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LAPD Expands Drone Program With $2.1M Boost
The Los Angeles Police Department is preparing to significantly expand its Drone as First Responder program after receiving approval for a $2.1 million donation from the Los Angeles Police Foundation, according to CBS News. The Los Angeles Board of Policeโฆ
AI Drones May Reach Boise Emergencies Before Police
If you call 911 in Meridian, Idaho, drones could soon be the first responder, quietly lifting off from a rooftop dock and arriving overhead in roughly two minutes, as reported by Idaho Stateman. The Meridian Police Department plans to launchโฆ
Paladin launches NDAA-compliant Knighthawk 2.0 at World Defense Show, signaling a strategic pivot from DJI dependence
Paladin Drones, the Houston-based Drone as First Responder company that built much of its business on modified DJI hardware, just revealed the Knighthawk 2.0 at the World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The new drone is NDAA-compliant, built inโฆ
Dearborn Launches Michiganโs First DFR Program
Dearborn is officially airborne. As of February 2, 2026, the City of Dearborn has rolled out a full scale Drone as First Responder program, making it the first city in Michigan to deploy drones as an integrated, citywide emergency responseโฆ
LMPD wants to double its police drone fleet
Late Saturday night in Louisville, a burglary suspect ran out of Doss High School, likely betting on darkness, distance, and a little winter chaos to break contact with police. That bet collapsed almost instantly, because an officer on scene launchedโฆ
Pentagon DIU wants containerized drone launchers that store, launch, and recover swarms on command
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) just published a solicitation for something the U.S. military has needed for years but never had: a box that can store drones, launch them in mass, recover them, recharge them, and do it allโฆ
Santa Ana Police Seek Approval for Skydio X10 Drone Program
The Santa Ana Police Department is asking the City Council to approve a contract worth about $683,000 to officially launch the cityโs first police drone program, with a vote scheduled for February 3. If approved, Santa Ana would join aโฆ
Waikฤซkฤซ Police May Deploy Skydio X10 Drones Soon
Law enforcement drones could soon become a familiar sight over Waikฤซkฤซ, as Hawaiสปi officials prepare to launch a drone first responder program using Skydio X10 aircraft, as reported by US News. The plan, which could begin as early as March,โฆ
FAA no-fly zones around ICE vehicles are a First Amendment problem, press groups say
When DHS closed 935 square miles of Chicago’s airspace to civilian drones during immigration raids last October, press freedom organizations called it a First Amendment crisis. NOTAM FDC 6/4375 is the same thing, but permanent and nationwide. Two of theโฆ
Kansas City on Alert for Drone Warnings in World Cup
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup creeping closer like a VAR review nobody asked for, Kansas City security officials are looking up, not at the scoreboard, but at the sky, as reported by KMBC. Their concern is not weather, birds,โฆ
ICE’s $85 Billion Surveillance Machine Includes Skydio Drones for Protest Monitoring and Roving No-Fly Zones for Everyone Else
The Washington Post published a comprehensive investigation this week into ICE’s rapidly expanding surveillance technology arsenal, and the drone angle is something every pilot in this country needs to understand. Buried within the details of facial recognition apps, phone-hacking spyware,โฆ
JBER warns Alaska drone pilots: fly here and you risk an F-22 collision
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, is home to F-22 Raptors and C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft. It is also surrounded by some of the most photogenic terrain on the planet. That combination creates a problem the base’s counter-drone teamโฆ