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Wing Successfully Delivered Super Bowl Snacks by Drone in North Texas
February 10, 2025
Wing, Alphabet’s drone delivery subsidiary, successfully executed a special Super Bowl LIX delivery service in North Texas, bringing game day snacks directly to residents’ homes through a partnership with PepsiCo.
The service operated in select residential areas of Frisco, approximately 30 miles north of Dallas, expanding Wing’s already substantial presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
During Super Bowl weekend, the Palo Alto-based company delivered a curated selection of game day essentials, including Doritos, Tostitos dips, and Pepsi Zero Sugar.
Residents within the delivery zone placed orders through Wing’s dedicated app, which provided real-time tracking of their deliveries, according to Chron.
Wing’s Director of Communications and Marketing Nicole Schone had emphasized the strategic importance of this initiative, telling the Dallas Morning News, “Wing is at a stage where we are optimizing our service and focused on deeper retail integration.”
The campaign aimed to showcase drone delivery’s potential to a broader audience while demonstrating the technology’s practical applications.
The Super Bowl Promotion built upon Wing’s extensive operations in North Texas.
The company has established a significant presence in the region through its partnership with Walmart across 11 locations in the DFW area, serving communities including Dallas, Plano, Murphy, Richardson, Mesquite, Rowlett, Colony, and Garland.
In December 2024, Wing further expanded its reach by collaborating with DoorDash to launch drone deliveries from Brookfield Properties’ malls in Fort Worth and Frisco.
Wing’s drones demonstrated their impressive technical capabilities during the event, operating at speeds of up to 65 mph while maintaining a cruising altitude of approximately 150 feet above ground level.
The company has refined its delivery operations to achieve remarkable efficiency, with average flight times from stores to customer homes taking just 3 minutes and 24 seconds.
Typically, Wing operates its delivery services between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., adjusting for daylight saving time.
Drone Delivery Taking Off In Texas
The drone delivery landscape in North Texas continues to evolve rapidly. Amazon has been operating its Prime Air commercial drone program in College Station, though operations are temporarily suspended for software updates to their MK30 delivery drone.
Meanwhile, Walmart has announced ambitious plans to expand its drone delivery services to cover up to 75% of the DFW area, potentially reaching 1.8 million additional households.
The retail giant is also planning to test autonomous drone deliveries in Princeton, Texas, through a partnership with Zipline, with drones flying between 300-400 feet and carrying payloads of up to 8 pounds.
The successful Super Bowl weekend initiative represented more than just a promotional event – it demonstrated the growing maturity of drone delivery services in urban environments.
Since October 2024, Wing has expanded across 26 cities and towns in 6 out of the 11 counties in the DFW metroplex, indicating strong market acceptance and operational success in the region.
For North Texas residents, these developments signal a transformation in last-mile delivery options.
As drone delivery services continue to expand their coverage and capabilities, consumers can expect increasingly convenient access to rapid delivery services for small items and meals.
Wing’s performance during the Super Bowl weekend served as a practical demonstration of drone delivery’s potential to handle time-sensitive, high-demand delivery scenarios.
The success of such initiatives could accelerate the adoption of drone delivery services across other urban areas, potentially reshaping how consumers receive goods in the near future.
As companies continue to refine their drone delivery systems and expand their service areas, North Texas residents can expect to see more drones in the sky, revolutionizing how they receive everything from snacks to essential items.
https://dronexl.co/2025/02/10/wing-delivered-super-bowl-snacks-drone-texas/
Russia Installs Anti-Drone Nets to Shield Supply Routes in Donetsk
February 10, 2025, 5:45 pm
Russian troops are installing protective nets over supply routes to counter Ukrainian FPV drone strikes.
A Russian military engineer from the 3rd Army Corps claimed they are covering over two kilometers (1.2 miles) of roads with anti-drone nets, with efforts to expand and improve the system.
Ukrainian electronic warfare specialist Serhii Beskrestnov, known as “Serhii Flash,” reported via Telegram that Russia is constructing nets spanning several kilometers to protect logistics, Defense Express reported.
He said that these nets also defend against fiber-optic-controlled drones, while smaller nets help block drone-dropped munitions and mines.
Beskrestnov added that a year ago, Russian forces relied on electronic warfare (EW) posts to safeguard supply routes.
