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Rochester Police Gets $8M For Surveillance Drones And Cameras To Monitor Protests—Part Of Hochul’s $127M Statewide Push
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is investing $127 million in law enforcement surveillance technology across the state, with Monroe County receiving $24 million—the largest share of any county. Rochester Police Department plans to use $8 million of its allocation to…
Hong Kong Railway Operator Cuts Tunnel Inspection Time By Two-Thirds With Automated Drones
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation is testing automated drones to inspect railway tunnels, slashing inspection times from 30 minutes to less than 10 minutes per kilometer. The trial, conducted in the tunnel between Admiralty and Exhibition Centre stations on the East…
Firefighting Drone Startup Seneca Secures Record $60M to Deploy Autonomous Suppression System
California-based startup Seneca has emerged from stealth mode with $60 million in funding to deploy AI-powered autonomous firefighting drones capable of suppressing wildfires within minutes of detection. The round, believed to be the largest early-stage investment in wildfire defense technology,…
Luke Maximo Bell unveils “World’s Fastest Drone V3”. A Comeback Story!
Almost one year ago today, I showed my Drone Technology students a video of a young man and his dad working together to break a world record for the fastest ground speed by an FPV drone. Their drone, Peregreen 2,…
Florida Senator Pushes Emergency DJI Ban, New Drone Payload Restrains Suspects, and Georgia Prison Smuggling Arrests
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. In my latest video, we have three stories for you this week. A Florida senator is pushing for an emergency retroactive ban on certain DJI and Autel drones. Not good. And then we…
Merrimac Police Drone Locates Missing 8-Year-Old in Massachusetts Woods Within an Hour
An 8-year-old boy who walked away from his home in Merrimac, Massachusetts, was safely located within 72 minutes Thursday morning thanks to the department’s Drone Unit. Officer William David operated the drone that spotted the child in a wooded area…
Chula Vista Ordered to Pay $500K in Legal Fees After Losing Landmark Police Drone Transparency Case
A San Diego judge has ordered the City of Chula Vista to pay over $500,000 in legal fees after losing a groundbreaking four-year legal battle over public access to police drone videos, delivering a costly lesson in transparency that could…
DroneShield CEO Sold Out Before 500% Stock Surge as Counter-Drone Market Explodes
DroneShield CEO Oleg Vornik sold his entire stake in the Australian defense company just before it became a meme stock sensation and surged over 500% in 2025. Now he’s racing to prove the company’s legitimacy as governments worldwide pour billions…
London Police Launch Drone-as-First-Responder Program with 2-Minute Response Times
London’s Metropolitan Police have begun deploying remotely-operated drones to emergency calls, with the unmanned aircraft reaching crime scenes within two minutes to stream live footage to responding officers. The trial program, known as “Drone as First Responder,” launched in the…
Florida Senator Forces Emergency DJI Ban Vote, DroneXL Opposes Retroactive Punishment
Florida Senator Rick Scott is pushing FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to weaponize next week’s regulatory vote against Chinese drone manufacturers, demanding the agency retroactively revoke all DJI and Autel Robotics equipment authorizations issued since December 23rd, 2024. In a letter…
Wrap Technologies Launches First Drone System That Can Physically Restrain Suspects
Wrap Technologies has unveiled what it claims is the first commercially available non-lethal drone interdiction system in the United States. The DFR-X payload system, branded as the MERLIN-Interdictor, mounts the company’s BolaWrap tether technology onto drones—transforming passive observation platforms into…
California Police Department Withdraws Drone Research Proposal After Community Backlash
The Eureka Police Department pulled a proposal Monday that would have allowed the agency to begin researching a drone program, following organized opposition from privacy activists who mobilized community members ahead of Tuesday’s city council meeting. The withdrawal highlights how…