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The High Cost of Security: Why the "Pain" of a DJI Ban Means Lives Lost, Not Just Lost Profits - Drones Favored by Utah Search and Rescue Crews: Enhancing Efficiency in Wilderness Operations
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DRONERESPONDERS SAR Working Group Hosts May 19 Virtual Meetup on Drone Pilot Training

DRONERESPONDERS and the Mountain Rescue Association (MRA) have scheduled their next Search and Rescue (SAR) Working Group virtual roundtable for May 19, 2026. The session focuses on training — specifically how to become a more efficient small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) SAR pilot — and is open to anyone who works in or cares about…

Rutgers aerospace engineer Onur Bilgen at Boeing's Engineering Student of the Year competition in 2010.
NASA

Rutgers Built a Drone That Flies Like a Bird and Has No Moving Parts

Engineers at Rutgers University have designed a solid-state ornithopter, a bird-like flying robot with no motors, no gears, and no mechanical linkages of any kind, and proven in simulation that it can fly. The catch is honest and refreshingly so: the materials needed to build it in the physical world don’t exist yet. The research…

BRINC LEMUR 2 tactical drone with ducted rotors and a sensor head on white.
Drone as First Responder

K-State Salina Hosts First Responder Drone Summit in April

Kansas State University Salina is bringing together law enforcement, fire departments, and emergency management agencies for a full day of drone education and hands-on demonstrations on April 22, connecting public safety professionals with UAS experts, FAA representatives, and the vendors building the hardware they’re already flying in the field, as reported by The Salina Post.…

Lakewood PD's Skydio X10 Drone Films Three Drug Deals Live
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Lakewood PD’s Skydio X10 Drone Films Three Drug Deals Live

A Lakewood Police Department drone operation on Colfax Avenue resulted in five arrests last Saturday after agents used a Skydio X10 to watch three separate hand-to-hand drug transactions in real time before moving in on the suspects. The operation was straightforward in the best possible way. Agents patrolling the intersection of Colfax and Teller observed…

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface
Police

New Jersey College Adds Counter-Drone Training to Its Curriculum

Warren County Community College has been quietly building one of the best drone training programs in America from a campus in Washington, New Jersey that most people in the industry couldn’t find on a map. Now it’s adding something no other higher education institution in the country currently offers at scale: a formal counter-drone security…

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