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El Paso County Sheriff's Drone First Responder Program Catches Woman Hiding With Two Active Warrants
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (747+ words) Drone XL. co An El Paso County Sheriff's Office drone spotted people fleeing a Colorado Springs-area home and hiding in the backyard before deputies ever arrived on scene, leading to the arrest of a 44-year-old woman wanted on two active warrants....
Zipline, Bay Care Launch Florida Medical Drone Network
6+ hour, 9+ min ago (975+ words) Bay Care will build a drone delivery network with Zipline across Florida's Tampa Bay region, with the first flights scheduled for late 2027. The partnership puts lab samples, medications, and critical supplies in the air between hospitals and straight to patients…...
Pentagon Drone Czar Memo Hands DIU The Front Door To A $75 Billion Unmanned Portfolio
15+ hour, 15+ min ago (298+ words) The memo designates the Defense Innovation Unit as the primary industry engagement interface between the Pentagon and its commercial partners for every program under the new office, which means American companies selling small unmanned systems to the military will increasingly…...
I Tested The Sky Rover X1 Against The DJI Mini 4 Pro In The Alaska Wilderness. Here's What Surprised Me
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (564+ words) This is the Sky Rover X1, a 249-gram drone from Sky Rover with very compelling specs when compared with the DJI Mini 4 Pro. Today, I'm putting this drone to the test and comparing it with the Mini 4 Pro to see just…...
Marc Andreessen Joins The Pentagon's Defense Policy Board While His Firm Backs The Drone Makers Winning The DJI Ban
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1044+ words) Drone XL. co Secretary of War Pete Hegseth appointed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to the Defense Policy Board on Monday, June 29, 2026, placing the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz on the advisory panel that counsels the Pentagon's top civilian leadership on force structure,…...
Medicine Hat Lands Canada's Top Student Drone Contest 2027
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (943+ words) The Aerial Evolution Association of Canada named Medicine Hat, Alberta as the host city for the 18th annual AEAC Student Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Competition, scheduled for May 14 to 16, 2027. The choice keeps the country's top university and college drone competition in the…...
Walmart Brings Wing Drones To Cincinnati And Kroger's Door
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (983+ words) Walmart is bringing drone delivery to Cincinnati through its partnership with Alphabet-owned Wing, planting an autonomous grocery flight operation in the same metro that houses Kroger's global headquarters. The Ohio launch is part of the 150-store Wing-Walmart rollout announced in…...
South Korea To Train 500, 000 Soldiers As Drone Warriors
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (899+ words) South Korea's defense minister Ahn Gyu-back said Friday that every member of the country's armed forces, roughly 500, 000 personnel across the army, navy, air force and marines, will be trained to operate drones as a standard personal weapon. The announcement, delivered…...
Taiwan Civilians Learn Drones To Counter China
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (751+ words) Pan Chien-chin had never piloted a drone before May 2026. The 48-year-old food company worker walked into a small classroom in Taipei, picked up a sub-100-gram Taiwanese-built quad, and spent the afternoon learning to fly it by hand and eye…...
Toronto Police Tracked Down CBC's Rogue Test Drone Beside Hotel X Within Minutes
2+ week, 5+ day ago (371+ words) A police helicopter was already flying during the test, so the CBC crew flew with caution. Police declined to let CBC show the detection and countermeasure hardware on national security grounds, but described tools that track a drone and its…...