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Navy Tests Drone Kill Chain Against Caribbean Narco Boats
The U.S. Navy just ran a live exercise off Key West testing whether drones and AI can find, track, and engage suspected drug trafficking vessels in real time, as reported by the US Naval Institute. The exercise wasn’t a concept…
The DJI Flip Is Ugly. Buy It Anyway.
Let’s get one thing out of the way immediately: the DJI Flip is not a pretty drone. It looks like someone strapped a camera to a tiny bicycle and called it a day. I’ve stared at it from multiple angles…
South Carolina Moves to Criminalize Prison Drone Drops
South Carolina lawmakers are closing a gap that’s been frustrating law enforcement for years. A bill dubbed the South Carolina Drone Regulation and Public Safety Act cleared a Senate committee unanimously this week, following a unanimous House vote last month,…
Paladin Drones Floats $8,000 30-Day DFR Trial As Flock Hands Out Free Pilots
Paladin Drones is offering public safety agencies a 30-day pilot of its Drone as First Responder system for $8,000, with the entry fee credited back against a full contract for up to three consecutive 30-day periods. The Houston company announced…
Ukraine Fiber Optic Spool Prices Jump More Than Eightfold As AI Data Center Demand Squeezes Drone Supply
A Ukrainian drone operator says his unit is now paying more than eight times what it used to for the fiber optic spools that feed their jam-proof FPV drones. Dimko Zhluktenko, co-founder of the Dzyga’s Paw charity fund and now…
DJI Air 4 Caught In Chinese Flight-Filing App, The First Registry-Level Sighting
The DJI Air 4 has surfaced inside a Chinese drone flight-reporting app, sitting in a dropdown menu of selectable aircraft alongside the already-shipping Insta360 Antigravity A1. The screenshot, posted Monday by drone leaker Igor Bogdanov on X with the caption…
FCC Extends Foreign Drone Firmware Waiver To January 2029, Concedes Cutting Off Patches Would Be Worse Than The Ban
The Federal Communications Commission‘s Office of Engineering and Technology released Public Notice DA 26-454 on Friday, May 8, 2026, extending its waiver for software and firmware updates to previously authorized foreign-made drones, UAS critical components, and consumer routers until at…
Rheinmetall And Deutsche Telekom Unveil German Drone Shield Built On Cellular Detection
Germany’s largest defense contractor and its biggest mobile carrier announced a joint drone defense shield on Monday, combining Rheinmetall’s air defense hardware with Deutsche Telekom’s cellular network and radio frequency sensors to protect cities and critical infrastructure. The companies will…
DJI Brings Osmo Pocket 4P To Cannes On May 14, Mid-Film Festival
DJI has set the date and venue for the Osmo Pocket 4P reveal. The company posted matching teasers Monday from its global and Japan X accounts confirming a Cannes, France event on May 14, 2026 at 17:00 CEST. That date…
Pocket Camera War: Five New Cameras Hit at Once
The portable camera market apparently decided to have a group chat moment. In the span of a few weeks, five new pocket and compact cameras either launched, teased, or leaked their way into the conversation. If you create content alongside…
Vancouver Police Deploy DJI Matrice Fleet for FIFA World Cup 2026 Security
Vancouver Police Department officials confirmed they will use a robust drone program featuring DJI Matrice 400, Matrice 300, Matrice 30, and Matrice 4 series platforms to monitor crowd movements and support public safety operations during the FIFA World Cup 2026…
DroneShield and Terma Partner on Integrated Counter-UAS Solutions
DroneShield and Terma have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on layered counter-unmanned aerial systems technologies, as EDR Magazine reported. The partnership combines DroneShield’s AI-powered detection and electronic warfare capabilities with Terma’s advanced command-and-control software to deliver more effective…
U.S. Marines Get Three Weeks On FPV Drones As Pentagon Volume Gap With China And Russia Widens
The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune has spent three weeks training pilots on first-person-view attack drones, with deployment imminent and adversaries already capable of producing millions of similar systems each year. The New York Times…
FBI Charges Former Michigan Scholar With Hiding His Chinese Military Drone Company From U.S. Customs
The FBI has charged Chuan Wang, a former University of Michigan visiting scholar, with lying to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers about his work as co-founder and chief technology officer of a Chinese company that builds drones for the…
Laredo Police Use RAVEN Drones to Locate Vehicle Burglary Suspect
Laredo Police Department officers arrested a 34-year-old man after he burglarized two vehicles early on May 6, with the RAVEN program drones playing a key role in locating him while he hid in nearby brush, as reported by LMT Online.…
Helsing Aims for $18 Billion Valuation in $1.2 Billion Dragoneer-Led Round
Helsing is in advanced talks to raise $1.2 billion at a valuation of about $18 billion, according to the Financial Times. The round would push the Munich-based defense AI company past most of Europe’s other private tech firms and cement…
Northrop Flies DARPA Hybrid-Electric XRQ-73 SHEPARD UAS
Northrop Grumman has successfully flown the XRQ-73 SHEPARD, a hybrid-electric flying-wing UAS developed for DARPA’s Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration program. The milestone flight took place in April 2026 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, after previous delays, as…
Waiv Robotics Unveils Autonomous VTOL Landing System for Ships
Waiv Robotics, a London-based maritime tech startup, has unveiled a gyro-stabilized platform that enables fully autonomous takeoff and landing of VTOL drones on moving vessels at sea, as reported by The Robot Report. The system works with existing drones without…
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