News
The News category delivers timely updates on drone technology, legislation, and industry developments affecting the US, EU, and Australian markets. Coverage includes regulatory changes, technological advances, and key events shaping the global drone ecosystem.
How UC Santa Cruz Is Using Drones To Help Communities Read Air Quality Before It’s Too Late
Javier Gonzalez-Rocha, UCSC professor Photo with UC Santa Cruz Students Observing Their Air Quality Sensing Drone | Photo Credits: UCSC Amazon Drone Deals: DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo with DJI RC2 now for $1,099! If…
Walmart’s Drones Are Eyeing Tampa Backyards Next
Photo credit: Walmart Amazon Drone Deals: DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo with DJI RC2 now for $1,099! Walmart is quietly turning Tampa Bay into a test runway, and this time the landing zone might be your lawn, as reported…
Drones Take On Mosquitoes In California’s Coachella Valley
Photo credit: NBC Amazon Drone Deals: DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo with DJI RC2 now for $1,099! Mosquitoes are small, loud, and extremely good at ruining everything. In California’s Coachella Valley, they now have a new…
Drones Vs Spoiled Vaccines: Rwanda Finds A Fix
Photo credit: University of Birmingham Amazon Drone Deals: DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo with DJI RC2 now for $1,099! In many rural parts of Africa, vaccines face an enemy more dangerous than misinformation or logistics,…
Hong Kong May Get Passenger Drones By 2027, Keep Arms Inside The Aircraft
Photo credit: Xinhua Amazon Drone Deals: DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo with DJI RC2 now for $1,099! Hong Kong has been easing into the drone era politely. First medical deliveries. Then a few food runs. Very civilized.…
FCC Foreign Drone Ban Could Hit US Farmers Where It Hurts Most
Amazon Drone Deals: DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo with DJI RC2 now for $1,099! When the FCC quietly added foreign made drones and components to its Covered List last week, the move was framed as a clean national…
Ukraine’s Drone Architect Named Defense Minister In Major Strategy Shift
Photo credit: X Amazon Drone Deals: DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo with DJI RC2 now for $1,099! Mykhailo Fedorov, the man who built Ukraine’s “Army of Drones” from scratch, is taking over as Defense…
Drone Rescue, XPrize Wildfire Competition, 4-Hour Flight Record, And FAA Waiver Changes
Photo credit: Pilot Institute Amazon Drone Deals: DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo with DJI RC2 now for $1,099! Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I have four stories for you this week that show just how much is…
Oklahoma Prisons Step Up Drone Defenses After 6,000 Phones Smuggled In
Photo credit: Koko 5 News ABC Amazon Drone Deals: DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo with DJI RC2 now for $1,099! Drones have become a serious and persistent security threat inside Oklahoma state prisons, fundamentally…
Drone Helps Rescue Lost Hiker In Oregon Woods
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