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Tokyo’s drone squad will deploy 10-foot drones armed with nets to police the sky

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In an effort to enforce no-fly-zones across the city, Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department is launching a drone squad. According to Japan Today (via Popular Science), the squad will patrol no-fly-zones and "will search for the operators and order them to ground the drones."

If an operator fails to comply, police will scramble large drones up to...

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Amazon reveals updated delivery drone design in new photos and video
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Amazon today released new photos and a video showing off a redesigned version of its delivery drone. It’s been almost exactly two years since Amazon first announced the “Amazon Prime Air” project and the company today showed off a new prototype drone that will deliver packages through the air directly to customers’ doorsteps in as little as 30 minutes. Here’s...
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FAA publishes drone registration recommendations: You must be 13 to enter
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The Federal Aviation Administration has released a task force’s recommendations for setting up a registration system for recreational drones – and the full report includes fresh details about how the system would work. The main recommendations filtered out two weeks ago, soon after the task force wrapped up its meeting in Washington, D.C.: The registration procedure should apply to unmanned airborne...
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Drone for the holidays? Get ready for FAA’s registration rules next month
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The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says the interim rules for registering recreational drones are likely to be issued next month, just in time for the holiday season. FAA Administrator Michael Huerta’s update on the registration process, provided today in a blog post, comes just as a task force is wrapping up its recommendations for setting up the...
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