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  • Japan is Making a Strategic Investment in “Dual Use” Underwater Drone Technology

    Japan’s defense establishment is anxious to develop unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to strengthen the island nation’s maritime security against China’s rising military ambitions in the Pacific. But Japan’s UUVs will also have important civilian uses in marine research and conservation and underwater pipeline inspections, senior officials say.  For Japan, creating “dual-use” applications for underwater drones... Read More

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  • Indiana-Based UAV Company Rushing to Fill Consumer Demand for US-Built Drones

    For years, foreign UAV manufacturers have enjoyed ready access to the U.S. consumer market, allowing them to monopolize sales in nearly every drone niche, from recreational flying to law enforcement.  But with pressure growing to limit their access, long-standing domestic suppliers like Skydio and Skyfish are rushing to fill the void.  And so are a... Read More

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  • Another Drone First Responder Program Gets Underway in Fremont, California

    The police and fire departments of Fremont, California have just added a powerful new asset to their crime fighting arsenal:  a “first-responder” drone that can arrive at prospective crime and accidents scenes ahead of field officers to provide them with real-time situational intelligence via live streaming video, even in the dark. The drone first-responder program,... Read More

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  • Maine’s Public Sector Agencies Are Warming to Drones. Where is the Private Sector?

    Maine, like most of New England, isn’t known as a drone industry hotbed. Like neighboring Vermont and New Hampshire, the state hasn’t moved to pass legislation that would speed the pace of drone commerce. In fact, resistance to drone flying due to privacy concerns, especially in small towns in rural Maine, remains high.   But quietly,... Read More

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  • Could a Little-Known Norwegian Delivery Drone Overtake the Global Competition? 

    2024 promises to be a banner year for small package delivery drones, with several FAA-certified UAV companies – including Zipline, Drone-Up and Wing – surging to the forefront of the US market.  But they shouldn’t get too comfortable.  Across the pond, some lesser-known drone companies, including Ireland’s Manna, and a little-known Norwegian upstart, Aviant, with... Read More

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  • Could Drones Help Deter Illegal Labor and Environmental Practices?

    Critics of unmanned aerial vehicles often raise concerns about real and potential violations of personal and business privacy.  But some of those apparent violations could well be in the public interest.  For the past 5 years, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, or OSHA, has pushed for the authority to deploy aerial drones as a... Read More

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  • When Separated From its Owner, A Drone Could be a Dog’s Best Friend

    Drones are increasingly well-known for helping first-responders find and rescue lost and missing persons.  But what about lost and missing animals? Jim Brice, a dog owner in Antwerp, NY, lost track of Shelby, his service dog last month, and grew frantic after several days of intensive searching for his pet. That’s when he decided to... Read More

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  • Underwater Drones Can Revolutionize the Study and Protection of Coral Reefs, Scientists Say

    Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), in collaboration with the Japanese telecommunications company NTT Communications, have begun deploying underwater drones to monitor the development of coral reefs subject to deterioration due to climate change. The remotely-piloted custom-built drones, the first to be used in Japan for the purpose of marine research, ... Read More

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  • Police Drone Video Catches Beverly Hills, CA Thief in the Act

     Law enforcement drones are sweeping across America, helping local police catch fleeing criminal suspects and rescuing lost and missing persons.  Occasionally, their high-powered video cameras even catch a perpetrator red-handed. It happened last week in Beverly Hills, California, when a BHPD police drone, responding to a house alarm, caught a burglar climbing from the... Read More

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