However, as modern drones now operate across multiple frequencies and incorporate machine vision and fiber-optic control, EW countermeasures have become less effective.
A screenshot shared on Russian social media suggests such nets are being installed along the supply route from Bakhmut to Chasiv Yar.
While the overall scale of the project remains unclear, Defense Express predicts Russia will expand these “protective networks” if they prove effective.
Even if the nets don’t provide complete protection, they will likely complicate operations for Ukrainian FPV drone operators and increase the cost of drone strikes per target, as per the report.
Before that, Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s 414th UAV Strike Battalion, shared footage of his unit using a mobile radar to detect an incoming Russian fiber-optic-controlled FPV drone.
They successfully intercepted and destroyed it with a kamikaze drone several kilometers away.
Brovdi did not reveal the radar type, but The War Zone suggests it could be a microwave radar optimized for spotting small, slow-moving drones – although its range is limited.
Deploying these radars forward in high density, as Brovdi proposes, could significantly weaken Russia’s FPV drone advantage on the battlefield.
Ukrainian troops increasingly rely on drones as a first line of defense, using them to monitor trenches and strike Russian forces before engaging with rifles.
Despite Russia suffering higher casualties – reportedly 7-to-1 – Ukraine faces a 10-to-1 manpower disadvantage near Pokrovsk, per the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Troop shortages mean drones now handle many tasks once assigned to infantry.
Aerial units from Ukraine’s 60th Mechanized Brigade reportedly launch at least 60 FPV strikes daily, up from 15 a year ago. While drones offer critical support, bad weather and dense foliage hinder effectiveness.
“Drones can’t replace men,” a commander near Pokrovsk said. “But without them, the situation would be horrible.”
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/46894
New graffiti-battling drone deemed 'very effective' in WSDOT report
Updated Mon, February 10th 2025 at 8:16 AM
According to new report from the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT), two pilot programs have been successful in helping to prevent graffiti, as well as helping to cover up graffiti.
The first pilot program involves drones. As KOMO reported in April 2024, WSDOT in Tacoma started testing drone technology to see if the devices were capable of removing graffiti from hard-to-reach places.
At the time, WSDOT workers hoped the drones could make quick work of painting over graffiti on tall retaining walls, bridges, and overpasses.
Money for the technology was budgeted through a house bill approved by Washington's legislature in the 2024 session.
More than six months later, a new report from WSDOT called the technology "very effective" at spraying paint along state highways.
According to that report, the drone was used on 21 missions in 2024 alone, helping to cover up $22,000 worth of graffiti.
Additionally, by the time that the pilot program expires in June 2025, officials hoped that more than $60,000 worth of graffiti would be erased.
The new results come as costs to clean up graffiti continue to rise.
According to WSDOT, road workers spent more than $815,000 on graffiti removal statewide in 2023, with removal costs averaging $3,000 per case.
Additionally, WSDOT estimated that yearly graffiti removal required 10,300 hours of labor to cover up 700,000 square feet of graffiti.
Despite the pilot program's success, WSDOT reported that other maintenance needs may be higher priorities for funding than simply graffiti removal.
"While drones are a cost-effective additional tool, graffiti removal is and will remain a challenge for the agency based on available funding, staffing and resources and the many other Maintenance Operations required duties such as guardrail and pothole replacement, storm response, etc," the report noted.
"As a result, allocating resources to remove graffiti is challenging, even with the added benefits drones provide."
Beyond drone technology, the state also tested detection systems for graffiti. Those devices featured either cameras or radar, and used artificial intelligence to hone in on taggers.
As a result, whenever a tagger was spotted, the systems alerted WSDOT's traffic management centers.
In turn, workers at those centers would notify state troopers nearby, leading them to respond to tagging incidents in progress.
As part of that program, systems were tested from three different graffiti detection companies during a month-long period between September and October 2024.
According to WSDOT's report, the cameras were also successful at catching taggers in the act, with two out of every three tagging incidents leading to vandalism alerts.
"The pilot showed evidence the technology exists to detect taggers in real time and its ability to alert the (Traffic Management Centers) who can verify the notification and pass it onto WSP for enforcement, but issues such as funding and WSP staffing levels remain," the report noted.
https://komonews.com/news/local/new-graffiti-battling-drone-deemed-very-effective-in-wsdot-report-spray-painting-drone-washington-state-dot
https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/Graffiti-Abatement-Reduction-Pilot-Program-December2024.pdf
India’s First Drone Centres of Excellence Launched in Odisha
India’s first Drone Centres of Excellence (CoEs) have been launched in Odisha’s Kalahandi district under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY).
