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Ukraine’s Largest Drone Attack: A Night of Explosions in Russian Ports
Ukraine’s Largest Drone Attack Ever? Ukraine may have pulled off its biggest drone attack yet. On Thursday night, Russia reported shooting down 102 aerial and six naval drones. Major ports Sevastopol and Novorossiysk were hit, causing widespread damage and power…
Big Wave of Ukrainian Drones Kills Two in Russia, Causes Refinery Fire
Ukraine launched a significant drone attack on Russia, resulting in two deaths and a refinery fire, according to Reuters. The attack underscores the escalating conflict between the two nations. Two Dead in Belgorod In Belgorod, a mother and her four-year-old…
Congressional Leaders Question NYPD’s Use of Chinese-Made Drones
Congress is concerned about the New York Police Department's (NYPD) plan to use Chinese-made drones to assist in responding to gunfire in high-crime areas.
Louisville Police’s New Drone Initiative: A Game-Changer for Public Safety
Louisville Police Department (LMPD) has launched a new initiative to incorporate drone technology into their policing efforts. Announced by LMPD Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, this pilot program aims to enhance public safety by addressing issues such as missing persons, street racing,…
FBI Raid Shocks Lincoln Square Neighborhood with Drones and Explosives
Drones and Explosives Used in Early Morning FBI Raid Lincoln Square residents were jolted awake early Thursday morning to an unexpected and dramatic FBI raid on a home in the 2200 block of West Farragut Avenue. The raid, reportedly involving…
Vermont Team Heads to National Aerial Drone Championships
Drones are buzzing around a Vermont high school as students prepare to compete in the National Aerial Drone Championships in West Virginia. The River Valley Tech Club, which hosted Vermont’s first aerial drone tournament in January, will reportedly represent the…
DES Drone Team: Central Texas’s New Heroes
The Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) drone team at Fort Cavazos has emerged as modern-day heroes, rescuing soldiers trapped by floods during recent severe weather in Central Texas. Led by James Wallace, Battalion 1 Chief of the Fort Cavazos Fire…
High-Flying Drug Smuggling: Drones at the Border
Drone Smuggling Operation Exposed Two men, from California and New York City, have been accused of using drones to transport narcotics from Canada into the United States. Yong Chen and an unnamed accomplice were reportedly charged following a criminal complaint…
Lawmakers Push DOD to Fast-Track AI Counter-Drone Tech
Lawmakers are urging the Department of Defense (DOD) to speed up the deployment of AI-driven counter-drone technologies. A new provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill requires department leaders to outline their plans for advancing these capabilities, reports Defense…
Connecticut Undergrads Use Drones and GoPros to Study Shrinking Coast and Oyster Habitats
Two Connecticut college students have reportedly been awarded $5,000 each to research aquaculture and shifting shorelines this summer. The funding, part of the Connecticut Sea Grant Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, will enable them to explore the state’s coastal and marine…
New Neural Tech Could Power Insect-Sized Intelligent Flying Robots
Researchers at Delft University of Technology have developed a groundbreaking neuromorphic vision-to-control system that enables autonomous drone flights. This new technology, which mimics the brain’s biological processing, could pave the way for creating intelligent flying robots as small as insects.…
DJI Goggles 3 Overview – The Era Of The Ecosystem
What’s going on, guys? Billy here. With the release of the new DJI Avata 2, we also got a new set of goggles. These are the DJI Goggles 3, and despite looking very similar to previous offerings from DJI, they…