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Cherry Valley Police Department in Illinois used a Skydio X10 with thermal imaging, a spotlight, and a speaker payload to locate and guide three stranded people out of the Kishwaukee River on the night of June 25, 2026. All three were unhurt when the Cherry Valley Fire Protection District took them to safety.
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office requested the Cherry Valley drone shortly after 9 p.m. The terrain along the river was dark and difficult, the kind of search where a ground team can pass within meters of a victim without seeing them.
The X10 was airborne in minutes. The thermal camera locked onto the three subjects almost immediately, and the spotlight and speaker on the airframe turned the drone from a sensor into a two-way communication device…