The initiative, led by parliamentarian Sujeet Kumar, in collaboration with IG Drones, a Gurugram-based drone technology company specialising in made-in-India solutions powered by AI, aims to equip tribal youth and women with drone technology skills.
The centres, located in the Gram Panchayats of Sagada and Bhatangpadar, are part of a larger effort to promote skill development in rural India.
Funded with ₹10 lakhs from Kumar’s MPLADS allocation, the initiative aligns with the government’s Atmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit Bharat 2047 visions.
It also supports India’s expanding drone industry, which aims to grow drone operations from 27,000 to over one lakh.
Speaking at the launch, Kumar said, “By equipping tribal youth and women with cutting-edge skills, we are opening up opportunities that were once out of reach and ensuring their participation in India’s digital economy.”
Bodhisattwa Sanghapriya, founder & CEO of IG Drones, highlighted the significance of the initiative.
“These centres aim to provide specialised training to rural students and unemployed youth, preparing them for roles as drone pilots and technicians.”
The initiative integrates the Prime Minister’s ‘Drone Didi’ programme, which encourages women’s participation in drone operations in agriculture and other sectors.
It also aligns with the National Education Policy’s focus on STEM learning, ensuring schoolchildren have access to emerging technology.
With the growing demand for skilled professionals in the drone industry, the centres are expected to create employment opportunities through IG Drones’ partnerships with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
The initiative positions Kalahandi as a key hub for skill development while advancing India’s broader technological and economic goals.
Sanghapriya had previously shared with AIM his perspective that India can bolster national security by focusing on dependable drone manufacturers and solution providers.
This approach will also improve the nation’s capabilities in surveillance, infrastructure monitoring, and disaster response.
“Although some operational challenges remain, particularly in securing approvals for sensitive zones such as defence areas and no-drone zones, the regulatory mechanism is much more streamlined than before,” Sanghapriya added.
He further said that regulatory delays have been reduced compared to previous years, particularly for startups manufacturing 100% made-in-India drones with no Chinese components.
This aligns with the government’s vision for Atmanirbhar Bharat and its push to make India a global drone hub by 2030.
https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/indias-first-drone-centres-of-excellence-launched-in-odisha/
L3Harris unveils command, control software envisioned for 1,000s of drones
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
L3Harris today announced it is unveiling a new command and control software, dubbed “AMORPHOUS,” designed to control thousands of unmanned systems in a “swarm,” joining a number of other companies in recent years that have homed in on that technology as a gap in the Pentagon’s arsenal.
“There have been concepts that have said maybe you need one particular asset that is referred to as the mothership, or the brains of the operation,” Jon Rambeau, president of integrated missions systems, told reporters last week.
“We believe that’s not the best approach, because if something happens — that asset is degraded, it’s attacked, it’s no longer able to communicate, then what happens?”
The answer, Rambeau said, is that AMORPHOUS is designed to pass control of the swarm from one asset to another on the fly.
Toby Magsig, vice president of autonomy programs, added that the idea behind a “leaderless swarm” is that the user sends out instructions — for example, conduct a search of the area — to every asset in the swarm, but the drones intelligently delegate tasks among themselves.
AMORPHOUS — Autonomous Multi-domain Operations Resiliency Platform for Heterogeneous Unmanned Swarms — is currently being used on contracts for the Army and the Defense Innovation Unit.
To date it has demonstrated the ability to control “multiple separate assets across multiple vehicle types operating in different domains during government-managed tests.”
Asked about how large of a swarm AMORPHOUS has controlled to date, Magsig said the top number has been in the “double digits,” and he believes it will soon exceed 100.
“It becomes an economy of scale in terms of testing this live, when you talk sort of four digits … and so that’s where we rely on a Live, Virtual, Constructive mix to get and test and validate this scalability to what DOD is really looking for,” he said.
Rambeau and Magsig acknowledged their product is joining a crowded field of competitors.
Indeed, companies such as HII and Swedish defense giant Saab, among others, have all recently been making plays into software development focused on unmanned systems command and control.
