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NATO’s Hedgehog exercise exposed a brutal truth: 10 Ukrainians with drones wiped out two battalions in a day
A new Wall Street Journal report by Jillian Kay Melchior details for the first time what actually happened when Ukrainian drone operators faced off against NATO conventional forces during last May’s Hedgehog 2025 exercise in Estonia. The results were, by…
Toledo PD Benefits from Ohio First Statewide DFR Pilot
Ohio just pushed the Drone as First Responder conversation to a new altitude. The state has selected nine public safety agencies, including the Toledo Police Department, to participate in what officials describe as the first statewide Drone First Responder pilot…
Santa Maria PD Eyes Drones for 90 Second Response
Santa Maria Police Department wants to shave precious seconds off emergency response times, and they are looking up to do it. The department is exploring a Drone as a First Responder program, also known as DFR, that could put a…
DJI Drones Find Missing Dogs Alive in Arctic Cold
When the temperature drops below zero and the wind starts biting like a pack of wolves, hope can feel very small. That is exactly where Ella and Bebe’s family found themselves. The two Boxers slipped out during a brutal Arctic…
Insta360 Luna Takes on DJI Pocket 4
Insta360 just walked onto the stage and introduced Luna, its first true pocket gimbal camera as our favorite news detective posted on his twitter account, and the entire room probably did a double take. Not because it is small. Not…
Portuguese Drone Unicorn Expands in Ukraine
Portuguese drone unicorn Tekever is deepening its footprint in Ukraine, betting on local engineers, local partnerships, and battlefield hardened AI systems to anchor its long term presence in the country’s defense tech ecosystem, as Kyiv Post reported. The move signals…
Savannah Police to Spend $54K on BRINC Drones
Seven years after first deploying drones, the Savannah Police Department is moving to modernize its aerial fleet, replacing three aging UAVs with new models that cost roughly $54,000 each, as Savannah Now reports. The twist is that the department is…
SkyPixel’s 11th Contest Raises the Bar Again
For the 11th year in a row, SkyPixel has opened the gates to what is essentially the Olympics of drone storytelling. Except instead of javelins and gymnastics, competitors are throwing pixels and bending gravity. The 11th Annual SkyPixel Photo and…
Tennessee asks for $1.7M in drone detection tech as prison contraband airdrops keep coming
Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada told state lawmakers on Tuesday that drone-delivered contraband is no longer an occasional annoyance. It is one of the most significant security threats his facilities face. His department is requesting $1.7 million in…
EU Commission’s New Drone Action Plan Hides a Bombshell: 100-Gram Registration Threshold Coming to Europe
The European Commission published a sweeping new action plan on Wednesday aimed at fixing Europe’s embarrassing inability to detect and stop hostile drones. The headline is about counter-drone detection. The real story is buried in the details: Brussels wants to…
Austintown FD Joins Ohio Drone Pilot Program
Ohio is quietly building something that could reshape emergency response across the state, and Austintown Fire Department is right in the middle of it. Under Ohio House Bill 96, the state has launched the Drones for First Responders pilot program,…
ULM Installs SkySafe Drone Detection System
The University of Louisiana Monroe just made a quiet but strategic move in the drone chess match playing out above American campuses. ULM has partnered with SkySafe, a company known for drone detection and airspace intelligence, installing a cloud based…
10 Tips Every New Drone Pilot Needs Before That First Flight
Crashes happen fast. But they’re avoidable. If you just unboxed a brand new drone and your hands are sweaty thinking about that first takeoff, I get it. A few simple steps can keep your drone safe, keep you compliant with…
FAA shut down El Paso airspace for 10 days over Pentagon laser test gone wrong
The FAA grounded every flight in and out of El Paso International Airport late Tuesday night, classifying the airspace as “National Defense Airspace” with deadly force authorization. The restriction was set to last 10 days. It lasted about eight hours.…
Unknown Drone Crashes Into Key Polish Helicopter Base
Poland just had two unexpected visitors drop out of the sky, and neither knocked before landing. In early February, an unidentified drone fell onto the grounds of the 1st Air Cavalry Battalion in Leźnica Wielka, central Poland. This is not…
LAPD Expands Drone Program With $2.1M Boost
The Los Angeles Police Department is preparing to significantly expand its Drone as First Responder program after receiving approval for a $2.1 million donation from the Los Angeles Police Foundation, according to CBS News. The Los Angeles Board of Police…
Russia’s “cyborg pigeon drones” are real enough to worry about, even if the hype isn’t fully proven
If this sounds like a meme from the darker corner of the internet, welcome to 2026. A Moscow-based neurotech company called Neiry is claiming it can produce “cyborg pigeon drones” by implanting electrodes in their brains, mounting a small control…
Army Launches Drone and Robotics Leader Course at Fort Benning
The U.S. Army has quietly opened a new front in its modernization push, not on a distant battlefield, but inside a classroom at Fort Benning, Georgia. This week marked the debut of the Robotic Autonomous Systems Leader Tactics course, known…
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