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Police Drone Programs Hit 6,000 Nationwide As Legal Challenges Mount
I’ve been tracking police drone expansion all year, and the Wall Street Journal just confirmed what we’ve been reporting: this technology is spreading faster than anyone anticipated. But buried in their coverage is a detail most outlets are missing. The…
Police Drone Finds Missing Hiker in Ohio Night Search
A late night search in southern Ohio ended safely thanks to a police drone and a program that has been in place longer than many people realize. As the Scioto Post reports, on December 28, just before 11 p.m., Chillicothe…
Caltech’s X1 Robotic Duo Has a “Hybrid Drone” That Can Crawl, Drive, and Fly
Caltech has teamed up with the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) to create a robotic symbiosis between a Unitree G1 humanoid robot, and their own hybrid drone prototype – the Morphobot M4. This autonomous duo is able to carry out safety-sensitive…
DJI Drone Delivers Phone and Blanket in Phoenix Mountain Rescue
When a hiker found himself injured and stuck overnight on Camelback Mountain near Phoenix, help arrived from above, but not in the way most people expect. Instead of a dramatic night hoist, the Phoenix Fire Department sent a DJI drone…
Drone Finds Missing Man After 29 Hours in Freezing Cold
A routine afternoon walk in LaGrange, Kentucky turned into a 29 hour fight for survival, and a drone roughly the size of a pizza box ended up being the difference between a recovery and a rescue. On December 20, Oldham…
FCC Bans All Foreign Drones: Here’s What They Aren’t Telling You
The day we’ve all been dreading is finally here, but it came with a pretty big unexpected surprise that I don’t think anybody was expecting. Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, recently announced that the FCC has added…
Lost Dog Found by Drone After 9 Days in New Jersey
A frozen marsh, a missing dog, and a ticking snowstorm clock sound like the start of a bad winter story, but in New Jersey it ended with a quiet win for drones, thermal cameras, and one very relieved family. NBC…
DJI Ban: Why Everyone Owes Drone Pilots Honest Answers
This week, DJI’s Head of Global Policy Adam Welsh sat down with YouTuber Faruk from iPhonedo for what was billed as a deep dive into the looming December 23 DJI ban. I watched the interview hoping for hard questions. What…
Border Patrol Bets on Tiny Drones for Big Sky Surveillance
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is going small, very small, when it comes to drones. Instead of relying only on large, expensive aircraft, CBP is now deploying palm sized and backpack friendly drones to watch massive stretches of border terrain.…
Drone Pilot Uses Thermal Tech to Find Lost Wisconsin Pets
Losing a pet rarely feels dramatic at first. A gate left open. A collar that slips. Then minutes turn into hours, hours into a quiet panic. In Wisconsin, one drone pilot decided that waiting was not an option, as KIMT3…
DJI Drones Save American Lives: Here’s The Proof Politicians Are Ignoring Before December 23
We have been reporting on the DJI ban for over a year, but today we are publishing something different: a comprehensive, documented record of American lives saved by the very drones that will be banned in nine days. DroneXL reader…
Drone Industry Faces Same Private Equity Trap Now Squeezing Volunteer Fire Departments
We have been reporting on how private equity and venture capital are reshaping the drone industry for years. Today, The New York Times published an investigation that exposes the identical playbook being used against volunteer fire departments, and the parallels…