L3Harris’s pitch may be among the more ambitious in scale but it’s unclear how the Pentagon — or more precisely, each of the individual services — will approach the question of controlling thousands of drones in concert on a joint battlefield.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/02/l3harris-unveils-command-control-software-envisioned-for-1000s-of-drones/
Flyability and WinCan Partner to Create a Full Solution for Drone-Based Sewer Inspections
Feb 10, 2025
Last month, Flyability and WinCan announced a partnership to streamline and improve sewer inspections.
Working together, the companies are creating a custom integration between Flyability’s Elios 3 drone and WinCan’s Web solution that will enable the conversion of drone-captured sewer data into industry standard-compliant reports.
Specifically, the two firms seek to fly the Elios 3 into sewers to capture data that can be uploaded to Flyability Cloud and imported to WinCan Web.
While the Elios 3 is already active for sewer inspections, this development will allow inspectors to review assets and inspect points of interest in a timelier manner.
Additionally, inspectors can use AI-powered defect coding enabled by WinCan Web to efficiently categorize defects or maintenance issues.
While the partnership was born of the desire to provide Elios 3 users with a workflow that takes them from flight to final report as easily as possible, harnessing the power of the data being collected in any context is about expectations as much as it is technology.
“Data management is a challenge in any industry,” said Eloise McMinn Mitchell, Content and Communications Manager at Flyability. “You can have hundreds of gigabytes of information but no way to manage or analyze it.
With the Elios 3, you can get incredibly detailed data through both 4K visual inspections and centimeter-accurate lidar scans, but if you don’t have an optimal way of managing that data, you can’t take full advantage of it.
Knowing how to best package and present the data is something some users can struggle with, and we’re doing our best to ease that process to make inspections and reporting simpler.”
While Flyability already provides a piloting app called Cockpit and an analysis software called Inspector, being able to solve specific challenges like the ones present in sewer and wastewater network inspections is a priority for the company.
It’s why Flyability has been actively exploring software partnerships like this as it allows the company to offer greater usage and applications to users in such specific industries, and for precise applications.
Doing so has allowed the company to develop this full solution for drone-based sewer inspections. That’s a distinction which makes a difference to users that otherwise need to customize the tools in ways that can be a challenge to replicate or scale.
“A full solution means there are no gaps between the data collection, analysis, and reporting stages,” McMinn Mitchell told Commercial UAV News.
“We’re making it possible for Elios 3 users to manage their data in a process optimized for the sewer inspection application. In the past they may have collected great data with the Elios 3 but had no way to present it to sewer managers in a format they’re used to.
Now, we’re offering users of the Elios 3 and WinCan the chance to combine their detailed data collection with tailored analysis that is designed for sewer management.
Points of interest (POIs) that the pilot identifies during the flight are automatically transferred so the person analyzing the data can see what the inspector noticed on the ground. It streamlines communication and simplifies the data management process.”
Beyond timesaving, this new process will offer many other benefits to sewer inspection professionals. WinCan Web will automatically calculate where a defect or point of interest is compared to the point of entry.
WinCan also uses AI to automatically detect defects, which saves users time during analysis.
The new system also addresses key issues related to report-generation that are in line with industry standards.
WinCan supports over 30 different observation catalogs, which is more than any other sewer inspection software company.
Standardized protocols like NASSCO's PACP, MACP, and LACP facilitate consistent interpretation across various regions and regulatory environments, expanding its applicability.
For Flyability, this collaboration with WinCan— the first company ever to make software for wastewater pipe inspections—demonstrates the company’s commitment to improving sewer inspections and adapting its drones for new and more effective operations.
“The partnership further proves the value of the Elios 3 for sewer inspections,” McMinn Mitchell stated.
“People have already been using our drone to collect data but now they’re able to integrate it with existing workflows and see it in the format they are already used to.
This means that network managers can get more data than was previously available but still analyze and present it in the same way.
https://www.commercialuavnews.com/construction/flyability-and-wincan-partner-to-create-a-full-solution-for-drone-based-sewer-inspections
https://www.flyability.com/elios-3
https://www.wincan.com/en/technology/modules/wincan-web/
MIT builds swarms of tiny robotic insect drones that can fly 100 times longer than previous designs
February 10, 2025
MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an unprecedented level.
