Police, fire, and search-and-rescue teams putting drones to work when minutes matter.
A midnight drone drop at Marcy Correctional Facility involving knives and drugs has sparked a push for Governor Hochul’s anti-drone law. Explore the incident, the escalating threat to NY prisons, and why detection technology is the new frontline in correctional security.
A teenager called his dad from a cliff saying he was sliding and was going to fall. His father, a retired firefighter and paramedic, drove 90 minutes and stayed on the phone the whole way. A Coast Guard helicopter and a DJI drone brought his son home, as Beach Connection reported. “Dad, I’m Sliding on…
Six hundred students. A fake bioterrorism attack. A simulated explosion. And drones flying overhead until midnight for ten straight days. This is how America trains its next generation of emergency responders. A City Built to Burn, Flood, and Collapse Disaster City is not a metaphor. It is a real 52-acre facility in College Station, Texas,…
Chief Mark Morello pitched a $50,000 drone program to the Board of Finance this week, and the most interesting part isn’t the money. It’s the vision. Bristol, Connecticut wants a rooftop-launched autonomous drone that beats cops to the scene of a 911 call. That’s not a gadget request. That’s a fundamental shift in how a…
A drone flew from the Rotunda to Connolly Hospital in Dublin today. No blood was on board. The point was to show what happens when it is. Two Minutes Instead of Thirty The Rotunda Hospital is one of the busiest maternity hospitals in Europe. Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown serves a rapidly growing population in Dublin’s…
The FAA's 2025 enforcement report details fines up to $36,770 against 18 drone operations and certificate actions against eight pilots — including one emergency revocation near Mar-a-Lago. Here's every case broken down.
Two juveniles tried to break into cars, allegedly pointed a gun at a security camera, then ran into a wooded creek bed at midnight thinking the dark would cover them. The drone disagreed. What Went Down on Saturday Night Just before midnight on Saturday, a resident near Airport Road and Highway 24 in Colorado Springs…
Nobody handed the OTUS Project a research budget and a lab. Three friends on a midnight phone call in February 2024 decided to build drones from scratch and fly them into one of the most violent forces on Earth. Less than three months later, Louis Tucker flew the first drone inside a tornado. History made.…
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