Not a fan. As someone who has a porch, I would rather pay a delivery person to place the package on my porch (as has been done for years) than have a drone put the item in the yard where it is not protected from weather and is a rather more...
Had you actually read the article the OP linked, you would see that the drone(s) in question were operated over Los Angeles protests/riots by DHS, not the military. DHS is a federal law enforcement agency. Similar to the FBI monitoring folks.
It's worth a try. Worst case scenario is you send them the drone and they quote you a price you don't want to sink into that drone. You get a new drone and abandon the broken one. If you don't send it in, it is basically the same as an abandon...