Public Safety
Small Drones, Big Problems: JIATF 401’s Handbook Puts First Principles Before Firepower, Leans Heavily on History
JIATF 401’s new handbook, “Small Drones, Big Problems: A First Principles Approach to Countering-UAS,” offers a useful primer that centers counter-drone defense on shared vocabulary and lessons learned rather than...Read More
Drone Detection And Counter-UAS: Public Safety Experience Informs Enterprise Airspace Awareness
One of the most important developments in cross sector UAS integration involves the growing adoption of drone detection systems in the private sector. As drone usage expands, organizations face a...Read More
Elistair and Exail Bring Persistent Aerial Surveillance to Unmanned Surface Vessels
Lyon, France – July 21st, 2026. Elistair and Exail have partnered to integrate the Khronos automated tethered DroneBox on Exail’s DriX unmanned surface vessel (USV), giving maritime operators a persistent...Read More
Public Safety Drone Programs and Enterprise UAS: Lessons From DRONERESPONDERS At The Energy Drone And Robotics Summit
Public safety agencies did not adopt unmanned aircraft systems because they chased new technology. They introduced drones because they faced clear operational necessity in high stakes environments. Over the past...Read More
Overload to Overhaul: How CAL FIRE’s GIS Backbone Held During The LA Firestorm
Early last year, as hurricane force winds drove five separate fires across the Los Angeles Basin in less than 36 hours, CAL FIRE’s maps became as critical as its engines...Read More
South Korea’s National Fire Research Institute Uses Drones to Save Lives
Wildfires continue getting worse. Globally, fire seasons grow longer, burn hotter and reach terrain that ground crews simply cannot access in time. For South Korea, a country where nearly 70...Read More
Commercial UAV Expo Debuts DRONERESPONDERS Program Management Course, Unveils Public Safety Summit Program
New two-day program manager training joins the Public Safety Summit’s agenda spanning Drone as First Responder, fire service, crash-scene applications, and shared-airspace operations, plus a two-part session on counter-UAS lessons...Read More
The SAFER SKIES Act’s Interim Final Rule: What SLTT Agencies and Industry Need to Know
A little over six months after Congress passed the SAFER SKIES Act (the Act), DOJ and DHS have released the rulebook that authorizes state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) law...Read More
Safer Skies or Patchwork Protection? The Regulatory Landscape for Airspace Security Over Critical Infrastructure
At the inaugural Energy Drone and Robotics Summit’s Energy Security and C-UAS Forum, three of the nation’s leading voices on counter-UAS law and public safety operations delivered their assessment of...Read More
Component-Level Intelligence: What You Don’t Know About Your Drone Could Ground Your Operation
By T. Seth Ford, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Systems Integration You can fly a drone, sure. But right now, the more important question is whether you can tell me, with...Read More
