19 stories tagged drones, newest first.
28 points by nimitmehra | 8 comments
Dovepass is a web tool that checks whether a drone can legally and safely fly a given route in San Francisco, considering FAA airspace, parks, buildings, wind and battery.
108 points by theflyingelvis | 38 comments
Daily Mail news article reporting that Ukraine used an aerial drone to evacuate a wounded soldier from the frontline.
386 points by yzydserd | 289 comments
NBC News article on a Ukrainian brigade claiming the world's first evacuation of a wounded soldier by drone, used because landmines and enemy drones blocked ground vehicles.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: I built a drone with only one motor [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/10/19/5b17e313-c36e-4365-9533-ae8a8b432408.jpg)
624 points by hakonjdjohnsen | 139 comments
YouTube video by Joshua Bird showing how he built and flew a drone that uses only a single motor.
120 points by gmays | 188 comments
CSIS analysis examining how fast the U.S. Department of Defense can rebuild and reshape the munitions industrial base.
74 points by hn_acker | 15 comments
EFF article arguing the D.C. Circuit should vacate an FAA drone flight restriction that criminalized recording immigration agents.
391 points by noleary | 81 comments
A personal project page documenting building a custom octocopter from scratch, aiming for an RL-trained controller that survives motor failures, deployed zero-shot from simulation.
673 points by vrganj | 304 comments
DroneXL article reporting that Pokémon Go player scans helped train Niantic's visual navigation technology now being used in military drones.
459 points by detaro | 144 comments
EFF Deeplinks post arguing the FAA's temporary flight restriction on drones is an attempt to criminalize filming ICE operations.
356 points by edward | 559 comments
New York Times article reporting officials' claim that a drone incursion caused the FAA to shut down El Paso airport; the capture shows a captcha.
585 points by doener | 400 comments
Pryamiy news article reporting that Ukrainian hackers destroyed the IT infrastructure of a Russian drone manufacturer, with details of what is known.
391 points by tsungxu | 140 comments
A Substack post by Tsung Xu describing a 3D printed VTOL drone with 130-mile range he built in 90 days as a CAD beginner, with an embedded YouTube video.
566 points by picture | 56 comments
Blog post by Henrik describing building a homemade polarimetric synthetic aperture radar mounted on a drone.
430 points by anigbrowl | 773 comments
Guardian news article on mysterious drone sightings over New Jersey, with a lawmaker and 21 mayors urging the governor to declare a state of emergency.
338 points by huerne | 540 comments
DroneDJ article reporting that a bill banning DJI drones passed the US House as part of the NDAA and moves to the Senate.
382 points by jthomaslm | 199 comments
Launch HN post where Radical (YC W23) founders introduce their autonomous solar-powered aircraft designed for months-long flight in the stratosphere.
373 points by Foivos | 392 comments
DJI's official product page for the Mini 4 Pro compact camera drone, with purchase, specs, and video links.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: Towards a “PCB Drone” – Making a PCB Motor which reaches 30k RPM [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2023/6/25/6c7043df-3dfe-4ff4-b1fb-2759f310c231.jpg)
333 points by reaperman | 60 comments
YouTube video by Carl Bugeja showing his efforts to make his tiny PCB motor stronger and faster, reaching 30,000 RPM.
422 points by Kon-Peki | 236 comments
Full enrolled text of Illinois HB3902, the Drones as First Responders Act, amending the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act governing police drone use.