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Greece Scales Its Wildfire Drone Grid To 100+ Bases For 2026, A Year After Doubling Its Fleet
Forest Service

Greece Scales Its Wildfire Drone Grid To 100+ Bases For 2026, A Year After Doubling Its Fleet

Greece will run more than 100 drone surveillance bases and three mobile command centers carrying thermal cameras across the country during the 2026 wildfire season, its largest drone deployment yet for fire detection. Government officials laid out the plan as part of a wider civil-protection strategy presented at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos…

Drone Smuggling Ring Hit 10 Prisons, DOJ Charges
FAA

Drone Smuggling Ring Hit 10 Prisons, DOJ Charges

A federal grand jury in Georgia indicted twelve people for running drones over the walls of ten federal prisons in eight states, dropping drugs, cell phones, and saw blades at least 38 times. Prosecutors call it the largest federal case to date built around coordinated drone smuggling into prisons. The 17-count indictment, unsealed June 24…

Walmart and Wing Plan Drone Deliveries in Maricopa
Walmart

Walmart and Wing Plan Drone Deliveries in Maricopa

Walmart is moving drone delivery into seven new markets, and Maricopa, Arizona is confirmed on the list. The company announced the expansion in early June 2026, naming Wing as its delivery partner for the greater Phoenix area push. No launch date exists yet. The whole project sits in the pre-application phase right now, working through…

DJI Mini 4K Fly More Combo Drops to $255 on Amazon—Down From $389
Amazon

DJI Mini 4K Fly More Combo Drops to $255 on Amazon—Down From $389

I grabbed the Mini 4K Fly More Combo last month to see if it deserved the beginner hype, and I flew it for two weeks straight. What surprised me was not the camera quality or the gimbal stabilization, but how much less friction there is when you are actually ready to fly instead of still…

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface
Bell

Texas DPS Seizes Eight Drones at Houston World Cup TFR

The Texas Department of Public Safety has seized eight drones flown inside the Federal Aviation Administration’s Temporary Flight Restriction zone around Houston 2026 FIFA World Cup venues since the tournament opened. One operator now faces felony charges, per KHOU, after DPS Air Ops tracked the aircraft to roughly 900 feet (274 m) over a restricted area. It is the first major US sporting event…

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