The new technology could increase crop yields dramatically without harming the environment.
Artificial pollination is a process through which humans manually move pollen from one flower to another, with advances such as mechanical pollination among the techniques being developed.
The idea of using robot insects is not new — but a problem previous generations of bug-sized robots ran into was their lack of endurance, velocity and aerial versatility compared to bees and other real insects.
However, in a new paper published Jan. 15 in the journal Science Robotics, the team revealed that they could craft a design with features that addressed the current limitations in mechanical pollination.
The new designs can fly 100 times longer than previous versions while being lighter and housing enough storage for batteries, the scientists said.
They added that the robots’ precision and agility have improved while the stress on their wing flexures normally experienced during flight has reduced.
Wing flexure is the ability of an aircraft’s wing (in this case, the "bug-bots") to bend or flex.
The team had to ensure that the wings of an aircraft lighter than a paperclip would not only surpass past designs but even perform better than their organic counterparts to revolutionize the way produce is grown.
"The amount of flight we demonstrated in this paper is probably longer than the entire amount of flight our field has been able to accumulate with these robotic insects," said co-lead author Kevin Chen, associate professor of robotics at MIT, said in a statement.
"With the improved lifespan and precision of this robot, we are getting closer to some very exciting applications, like assisted pollination.”
Robotic insects with much higher stamina
Insect-sized drones needed considerable improvement on previous designs, the team acknowledged in their paper.
In a previous MIT design, the robotic insect was made from four identical units — each with two wings. The rectangular devices were around the size of a microcassette and each one had eight wings.
"There is no insect that has eight wings. In our old design, the performance of each individual unit was always better than the assembled robot." Chen said.
Because the device did not resemble its real counterpart (predominantly due to the wings), it held back performance.
The thin pair of wings in bees lets them fly freely and with speed, whereas the eight wings on the robotic counterpart caused them to blow too much air — reducing the amount of lift in the robotic bee.
During testing, a student even suggested flying this version was "the slowest 1,000 seconds he had spent in his entire life."
MIT’s new design divided this robot in half. Each one of the four units has a single, flapping wing that points away from the robot’s center.
This feature stabilizes its vertical movement, allowing it to lift higher than before.
By having half as many wings as its predecessor, the new design also allows for enough storage for the robot to carry electronic devices such as batteries.
The team also crafted complex signals that connected the wings to devices within the design, replicating "muscles."
These signals — referred to as transmissions — necessitated some adjustments in the size of the wings, but overall they could decrease the strain that hindered the stamina of the previous versions.
Chen said there is still much to be done to improve the design further. For instance, bees’ wings are finely controlled by a very sophisticated set of muscles.
The team wants to integrate this level of fine-tuning in the future, alongside integrating sensors, batteries and even computing capabilities into this "bug-bot" within the next five years.
https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/mit-builds-swarms-of-tiny-robotic-insect-drones-that-can-fly-100-times-longer-than-previous-designs
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adp4256
https://news.mit.edu/2025/fast-agile-robotic-insect-could-someday-aid-mechanical-pollination-0115
Lifesaving helicopter stalled by drone after toddler nearly drowns in Orangefield
Updated: 11:31 AM CST February 10, 2025
ORANGE, Texas — Orange deputies and first responders raced to save a 3-year-old child who nearly drowned Sunday near Orangefield.
The child was reportedly swimming at a spot on Chimney Rock Drive, just outside of Orangefield, before nearly drowning according to Orange County EDS#2 Assistant Fire Chief Josh Taylor.
The child's parents were reportedly already performing CPR by the time firefighters arrived at around 4:30 p.m.
A helicopter was called in transport the child to a nearby hospital after suffering cardiac arrest due to drowning according to Taylor.
However, matters were complicated when when the medical helicopter could not take off due to a drone being flown directly overhead.
The pilot of that drone was identified, and his drone was promptly confiscated according to Orange County Sheriff Bobby Smith.
Once the drone was grounded the helicopter was then able to take off.
There is an ongoing investigation into the matter but no arrests have been made at this time according to Smith.
The child is now in stable condition and being treated at the hospital.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/orange-county-first-responders-race-save-drowning-child-rogue-drone-hampers-medical-helicopter/502-d68017ca-e0d4-402b-8462-57e66542335e
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin claims Trump won’t force Putin into peace talks as Kyiv approves new drone
Monday 10 February 2025 17:17 GMT
Russia has vowed that Vladimir Putin will not be spoken to in the language of ultimatums by US president Donald Trump.
