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Emergency Drone Authorization: An SGI Request and Handoff Checklist
A checklist for U.S. emergency drone requests: which Special Governmental Interest route applies, what to record, and what a denial still forbids.
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Drone Search and Rescue Under Forest Canopy: How a UAS Search Is Optimized
What optimizing a drone search and rescue flight actually changes, why forest canopy makes it hard, which levers help, and how to check a detection claim before relying on it.
Archive
UAS Triple Challenge Archive: The 2021–2022 First Responder Prize Competition
A sourced record of NIST PSCR's First Responder UAS Triple Challenge: who ran it, what the three challenges asked for, the $720K award pool, the FAQ rules and where results are.
News
Walmart Drone Delivery in Denver, Colorado and Seattle: What Wing's 2027 Plan Means
Wing and Walmart plan drone delivery for Denver and Seattle in 2027. What is confirmed, where Colorado suburbs stand on drone hubs, the dates to watch and what is still unknown.
HISTORICAL ARCHIVE & STANDARDS
The First Responder UAS Triple Challenge Record
Explore the competition prize rounds held between 2021 and 2022 by NIST and Kansas State University, detailing public safety search & rescue flight challenges, sensor payloads, and counter-UAS evaluation standards.
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Drone Communications Relay: How a UAS Brings Connectivity Where Cell Service Fails
How drones relay data for responders without cell service: aerial cell sites, local and mesh relays, store-and-forward, tethered or free-flying, and what limits each one.
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GPS Spoofing, Jamming and Drones: How UAS Navigation and Control Are Protected
What GPS jamming and spoofing do to a drone, how operators can detect them, which public safeguards reduce the risk, and why jamming a drone yourself is illegal in the U.S.
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Drone Search and Rescue Under Forest Canopy: How a UAS Search Is Optimized
What optimizing a drone search and rescue flight actually changes, why forest canopy makes it hard, which levers help, and how to check a detection claim before relying on it.