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I'm wondering if there are outside contractors that partner with local fire departments to provide drone services. Doing some initial research it seems like everything I can find has to do with departments starting and running their drone ops from within.

I work for a state university and am studying up for a 107 cert. My unit is looking to purchase a mavic air 2 for a research project. As with most large state/local gov I don’t do any of the actual buying, I just do the request, and there are rules for who can sign contracts, what apps we can...

I frequently shoot pictures of our state capitol since I live in it and was making some new attempts at creating photos of it under the 336 rules, so that when I go to the trouble of following the SOPs for our Daylight Waiver, I would not be wasting anyone's time. Our Capitol is in Class D...

I’m not doing anything dodgy but I just don’t want to share any flight data and stats with DJI as I simply don’t trust them with my data. I’m using my iPhone X to fly and was thinking of putting it in airplane mode during flights. My only problem is that as soon as the flight is over and I have...

White House wants to let law enforcement disable civilian drones

Owners of small drones are going to have to resume registering their craft with the U.S. government. Turns out, you’re going to have to register your small drones with the U.S. government after all