Deputy Russian foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said it would not be possible to reach a US-brokered peace deal if Mr Trump undermines Mr Putin’s fundamental aims.
“Without solving the problems which were the root causes of what is happening, it will not be possible to reach an agreement,” Mr Ryabkov said.
“So variations and half-measures are not the path we are prepared to go along.”
He suggested the non-negotiables for Mr Putin include Ukraine abandoning hopes of joining Nato and its withdrawal of troops from the four regions Russia illegally annexed in September 2022.
All four regions remain partially unoccupied. It comes as Ukraine’s defence ministry approved the military use of a domestically-produced drone.
The Baton drones - the word translates to “a loaf of bread” in Ukrainian - were designed to withstand extreme weather and travel at high speeds, allowing them to catch up with and strike moving targets.
Ukraine has prioritised drone warfare since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, heavily investing in aerial, naval, and ground-based unmanned systems.
updates cont.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-map-live-casualties-trump-putin-phone-call-b2695143.html
Russian Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Hit in Overnight Drone Strikes
February 10, 2025, 9:07 am
Ukrainian drones struck Krasnodar Krai early in the morning on Monday, Feb. 10, targeting the Afipsky oil refinery - the key oil hub in southwestern Russia.
Andriy Kovalenko, the Head of the Center of Countering Disinformation, reported on his Telegram channel.
According to Kovalenko, the Afipsky refinery is one of the key refineries in Russia, with a capacity of 6.25 million tons of oil per year.
The refinery plays a strategic role for Russian troops in providing fuel for military equipment, especially in the southern direction.
“Its location in the Krasnodar Krai makes it an important logistics center for the supply of diesel fuel and aviation kerosene used by the army.
That is why the Afipsky oil refinery is not only an industrial facility but also an important element of Russia’s military infrastructure,” Kovalenko wrote.
Ukraine and Russia have targeted each other’s energy facilities and military infrastructure in almost nightly drone or missile attacks.
As a result of the aerial assault, a residential building in the city of Krasnodar was damaged - the debris from the downed UAV landed on the roof of a high-rise.
Governor Veniamin Kondratiev confirmed that wreckage struck the 19th floor of the “Tsentralny” complex.
Mayor Evgeny Naumov said the drone was shot down around 2 a.m. local time, adding that all essential systems were functioning, no homes were damaged, and no fires occurred.
He also urged people not to take photos or touch the wreckage.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that 15 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight.
Seven were shot down over Krasnodar, with others intercepted over Bryansk, Rostov, Belgorod, Kursk, and occupied Crimea.February 10, 2025, 9:07 am
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/46851
https://t.me/astrapress/74144
Super Bowl halftime performer detained after unfurling Sudanese-Palestinian flag
02/10/25 9:15 AM ET
A performer in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was detained late Sunday after showing a Sudanese-Palestinian flag on the field.
The NFL confirmed to The Associated Press that the individual will be “banned for life from all NFL stadiums and events.”
The New Orleans Police Department also said authorities were “working to determine applicable charges in this incident.”
NOPD said in a statement to The Hill that the individual detained, an adult Black male, “was ejected from the stadium after the incident.”
“No arrest nor summons was issued,” NOPD added. “As such, the individual will not be identified.”
NOPD also said it will be working with the NFL and the halftime production team to “ascertain any affiliation” the individual may have had with Lamar’s performance.
The individual stood on a prop car used in the performance and unfurled a combination flag with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on it.
The NFL told the AP that the performer hid the flag during the beginning of the show and revealed it late in the performance. No one involved in production reportedly knew of his plans.
The performance continued without major disruption and the flag didn’t appear to be shown in the live broadcast of Lamar’s halftime show, the AP noted.
The Hill has also reached out to the NFL for comment.
Lamar’s performance highlighted some of his biggest hits and featured SZA and Samuel L. Jackson, with the actor dressed as Uncle Sam.
The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/5135793-nfl-super-bowl-halftime-performer-detained/
https://apnews.com/article/super-bowl-halftime-protest-palestine-0d670147fe14286bfb665f739772f0a7