{"id":3851,"date":"2026-07-10T11:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3851"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:06:35","slug":"listen-understanding-how-modern-drones-actually-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3851","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Understanding how modern drones actually work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><div><span>Podcast<\/span><\/div><div><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" height=\"90\" loading=\"lazy\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42026445\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/020000\/\" style=\"border: none\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Ben and Foreign Affairs Correspondent Vaughn Cockayne break down the apparent collapse of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, the high-stakes NATO summit in Turkey, and China\u2019s provocative ballistic missile test. <br\/><br\/>Then, Ira Hughes, senior director of sales for Doodle Labs, joins the show to talk about drones, connectivity, secure data links, and whether the Pentagon\u2019s drone dominance initiative is moving too fast. <br\/><br\/>Plus, the \u201cThreat of the Week.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3848\">Commanders to retire Riggins\u2019 No. 44 jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to receive the daily Threat Status newsletter delivered directly to your inbox.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cf39dec693092341905c65453ebef3d9-768x134.png\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cf39dec693092341905c65453ebef3d9-768x134.png 768w, https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cf39dec693092341905c65453ebef3d9-300x52.png 300w, https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cf39dec693092341905c65453ebef3d9.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3846\">LOVERRO: If Nationals\u2019 new management is for real, now is the time to prove it<\/a><\/p>\n<div><div><span>Podcast<\/span><\/div><div><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" height=\"289\" loading=\"lazy\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/destination\/id\/4380683\/height\/289\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/render-playlist\/yes\/custom-color\/020000\/\" style=\"border: none\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ira Hughes, senior director of sales for Doodle Labs, joins the show to talk about drones, connectivity, secure data links, and whether the Pentagon&#8217;s drone dominance initiative is moving too fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-threat-status"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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