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Durham Regional Police (DRPS) Launches Drone as First Responder (DFR) Program, Ask Your Questions TODAY
Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) is officially jumping into the Drone as First Responders world, announcing a new Drone First Responder (DFR) pilot project and hosting a community information event tonight, Thursday, February 26, 2026. If you have followed DFR…
Ohio Launches Statewide Drone First Responder Pilot
Ohio is not dipping a toe into Drone as First Responder. It is building a runway. The Ohio Department of Transportation, through DriveOhio, has selected nine public safety agencies for the Ohio Statewide Drone First Responder Pilot Program, a coordinated…
Summerville DFR Launches With Nokia, Motorola and BRINC
For years, when a police department announced a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program, you could almost guess the brand before the press conference ended. Usually it was DJI. Sometimes Skydio. This time, it is neither. The Summerville Police Department…
DJI Sues the FCC: What It Really Means for the US Drone Market and Your Future Flights
And so the battle begins. DJI just sued the FCC. And while that sounds dramatic and exciting, let’s slow down and come back to reality for just a minute. There’s a lot of noise around this lawsuit right now. My…
Tekron Admits To DJI Drone Price Fixing in Australia
Australia’s competition watchdog just swatted a drone distributor out of the sky. (just like a famous australian Kangaroo punched this drone out of the sky) Drone TK Australia Pty Ltd, trading as Tekron, has admitted to engaging in resale price…
New York Secures $17.2M to Stop Illegal Drones
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the horizon, New York is reinforcing its airspace. Governor Kathy Hochul announced that more than $17.2 million in federal funding has been awarded to four key public safety agencies through the Counter Unmanned…
Amazon Prime Air hosts community meet-and-greet in Tinley Park ahead of Chicago suburbs drone delivery launch
Amazon is bringing its Prime Air drone delivery service to Chicago’s south suburbs this summer, and the company wants to introduce itself to the neighbors first. As Patch reports, a free community meet-and-greet is scheduled for Monday, March 2 at…
Skydio X10 Drone Finds Missing Alzheimer’s Patient in 24 Minutes
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…
UC Irvine’s FlyTrap Attack Defeats DJI Mini 4 Pro and HoverAir X1 Autonomous Tracking With an Ordinary Umbrella
The paper dropped this week at the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium in San Diego, and the finding is blunt: an ordinary umbrella covered with an AI-generated pattern can trick autonomous target-tracking drones into flying directly toward the person…
Sheriff Deputy Builds Drone Pilots in Mississippi
In a classroom filled with propellers, lithium batteries, and big ambition, a deputy sheriff is quietly shaping the next generation of drone pilots, as Leader Call reports. In Smith County, John Darden wears two uniforms. One carries a badge from…
Best 3D printed cases for the DJI Neo 2: Two popular options compared
Good day, folks. Sean here from Air Photography. So, something a little bit different for you today. We’re going to be taking a look at a couple of 3D printed cases for the DJI Neo 2. These are the two…
Germany approves 536 million euro Helsing and Stark drone deal, but cuts long-term framework from 4.3 billion to 2 billion
We have been tracking Germany’s kamikaze drone procurement saga since the Bundeswehr first tested loitering munitions from Helsing and Stark Defence late last year. Today, the story hit a turning point that nobody in Berlin’s defense circles predicted: the Bundestag’s…
Orlando approves $6.83M Skydio drone program after trial drone beat officers to the scene one-third of the time
The Orlando City Council voted Monday to approve a $6.83 million Drone as First Responder program built on Axon’s Skydio platform. The decision comes after a seven-week pilot at OPD headquarters produced a striking result: a single drone arrived before…
Finland Orders Parrot ANAFI UKR Drones for ISR Boost
The Finnish Defence Forces are doubling down on micro UAV power, announcing the procurement of the Parrot ANAFI UKR to strengthen intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities across the force, as Parrot announced it in a Press Release. Deliveries are expected…
DJI Osmo Action 6 Long-Term Review: My Top 8 Favorite Features and Upgrades
Good day, folks. Shawn here from Air Photography. The DJI Osmo Action 6 has been out for about three months now, and I like to do follow-up videos going over my user experience once I’ve had more time to use…
I bought 2 DJI Neo 2 drones and here’s why you should too
This might sound a little bit crazy to some of you, but the DJI Neo 2 is a drone that I consider to be the best drone that DJI has ever produced, but not for the reasons that you may…
Illinois bill requires sex offenders to register drones with state police
Illinois Rep. Katie Stuart (D-112th) has introduced HB4332, a bill that would force individuals on the state’s Sex Offender Registry to disclose drone ownership to the Illinois State Police. The bill amends the Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act to add…
JIATF 401’s counter-UAS marketplace is now live, and the Pentagon’s ‘Amazon for drone defense’ is open for orders
The online counter-drone shopping portal that DroneXL first covered back in November just hit a major milestone. Joint Interagency Task Force 401 announced on Monday that its counter-unmanned aircraft systems marketplace has reached initial operational capability, meaning military bases and…
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