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South Carolina · Search & Rescue

Carolina Rescue Team Flies New DJI M4T, Calls the Ban Overreach

Charleston's all-volunteer Carolina Emergency Response Team trained on a new DJI Matrice 4T and called the DJI ban overreach nobody has time for.

Haye KestelooOct 195 min read

Counter-Drone

29 Governors Ask DOJ for a Prison Drone Course Its Rule Already Offers

29 governors want more FBI counter-drone seats, a prison course and Guard training. The federal rule already offers the prison course and allows new sites.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Amazon

Amazon Tells North Myrtle Beach: Ask the FAA. FAA: Ask Amazon and City

Amazon told North Myrtle Beach the FAA decides overflights and its drones stay under 68 decibels. The FAA says ask Amazon and the city. Its table says 82.

Haye KestelooOct 8

Amazon

North Myrtle Beach Amazon Drone Vote: Staff Ask Oct. 20, Forum Oct. 7

Staff want Amazon's North Myrtle Beach drone pad put off to Oct. 20 and say a workshop is set for Oct. 7. The plans, the state law and the levers left.

Haye KestelooOct 2

DJI

Drones Aid 3,000-Acre Search for Missing 4-Year-Old

Javeayah Harris, a 4-year-old girl, has been missing from Aiken County, South Carolina since the night of June 30, and the search for her now covers more than 3,000 acres. She was last seen around 8:15 p.m. near Hillsboro Street and Ridgecrest Road, wearing Minnie Mouse pajamas with pink beads in her braided hair. Drones…

Rafael SuárezJul 3

Drone Light Show

Charleston Drone Show Honors Battle of Sullivan’s Island

Hundreds of drones lifted off above Charleston Harbor on Saturday night, retelling the Battle of Sullivan’s Island in light formations above the U.S. Custom House as part of the Revolutionary Skies celebration. The show capped a Carolina Day program organized by SC250 Charleston, the city’s coordinating body for South Carolina’s 250th anniversary commemorations, and ran…

Rafael SuárezJun 29

University of Alabama Bans Drones Over Bryant-Denny Stadium on Game Days

Skydio

Motorola Solutions Buys D-Fend For $1.5 Billion, Turning Counter-Drone Takeover Tech Into A Public Safety Product

Motorola Solutions buys counter-drone firm D-Fend for $1.5B, adding RF drone-takeover tech as the Safer Skies Act opens the US market to police.

Haye KestelooJun 1

DJI

South Carolina Moves to Criminalize Prison Drone Drops

South Carolina lawmakers are closing a gap that’s been frustrating law enforcement for years. A bill dubbed the South Carolina Drone Regulation and Public Safety Act cleared a Senate committee unanimously this week, following a unanimous House vote last month, as the South Carolina Daily Gazette reported. If it becomes law, the state will finally…

Rafael SuárezMay 12

South Carolina

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