President Trump signed a directive today to launch the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) says in a statement that the pr... Read more
Drone CEOs left the White House feeling bullish after meeting with POTUS and senior administration officials where, in the words of one of those present, “[we got] a voice with the new... Read more
Thursday afternoon, the Secret Service detained a man who allegedly tried to launch a Parrot Bebop Drone over the White House fence. This marks the second time in four months there has been... Read more
(Source: Slate.com) Shawn Usman, the man who crashed a drone on the White House grounds on Jan. 26, will not be criminally charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbi... Read more
(Source: The BIG Story) The Secret Service is conducting middle-of-the-night drone flights near the White House in secret tests to devise a defense against the unmanned aircraft, The Assoc... Read more
(Source: PC World) The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration plans to host a series of meetings with interested people aimed at developing best practices for prot... Read more
(Source: New York Times) A lazy drift of mist obscured an already gray November morning as I stared skeptically skyward in Morningside Park. It was not, I told myself, technically raining;... Read more
(Source: engadget.com) DJI was the unfortunate drone brand of choice to pay an unplanned visit to the White House. The company responded days later with an update that added some new safet... Read more
(Source: New York Times) When a small drone slipped free from its operator one morning last week and flew into the Washington sky, evading radar and the best defenses of the United States... Read more
(Source: IEEE Spectrum) Last week, a small drone belonging to a federal worker crashed on the White House grounds. Just what caused the little flyer to head off to one of the most security... Read more
(Source: New York Times) As Major League Baseball’s top players took the field at the All-Star Game in Minneapolis in July, a covert radar system scanned the sky above the 40,000-seat stad... Read more
Fly Away Drone When we first heard about the White House drone crash details were scarce. The initial reports said a 2 foot wide quadcopter had hit a tree and fell into the Obama’s bac... Read more
Two days after a DJI Phantom crashed in the lawn at the White House, DJI has responded by issuing an announcement detailing a forthcoming firmware update that will restrict flying in and aro... Read more
(Source: myfoxdc.com) A two-foot-long drone apparently flown by a hobbyist crashed on the White House grounds Monday in an extraordinary, if unintended, breach that raised fresh questions ab... Read more