Drones

Only 13 planes have been confirmed as destroyed.

A proposed Florida bill would allow homeowners to use “reasonable force” against drones below 500 feet, despite FAA warnings about federal legality.

A Russian drone seconds before Butcher’s exploding drone brought it down.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting a drone operator whose aircraft damaged the wing of water bomber working the Palisades fire in Los Angeles last month has offered to pay a five-figure repair bill and do 150 hours of community to avoid jail for the mishap. Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, of Culver City, offered to […]

China-based drone manufacturer DJI announced Monday that the latest firmware update to its “GEO” geofencing system reclassifies Restricted Zones (aka No Fly Zones) as Enhanced Warning Zones. The change means that drone operators are now responsible for monitoring their aircraft to ensure they do not encroach on FAA-designated flight restriction areas, as opposed to the […]

Police have arrested three people involved in two drone incidents related to aerial firefighting in Los Angeles. L.A. County Sheriff’s department did not release details of the circumstances of their arrest or whether either of the incidents involved the collision of a drone with a CL-415 waterbomber late last week. The specific charges have also […]

The part needed to fix a CL-415 water bomber damaged in a drone strike in Los Angeles on Thursday was on its way to L.A. on Friday. The aircraft could be back in the air as soon as Monday. DeHavilland Canada, which holds the type certificate for the so-called Super Scooper and supports the worldwide […]

Share prices for Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation jumped almost 20% late last week on news the U.S. government is considering banning Chinese-made drones. Archer and Joby are U.S.-based eVTOL developers that are both hoping to start selling their multi-copters in 2025, but they have little in common with the apparent focus of the Commerce […]

Appeals for government transparency over drone reports have led to media statements from John Kirby, National Security Council spokesman, yesterday; a classified briefing for lawmakers on Capitol Hill today; and a public briefing at the Pentagon, also today, from U.S. Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder, who serves as Press Secretary for the U.S. Department […]

U.S. Representative Jefferson Van Drew, R-NJ 2nd District, today called for shooting down the drones that have been flying over New Jersey and parts of New York, claiming he has “credible evidence” they are being launched and operated from an Iranian “mothership” off the East Coast. The Pentagon has quickly denied Van Drew’s claims. Deputy […]