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Missouri · Drone Delivery

Wing Claims Largest US Drone Network As Amazon Promises 500 Cities

Wing says it flies thousands of Walmart drone deliveries a day. Walmart's own quarter backs the rate. Amazon's 500-city map is the counterclaim.

Haye KestelooSep 44 min read

Police

O'Fallon Police Flock Drone Ends Manhunt In 15 Minutes

O'Fallon, Missouri police used a Flock DFR drone to track a fleeing suspect into a storm sewer and guide officers to the exit — search, track, and arrest in under 15 minutes. The two-month-old program has already assisted in 12 felony arrests.

Rafael SuárezAug 6

White House

FBI’s Chris Raia Says Battlefield Drones Will Reach America, But The Hardware He Fears Isn’t What Washington Banned

FBI Deputy Director Chris Raia told Fox News Digital it is “only a matter of time” before the kind of drone attacks seen on battlefields in Ukraine and the Middle East reach the United States, and he framed a lone attacker flying a cheap, cellular-controlled aircraft as a threat that worries him more than a…

Haye KestelooJun 26

White House

DOJ Charges Five Men In White House UFC Drone Plot, And The Complaints Show A Plan Long On Intent, Short On Drones

DOJ charges five men over a drone-and-sniper plot at the White House UFC Freedom 250 event. Court filings show real guns but barely-built drones.

Haye KestelooJun 16

United States

Missouri Drone Corridor Aims to Save Transplant Time

A small startup in Rolla, Missouri is building what may be the nation’s first rural health care drone corridor, and the clock it’s racing isn’t measured in minutes. It’s measured in whether an organ donor’s tissue reaches a matching recipient in time to save a life, as FOX News reported. The Problem No One Talks…

Rafael SuárezMay 6

Brinc

St. Charles County Clears Path for BRINC Drone Program

St. Charles County, Missouri just passed the ordinance it needed to get drones over emergency calls. The county council approved a measure allowing the St. Charles County Police Department to establish memorandums of understanding with schools, municipal facilities, and other local partners willing to host drone docking stations, as reported by Spectrum Local News. The…

Rafael SuárezMay 5

Police

H.R. 7525: Rep. Burlison’s Counter Drone Bill Pushes to Give Local Police Permanent C-UAS Powers

Representative Eric Burlison (R-MO) has introduced H.R. 7525, the Counter Drone State and Local Defender Act, a bill that would permanently authorize state, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies to operate counter-UAS (C-UAS) systems against unauthorized drone operations. The bill was received in Congress on February 12, 2026, and currently has no cosponsors. H.R.…

Haye KestelooMar 4

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Police

FEMA’s $500M Counter-Drone Program Launches With World Cup Funding

I’ve been tracking the expansion of police counter-drone capabilities for months, and what just happened is bigger than the headlines suggest. Missouri received $14.24 million in federal funding for World Cup drone security, but that’s not the real story. The real story is that FEMA just deployed the first phase of a $500 million program…

Haye KestelooJan 2

Missouri

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