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AAMG Eyes 50 Lodd Cargo Drones for Europe and the Gulf
A European air mobility group just signed a framework deal for up to 50 hybrid cargo aircraft that can carry 551 lbs across 435 miles without a pilot. This really big cargo drone is called the Hili. It completed its…
The U.S. Army Wants 340,000 Drones. Fort Irwin Got Four.
The Pentagon has a plan to achieve drone dominance. The Mojave Desert just showed how far reality lags behind the ambition. The Gap Between Vision and the Desert Floor The Drone Dominance Program is one of the most aggressive military…
Paris Gets Disney’s Most Ambitious Drone Show Yet
Disney is about to put drones on water. Actual floating, swimming, flying drones. And they debut at Disneyland Paris on March 29. This is not your average light show, as Forbes reports. Why Paris While Orlando Waits Disney has twelve…
US Commerce Department Streamlines Drone Export Controls: A Strategic Push Toward Allied Supply Chains
The policy change is narrow on paper. The implications are not. On January 21, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule that removes licensing requirements for certain commercial UAVs exported to most…
Pentagon Shoots Down Its Own $30M CBP Drone at the Texas Border and Still Has No Fix for the Coordination Failure That Caused It
A U.S. military high-energy laser destroyed a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) surveillance drone near Fort Hancock, Texas on Thursday, February 26. The reason: CBP never told the Pentagon it was flying one. The military saw an unidentified aircraft…
US Military Shoots Down CBP’s Own Drone Near Texas Border, Democrats Demand Independent Investigation
The Pentagon fired a high-energy laser at a drone near Fort Hancock, Texas on Thursday — and destroyed it. The problem: it was a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone. CBP had not told the military it was flying…
Ohio Launches Statewide Drone First Responder Pilot
Ohio is not dipping a toe into Drone as First Responder. It is building a runway. The Ohio Department of Transportation, through DriveOhio, has selected nine public safety agencies for the Ohio Statewide Drone First Responder Pilot Program, a coordinated…
DJI Sues the FCC: What It Really Means for the US Drone Market and Your Future Flights
And so the battle begins. DJI just sued the FCC. And while that sounds dramatic and exciting, let’s slow down and come back to reality for just a minute. There’s a lot of noise around this lawsuit right now. My…
Amazon Prime Air hosts community meet-and-greet in Tinley Park ahead of Chicago suburbs drone delivery launch
Amazon is bringing its Prime Air drone delivery service to Chicago’s south suburbs this summer, and the company wants to introduce itself to the neighbors first. As Patch reports, a free community meet-and-greet is scheduled for Monday, March 2 at…
Orlando approves $6.83M Skydio drone program after trial drone beat officers to the scene one-third of the time
The Orlando City Council voted Monday to approve a $6.83 million Drone as First Responder program built on Axon’s Skydio platform. The decision comes after a seven-week pilot at OPD headquarters produced a striking result: a single drone arrived before…
DJI Osmo Action 6 Long-Term Review: My Top 8 Favorite Features and Upgrades
Good day, folks. Shawn here from Air Photography. The DJI Osmo Action 6 has been out for about three months now, and I like to do follow-up videos going over my user experience once I’ve had more time to use…
DJI hired Biden’s former Solicitor General and a former FCC enforcement chief to fight the drone ban
Everyone covered the lawsuit. Almost nobody reported on what the filing actually says. The actual court document DJI submitted to the Ninth Circuit on February 20 reveals something far more interesting than the company’s legal arguments: it reveals who DJI…