The Agentic Lair
The Agentic Lair
The police-tech giant Flock Safety is now selling its drones to the private sector to track shoplifters. Keith Kauffman, a former police chief who now leads Flock’s drone efforts, described the ideal scenario: A security team at a Home Depot,…
June 27, 1950. Seoul has fallen. At Suwon Airfield, American civilians are trapped as North Korean fighters strafe the runway, destroying transports one by one. Enemy armor is twenty miles away and closing. North Korean radar picks up five unidentified…
Russian air defense units are now equipped with Chinese radar systems designed to detect and track unmanned aerial vehicles. The technology is being integrated into counter-drone units to enhance targeting and guidance of FPV interceptors used against Ukrainian drones. Russian…
Orkid has announced a new variant of its ORKID 260 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone, bringing together four of the most advanced aerial data capture technologies into one integrated, NDAA-compliant system. The ORKID 260VTOL integrated drone combines LiDAR, photogrammetry,…
New Louisiana operation underscores the growing importance of domestic drone production as U.S. demand for defense and industrial platforms accelerates DMR Technologies announced plans to invest $1.4 million to establish its first full-scale U.S. manufacturing facility in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana,…
Censys Technologies and STRIXDRONES USA have announced a strategic partnership that combines a long-endurance, fixed-wing drone built for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations with a fully autonomous docking station. The collaboration aims to enable continuous, remote inspection of…
Next up in our “Ask Drone Girl” series is about the DJI Flip vs Mini 4 Pro. If you have a question for Drone Girl, contact her here. I’m debating buying the DJI Mini 4 Pro or the DJI Flip. I…
Belgian defense firm Thales is developing a low-cost laser-guided rocket to help Ukraine counter Russian drone swarms, the latest development in an ongoing effort by EU members to supply affordable air defense systems. The 70mm FZ275 LGR is designed to detonate mid-air,…
– Red Cat Holdings, Inc., a U.S.-based provider of advanced all-domain drone and robotic solutions for defense and national security, today announced the launch of its FANG line of NDAA-compliant First Person View (FPV) drones, starting with the 7-inch FANG…
– FN America, LLC announced that it has been awarded a Prototype Project Opportunity Notice (PPON) contract valued at $2 million, by the U.S. Army to further develop its submission for the Precision Grenadier System, a next-generation primary soldier weapon…
Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology has introduced a 2.75-inch (7-centimeter) Rocket Turret Vehicle capable of taking on drones and small surface threats. Designed for coast guard operations, the vehicle pairs a seven-tube rocket launcher with an electro-optical/infrared…
Robin Radar got into drone detection in the early 2010s, when the company needed predictable targets to validate its bird-spotting radars, founder and CEO Siete Hamminga recalls. In the end, the company turned to drones, their controlled flight allowing to…
Trimble unveiled two comprehensive positioning system portfolios at INTERGEO 2025, designed to meet evolving demands in the geospatial industry. The Applanix POS LVX+ and Applanix POS AVX RTX solutions deliver unparalleled accuracy and efficiency for land-based and airborne mobile mapping…
GeoCue unveiled the TrueView 641 at INTERGEO 2025, a new NDAA-compliant aerial LiDAR sensor designed to meet growing demand from surveying and engineering companies across the United States and worldwide. The engineering-grade sensor addresses the increasing number of Federal, State,…
A First for the Nation The State of Ohio has announced a milestone for public safety innovation: the launch of the first statewide Drone First Responder (DFR) program in the United States. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), through its…