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Black Friday Beginner Drone Blowout: Up To 30% Off DJI Flip, Mini 4K, Mini 3, Neo And Skyrover Sub-250g Camera Drones
Black Friday has delivered massive discounts on beginner-friendly camera drones, with DJI Flip, Mini 4K, Mini 3, Neo and Skyrover models seeing price cuts between 20-30% across the board. These sub-250 gram drones require no FAA registration for recreational pilots,…
Pilot Institute Black Friday Sale: Part 107, Mapping, and LiDAR Courses Up to 50% Off
Pilot Institute just launched what it calls its “biggest sale ever“ with steep discounts on drone training courses that could transform your flying from hobby to career. The Black Friday promotion slashes prices across the board, making professional drone education…
Florida Schools to Deploy Drones That Can Stop Active Shooters
A New Kind of School Security Three Florida school districts are about to test something that sounds like a sci-fi movie but is very real. According to The Daytona Beach News Journal, Volusia, Leon, and Broward schools were picked for…
Lake Mills Students Take Flight with Drone Designers STEM Program
Lake Mills Community Schools in Iowa are giving students a new reason to look up. Thanks to a grant from the Iowa STEM Scale-Up Program, the district launched Drone Designers: Exploring STEM Careers this spring, a hands-on initiative that blends…
Syracuse Police Drone Program Stalled Again As Lawmakers Withdraw Approval For Fourth Time In 2025
Syracuse lawmakers have once again grounded the city’s controversial drone-as-first-responder program, marking the fourth time in 2025 that city councilors have delayed approval of software needed to launch autonomous police drones that would respond to 911 calls. Councilor Chol Majok…
Edison High School’s Drone Program Is Taking Off
Edison High School in Richmond is giving students a head start in one of the fastest-growing technology fields. Its drone program, now in its second year, is helping juniors and seniors gain real-world flight skills and a path toward FAA…
Drone Dispute Turns Violent in Coweta County, GA
A Halloween night disagreement over a drone flight in Coweta County, Georgia, escalated into gunfire and an arrest, as Times Herald reports and according to the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to a home on Providence Church Road after…
Russia Spends $82 Million On 18,000 Combat Drones To Train Teenagers For War
Russia has purchased 18,000 drones for 500 schools at a cost of 8.38 billion rubles ($82 million USD) in 2024 as part of a program training teenagers to operate unmanned aerial vehicles for combat, according to Ukrainian intelligence reports. The…
North Carolina’s ‘Drone Audition’ Model Shows How Pentagon Plans To Accelerate Military Innovation Beyond Failed Replicator Program
Based on reporting by Dan Barkin for Business North Carolina A first-of-its-kind drone competition in rural North Carolina is quietly prototyping how America might finally close its innovation gap with Ukraine’s battlefield laboratories—by letting military commanders “audition” new systems at…
Get Your Ham, Save Your Bacon
In January 2024, I built a tiny FPV drone from spare parts I had lying around in a box. I wanted to add a small external Video Transmitter (VTX) that was a bit stronger than the stock unit. I managed…
American Drone Hobby Faces Accessibility Crisis as Bans, Regulations, and Market Forces Converge
The United States drone hobby is under severe pressure from multiple directions simultaneously, threatening to transform the most accessible entry point into aviation into an increasingly expensive and restricted pursuit. While Canadian and European enthusiasts enjoy flourishing drone communities with…
North Korean Hackers Target European Drone Makers in Sophisticated Espionage Campaign
North Korean state-sponsored hackers are actively targeting European defense contractors in a cyberespionage campaign designed to steal drone manufacturing secrets, security researchers revealed this week. The attacks, linked to the notorious Lazarus Group, focus specifically on companies developing unmanned aerial…