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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.

Casia G Ground-Based Surveillance System

Iris Automation announces the commercial availability of Casia G, a ground-based version of its detect and avoid (DAA) surveillance solution.

The Current Scoop on the Phoenix Ghost Drone

The U.S. Air Force plans to send 121 "Phoenix Ghost" drones to Ukrainian forces.

Drones Fight Deforestation

Drones are in the fight for planting new-growth forests.

Company Profile: Hot Wing Drones

Danny Jalbout started Hot Wing Drones—an aerial mapping company serving the agriculture, real estate, construction, insurance, and other industries—with a vision that automation technology would be as standard as the cell phone.