The reported drone sightings began in Morris County in November 2024. Reported sightings spread across the state and the wider East Coast in ensuing weeks, affixing eyes to the skies, generating national headlines and meriting both a Wikipedia and Know Your Meme entry.

Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division 2nd Brigade Combat Team took out more than 100 one-way attack drones in 2023.

Seneca’s firefighting drones show how adaptation tech is shaping a resilience economy amid rising climate risks and billion-dollar wildfire disasters.

A senior Ukrainian commander in the 14th Deep Strike Regiment, one of the units leading the country’s drone campaign, said its unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) were flying distances of up to 2000 km (1250 miles) as they seek to find holes in Russian air defences.

Ukraine has relied on its armed naval drones to battle Russia's Black Sea Fleet in a display of asymmetric warfare.

Called the Police Unmanned Ground Vehicle Patrol Partner, or PUG, the self-driving squad car is rolling out as part of a year-long trial in coordination with the Policing Lab, a nonprofit “innovation center” founded by a former Los Angeles police officer named Sean Malinowski.

Drone flights would be forbidden over outdoor public gatherings and above 400 feet (122 metres) in most cases. Operators would have to buy drones capable of flying without visual supervision, but, as long as it met spec, each drone leaving a production line would need only testing, not a federal airworthiness certification.

The surveillance missions are part of a U.S.-led international effort to ensure the fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas holds.

Above Missouri's wetlands, a drone quietly hums above flocks of migratory water birds, its camera capturing the ripples of movement below. With this technology, University of Missouri researchers are redefining how wildlife is studied and protected.