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Dutch drone pilot shot at twice while flying unmanned aircraft
A Dutch drone pilot was shot at on Friday while he was flying his unmanned aircraft. This is reported by the police. The drone was undamaged, but the man, who is from the city of Tholen in the Netherlands, was…
Drone Act of 2022 criminalizes dangerous use of drones
The Drone Act of 2022, a bipartisan bill pushed by four representatives, aims to criminalize the dangerous use of drones. Activities that are already illegal under current laws and regulations. Under the provisions of the Drone Act of 2022, people…
Drone pursuit: Sheriff’s department apprehends suspects after tracking them with a drone
Two suspects found themselves in custody after a drone pursuit. The duo was tracked down by an Autel EVO II Dual with a thermal camera in a Nevada park. Sheriff’s deputy and remote pilot, Nick Greenhut, used the drone, which…
It is unsafe and unlawful to fly drones near wildfires, say NC officials
According to regulators in North Carolina, it is both unsafe and unlawful to fly drones near wildfires. The public is being reminded by officials that using drones in the vicinity of wildfires is not only risky but also against the…
Fixed-wing storm drone costs a cool $1.2 million says Florida Power & Light
The newest tool in Florida Power & Light‘s storm-ready toolbox is a storm drone that has a wingspan that is slightly greater than that of a Cessna. This fixed-wing drone has the ability to fly for 1,000 miles at a…
Scientists let drone swarm fly through dense forest
A team of Chinese scientists has managed to fly a drone swarm of ten drones through a dense bamboo forest. To this end, each drone was equipped with stereo cameras and an onboard computer for processing data and communicating with…
Tourist crashes a drone into Palazzo Venezia in Rome in latest incident
A 39-year-old Argentinian tourist crashes a drone into the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy in the latest drone incident. Last week, the man lost control of an unmanned aircraft and crashed it into the roof of the 15th-century Italian monument.…
Hextronics Unveils Docking Station for DJI M300 RTK
The DJI M300 RTK is widely used for industrial and security applications, such as asset inspections and surveillance flights. However, the trend is to largely automate such flights and have them run from docking stations so that they can be…
Oakland police use DJI Mini 2 to rescue young chicks swept away into storm drain
In the city of Oakland, California, the Alameda Police Department used a DJI Mini 2 to find three chicks that had been swept away into a storm drain. The three young animals were quickly located with the help of the…
How to geolocate drone videos to document war crimes in Ukraine
This article explains how you can geolocate drone videos and even determine the approximate time and date the footage was shot using freely available online tools, such as Google Streetview, Google Earth and SunCalc. Over the past few weeks, we…
Man falls to his death at Hawk’s Nest in effort to retrieve crashed drone
On Tuesday, a drone pilot from Sullivan County, NY fell to his death at Hawk’s Nest, a scenic location outside Port Jervis, NY high above the Delaware River, in an effort to retrieve his crashed drone. Update 4/12/22: Removed referenced…
A police officer lost control of crashed drone, a DJI Matrice 210 according to AAIB report
A Dorset Police officer lost control of a crashed drone during a police operation over Poole, in the United Kingdom, in November 2020. According to a drone incident report that was released today, a police officer operating a drone lost…