisis has mutated into something colder and more organized. Gangs are recruiting children on Snapchat, offering up to £380 for the latest Apple devices, and sending teenagers out on bikes before school to hunt commuters, as The Guardian reports. According to the Metropolitan Police, gangs are circulating digital “menus” listing cash rewards…
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