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Insurance Drones in Massachusetts Are Secretly Inspecting Your Home
What if it's from your insurance company, secretly creating a file on you, and you didn't even know it? MoneyWise inspected this on an article.
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Drone Pilot Sentenced for Unauthorized Flights Over Cape Canaveral Space Force Base
A drone pilot has been sentenced for illegally flying over Cape Canaveral Space Force Base and capturing hundreds of unauthorized images and videos of sensitive U.S. military infrastructure. According to National Post, 71-year-old Xiao Guang Pan, a Chinese-born Canadian from Brampton, Ontario, pleaded guilty to federal charges earlier this year and received 12 months of…
ACSL
ACSL Debuts TAITEN Smart Controller, Elevates SAMO Thermal Payload, and Partners with Teledyne FLIR
ACSL, Japan’s top drone manufacturer, has announced the release of the TAITEN Smart Controller—an NDAA-compliant remote with a 7-inch integrated display—alongside major enhancements to its SAMO thermal payload and a new collaboration with Teledyne FLIR’s Thermal by FLIR® Program. The advances put ACSL’s secure, versatile drones in sharper focus for U.S. public safety teams, infrastructure…
NASA
Hypersonic Drone Carrier: China Revives NASA’s Oblique Wing for Drone Mothership Supremacy
China unveiled plans to leapfrog U.S. military tech by developing a hypersonic drone carrier—an unmanned aircraft mothership inspired by NASA
United States
NDAA-compliant FPV win: $1.6M Aura camera, HDO+ goggle order accelerates U.S. defense sourcing
Unusual Machines has secured a $1.6 million order for Fat Shark Aura FPV cameras and HDO+ goggles from a domestic defense drone manufacturer, with deliveries flowing through the U.S. defense supply chain to support NDAA-compliant programs, according to a press release. NDAA-compliant FPV stack positioned for defense use Unusual Machines says the Fat Shark Aura…
NASA
DJI Matrice 600 Drones Dig Deep for Mars and Earth
Imagine drones buzzing over a Martian crater, scooping up alien dirt like it’s auditioning for a sci-fi flick. That’s not just a dream
Department of Defense
Pentagon races to standardize drone batteries as 2026 strategy looms
Military drone adoption across air, sea, and land is surging—and the Pentagon is moving to lock down how it sources, standardizes, and buys batteries and the critical minerals behind them, with a new department-wide strategy targeted for signature by March and public release in early 2026, officials said, citing battlefield lessons and supply chain security…
Department of Defense
U.S. Navy’s Drone Boat Program Faces Crashes, Software Failures, and Leadership Shakeups
The U.S. Navy’s ambitious effort to build a fleet of autonomous drone boats capable of countering China in the Pacific is struggling with technical failures and internal turmoil, according to a detailed Reuters report. Recent tests have resulted in collisions, software malfunctions, and operational accidents, while the Navy’s acquisition program has been rocked by leadership…
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