Tag: Drone as First Responder (DFR)
Drones fly into 2025: ‘A standard and critical threat vector’
January 13, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
STERLING, Va. — As much a tool for security as disruption, drones rocketed into the public view at the end of 2024, and the experts at Dedrone have insights on the implications of that for the future.
Whether it was swarms of mysterious drones spotted over New Jersey, seen over U.S. Airforce bases in England, or witnessed near critical infrastructure, the threat of drones has become apparently clear. Worries of clandestine operations have even led federal officials to blacklist the...
DFR programs breaking new ground thanks to FAA waiver
October 23, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Axon has announced that the Campbell Police Department in California received a groundbreaking waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations as part of its Drone as First Responder (DFR) program.
Axon notes that this approval is the first of its kind to include nighttime operations and allows the Campbell Police Department to fly missions using Dedrone by Axon’s DedroneBeyond technology without...
Flock Safety acquires Aerodome
October 18, 2024SSN Staff
ATLANTA — Flock Safety, a public safety technology provider, has announced the acquisition of Aerodome, a pioneer in Drone as First Responder (DFR) technology.
This move brings Aerodome’s drone and remote piloting software under the Flock Safety umbrella, and accelerates its plan to introduce a suite of American-made, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)-compliant drones, set to be released over the next 12 months. These new drones will be fully compliant with the National Defense...