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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 the offer on X Monday, telling agencies to book a demo before June 30 to…
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week. The FAA has issued several large fines for drone pilots, Paladin Drones launches a new NDAA-compliant drone, a new GAO report flags major safety gaps for BVLOS integration, and an Amazon delivery drone has crashed in Texas yet again. Let’s…
Paladin Drones, the Houston-based Drone as First Responder company that built much of its business on modified DJI hardware, just revealed the Knighthawk 2.0 at the World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The new drone is NDAA-compliant, built in partnership with Portuguese NATO-certified manufacturer Beyond Vision, and clearly designed to open doors that DJI-based…
Autonomous drones are no longer a future promise for law enforcement. In Grand Chute, Wisconsin, police are already letting software and sensors arrive before squad cars. Since April 2025, the Grand Chute Police Department has been running a pilot drone as a first responder program, collecting real world data on how autonomous aircraft can support…
We’ve been tracking Paladin Drones’ rapid expansion across police and fire departments for over a year, but court documents filed in late October allege explosive internal turmoil at the Y Combinator-backed emergency response drone company, including accusations of corporate sabotage, an attempted leadership coup, and shouting matches between executives. According to Law360, Houston-based Paladin
The city of Dublin, Ohio is setting a new benchmark for emergency response with the deployment of four autonomous drones capable of reaching incidents within 90 seconds. According to The Columbus Dispatch, the Drone First Responders program will be the largest of its kind in central Ohio when it takes flight this spring, representing a…
Skydio, America’s leading drone manufacturer, released an essential software update for its X10 drone series to address a rare power-related issue
Paladin Drones has completed a three-day training and deployment program with the Gainesville Police Department, establishing new automated drone capabilities for public safety operations. The implementation, led by UAV specialist Gregory Green, focused on system installation, testing, and hands-on flight training as part of the company’s expanding presence in the public safety sector. Gainesville
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