Amazon's Connecticut Drone Briefing Left No Trace in the Minutes
Amazon’s North Haven drone hub was described to the board of the Connecticut Airport Authority by its executive director, Michael Shea, who told members the aircraft weigh about 80 pounds (36...
View ArticleFedorov Wants A Humanoid Robot Killing Russians Within Six Months
Mykhailo Fedorov, the man who built Ukraine’s Army of Drones and was fired as its defense minister ten weeks ago, launched an “Army of Robots” on Saturday, September 26, 2026. He announced it on X and...
View ArticleBritish Army Bought 10,000 Drones In A Year, Most Are For Training
The British Army bought more than 10,000 drones in the past year through Project Rapstone, its fast-track procurement program, and most of them will never see a battlefield. Lt. Col. Matt Keogh, a...
View ArticleParis Study: AED Drones Reach 95% of Cardiac Arrests in Five Minutes
A computer simulation of 28,349 real cardiac arrests around Paris found that drones carrying automated external defibrillators (AEDs) could put a device on scene within five minutes in more than 95% of...
View ArticleSpace Force Adds Lasers at Cape Canaveral After 500 Port Drone Flights
The U.S. Space Force is adding a directed-energy weapon to the counter-drone defenses at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Col. Brian Chatman, commander of Space Launch Delta 45, told Florida Today...
View ArticleCharlotte Drone Pilot Pleads Guilty to Flying Between Live Runways
A Charlotte drone pilot has pleaded guilty to a federal charge for flying inside a runway exclusion zone at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). Marco Antonio Ochoa, 50, entered the plea on...
View ArticleAmazon Drones Reach Cleveland Suburbs, 3 Miles From a Drone Pharmacy
Amazon started Prime Air drone deliveries in Northeast Ohio on Thursday, September 24, flying MK30 drones from its CLE2 fulfillment center in North Randall to customers within 7.5 miles (12...
View ArticleAmazon Targets December for Jacksonville Drones, Pilot Says
Amazon Prime Air plans to start drone deliveries on Jacksonville’s west side in early December, according to a local pilot who photographed Amazon’s airspace map at a public meeting at Jacksonville...
View ArticleAmazon Drones Head for Nearly 500 Towns. What Residents Can Still Do
If Amazon picks a warehouse near you for Prime Air, your town gets no vote on whether its MK30 drones fly over your house. The Federal Aviation Administration controls the airspace, and on July 28 it...
View ArticleAmazon MK30 Sets Down on a Waco Lawn Days After Baton Rouge
An Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone made a precautionary landing on a patch of dry grass at a workplace in Waco, Texas. Danny Bishop, who works there, posted three photos of it to Facebook on...
View ArticleDHS Lab Grounds 3 of 5 Blue UAS in NYC, Withholds Chinese Drone Scores
The Department of Homeland Security’s own test lab put six Blue UAS in front of 26 public safety pilots, and three of the five it brought to Manhattan could not be flown safely there. The Blue UAS for...
View ArticleEdison Buys a 60 MPH Flock Drone, Promises 45-Second Response
Edison, New Jersey, is buying a thermal-equipped police drone from Flock Safety, not from Skydio or BRINC. The Township Council voted 6 to 1 on Wednesday, September 23, to spend $589,000 over three...
View ArticleFCC Targets DJI Chips as Amazon Drones Swarm a Texas Suburb
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. The FCC moves to block DJI and Autel chips on any drone. We have Amazon delivery drones that are overwhelming a Texas...
View ArticleLowe's Now Flies Painter's Tape to Charlotte Yards in 20 Minutes
Lowe’s started delivering home improvement supplies by drone on Thursday, September 24, from its store in Matthews, North Carolina, a Charlotte suburb in the Mooresville-based chain’s home market....
View ArticleFCC Says $5B Flowed Into US Drones. Its Own Filing Counts Pledges
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr told the Small Business Administration’s Defense Industrial Base Drone Summit on Thursday that President Trump’s policies have put “billions of dollars now flowing into...
View ArticleAmazon Tells Packed Westborough Room Its Drones Are Coming Anyway
Amazon told hundreds of people packed into a Westborough, Massachusetts, hotel on Wednesday night, September 23, that it still plans to launch Prime Air drone deliveries from its Otis Street warehouse,...
View ArticleFrance and Italy Deny CIA Warned of Russian Ship-Launched Drones
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that the CIA never warned France of a Russian plan to launch explosive drones from merchant ships in the Mediterranean. Italy’s defense minister, Guido...
View ArticleSkydio's 100 mph F10 Debuts at Ascend, Where 'Lobbying' Is Profanity
Skydio unveiled the F10 Lightrunner, a fixed-wing drone that takes off and lands on its own from a robotic dock, during the Ascend 2026 keynote on September 23. CEO Adam Bry introduced it on stage in...
View ArticleTekever Hits $6.4 Billion as University of California Backs AI Drones
Tekever, the Portuguese-British maker of AI-driven surveillance drones, said Wednesday it has closed the first $580 million of a Series D round at a $6.4 billion valuation. The University of...
View ArticleAmazon Preps Tallahassee Drone Hub. Florida Law Gives City Little Say
Amazon is laying the groundwork for Prime Air drone delivery in Tallahassee, Florida’s capital. The company is hiring Prime Air Ground Handlers in the city at $27 an hour, has invited drone instructors...
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