BRINC's Guardian is the first commercially available drone to ship with Starlink connectivity on every unit. The law enforcement model tops 60 mph, flies for over an hour, and the company bills it as the first drone capable of pursuing vehicles. Production begins later this year.
Guardian deploys from a charging nest that robotically swaps batteries in under a minute. Payload options include a defibrillator, epinephrine auto-injectors, Narcan, and a flotation device, positioning the drone as a first-responder tool, not just a surveillance platform.
The full article is worth reading for the unresolved questions: who the early law enforcement customers are, what the unit cost looks like, and how Starlink latency performs in actual pursuit scenarios. The gap between the press release claims and field performance is where the real story will be.
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