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Trump Family’s Drone Portfolio Reaches $750 Million as Pentagon Scales Up Procurement
Bloomberg has put a dollar figure on what we’ve been tracking for months: the Trump family’s drone investment portfolio, held through a Texas-based firm called American Ventures, is worth nearly $750 million across three Florida-based companies, all of which are…
The Sky is Watching: ICE’s Skydio Drones and the “Metro Surge” Fear in Minneapolis
There is a version of this story that is just about drones in the sky over Minnesota. The actual version is about what those drones mean to the people looking up at them. Minnesota Public Radio reports that drone sightings…
DJI Avata 360 Launch Date and 8K Resolution Confirmed, SkyeBrowse Update, and $5,000 Reward for Stolen Military Drones
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. First off, DJI officially announces the Avata 360 launch date and the 8K resolution. We have another SkyeBrowse update. And then finally, a $5,000 reward…
FAA’s ICE NOTAM Gets Teeth: Change 13 Is the Enforcement Escalation Drone Pilots Should Fear
We covered FAA NOTAM FDC 6/4375 on January 23. We covered it again on February 2 and February 3. So when Vic Moss of the Drone Service Providers Alliance published his breakdown on March 11, the fair question is: what’s…
FAA 2025 Enforcement Report: Drone Pilots Fined Up to $36,770, Certificates Suspended and Revoked
Drone pilots are losing their certificates and being fined up to $36,770. And one pilot just had their certificate permanently revoked. We know this because the FAA just released its 2025 enforcement report. They fined 18 operations, suspended or revoked…
Dropped via Drone: Why Your Insurer is Scanning Your Roof Without Notice
Linda Bennett lived in her Santa Ana home for decades without a single insurance problem. No leaks. No water damage. No complaints. Then a letter arrived from State Farm telling her to replace her roof or lose her coverage. Nobody…
Sammy Hacked 7,000 ROMO Vacuums. DJI Paid Him.
A man tried to control his DJI robot vacuum with a PlayStation 5 controller. Accidentally discovered 7,000 other people’s robot vacuums wide open to the internet. Now DJI is paying him $30,000. This story has everything. A PS5 controller. A…
The State of Ag Drones in the U.S. is Dying Quickly
If you or someone you know works in agriculture, there’s a possibility they have seen a large “Ag drone” being used on a nearby farm as a replacement for traditional crop-spraying planes. The entire drone industry has been running on…
DJI Avata 360 Is Likely the Last New DJI Drone You Can Buy in the US. Here Is Why.
I have covered every twist in the DJI regulatory saga for years. The Section 1709 deadline. The FCC Covered List vote. The shell company investigations. The lawsuit. Through all of it, one question keeps landing in my inbox from American…
Skydio R10 Heads to the DEA. And the Drone World Has Opinions.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is buying Skydio R10 indoor drones. The aircraft is genuinely impressive. The procurement process is a different story. The Drone That Goes Where Officers Cannot The Skydio R10 is the first American-made drone purpose-built for indoor…
Trump Sons Back Powerus Drone Roll-Up — But the Math Behind 10,000 Drones a Month Doesn’t Add Up
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are backing Powerus, a West Palm Beach drone roll-up formed just last year, through a reverse merger that will take the company public on Nasdaq under the ticker “PUSA,” expected to close in summer…
Ukraine’s Armed Ground Robots Are Already Fighting — and the K2 Brigade Now Has the World’s First UGV Battalion
The kill zone on Ukraine’s eastern front has pushed out to roughly 15 kilometers from the line of contact. At that distance, sending infantry forward isn’t a tactical decision anymore — it’s a casualty guarantee. Ukraine’s answer, confirmed this week…