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Warren County Community College Drone Education Program Builds Future Pilots and Tech Entrepreneurs

The acclaimed Warren County Community College Drone Education program has gained attention for its rigorous, sophisticated training regimen and cutting-edge equipment.

Forget Flying Taxis. Here Are 8 Ways Drones Impact Logistics Right Now

But from cargo UAVs to emergency drops of medicines to aiding rescuers and more, drones are proving they are an essential component of logistics

Threat of Rogue Drones Increases

2022 is seeing an upswing in drones being deployed for far less-than-benevolent means.

Britain's Royal Mail Wants a Drone Fleet to Deliver Letters and Parcels to Remote Areas

The Royal Mail is seeking 500 drone "postal deliverers" to help get the mail to remote communities in Great Britain.

Drone Captures 7,676 Guitarists Setting a Guinness World Record

Europe's gargantuan annual guitar festival in Wroclaw Poland got a pretty awesome gift for its 20th anniversary concert—a Guinness World Record for Largest Guitar Ensemble.

Drones Go to Battle Again. This Time, Against Mosquitos

Drones have proven themselves in combat, and now there's another battle where drones are coming to the rescue—fighting out-of-control mosquito communities.

Autonomous Drone Swarm Navigates a Bamboo Forest

Researchers at China's Zhejiang University have cracked the code for getting a drone swarm to fly through uncontrolled environments completely autonomously.

Search and Rescue Drones are Tools for Saving Lives

A drone team in Rutherford County, Tennessee found a missing senior citizen within an hour-and-a-half, spotlighting the advantages to first responders of deploying benevolent "eyes in the skies."

Snapchat Unleashes Tweensy Tiny Selfie Drone

Snapchat just announced its second hardware product—the first was 2016's Spectacles smart glasses—a mini yellow "selfie drone" called Pixy.

Intelligence Sources Claim China Is Using Spy Drones to Collect Sensitive Data in Great Britain

British defense officials claim China has flown at least 18 spy-drone sorties around military sites and power-infrastructure facilitates between 2019 and 2021, U.K. publication The Mirror has reported.

DJI Ceases Business in Russia and Ukraine

U.S. Addresses Threat of Terror Drones

President Joe Biden is addressing the drone threat with a "Domestic Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems National Action Plan"—the first whole-of-government strategy to address unmanned aerial system attacks in the United States.