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Drone Operator Faces Charges After Super Scooper Collision

Drone Operator Faces Charges After Super Scooper Collision

A 56-year-old Culver City resident has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges after his drone struck and damaged a firefighting aircraft during the recent Palisades Fire. The incident resulted in temporary grounding of critical firefighting operations and substantial damage…

Spexi Secures $11.5M To Scale Global Drone Imagery Network

Spexi Secures $11.5M to Scale Global Drone Imagery Network

Drone imagery startup Spexi has raised $11.5 million in Series A funding to expand its network of pilots capturing ultra-high-resolution aerial data. Led by Blockchange Ventures, the funding validates Spexi’s innovative approach to building a standardized global imagery database that…