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Oakland County OKs Flock Drones Despite Privacy Revolt
Oakland County’s Board of Commissioners voted 13-4 on April 8 to approve a nine-month pilot program that puts Flock Safety drones in the hands of the county Sheriff’s Office, as M Live reports. The decision came over loud protests fromโฆ

DJI Modify 1.6 Sharpens Its 3D Modeling Toolkit
DJI just dropped version 1.6.0 of its Modify software, and the update targets the professionals who actually depend on drone-captured 3D data every day. Surveyors, construction crews, public safety agencies, and infrastructure inspectors all get meaningful workflow improvements in thisโฆ

GoPro Launches 8K Cinema Cameras With 1-Inch Sensors
GoPro just made the jump from action camera company to cinema camera company. The MISSION 1 Series, announced today via press release from the company, is a lineup of three compact cameras built around a new 50-megapixel 1-inch sensor andโฆ
Ukraine Captures Russian Position Using Only Drones and Ground Robots.
For the first time in the war, Ukraine seized a Russian position without a single soldier stepping forward. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday that an enemy position had been taken “exclusively by unmanned platforms โ ground systems and drones,”โฆ
Army Troops Test Anti-Drone Bullets for Standard Rifles
This article is about two things that I really like: drones and guns. The U.S. Army just gave soldiers the simplest possible counter-drone tool: a bullet. Troops assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps Signal Detachment conducted live-fire training with theโฆ
Japan Drops Apaches, Bets $70M on Drones Instead
Japan just put real money behind the idea that attack helicopters are finished. The country’s fiscal year 2026 defense budget, enacted on April 7, includes ยฅ11.1 billion ($69.7 million) to buy five “wide-area UAVs” for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force,โฆ
Army Tests Golden Shield Anti-Drone Net at Fort Hood
The U.S. Army just proved it can detect, track, and destroy a drone without a human pulling the trigger. The 1st Cavalry Division completed a live-fire test of its Golden Shield counter-drone network at Fort Hood, Texas, from April 7โฆ

EASA Releases Revision 24 of Air Operations Rules With Gyroplane and Flight Data Monitoring Updates
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published Revision 24 of the Easy Access Rules for Air Operations (EAR for Air OPS), dated March 2026, bringing three regulatory instruments into a consolidated rulebook and rolling out an improved onlineโฆ

FCC Wants Your Input on Drone Spectrum and Licensing Before May 1 Deadline
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking drone operators, manufacturers, public safety agencies, and investors to file comments on a proposed set of reforms before May 1, 2026. The public notice, titled “Unleashing American Drone Dominance” and formally designated DA-26-314,โฆ
U.S. Startup Hunts FPV Drones Using Sound Alone
A Boise, Idaho company called Talon Avionics has built a counter-drone system that doesn’t start with radar. It starts with microphones. The SECTR platform uses AI-powered acoustic sensing to detect, track, and physically destroy hostile FPV drones before traditional sensorsโฆ

DJI Teases “More Than Sound” Audio Product for April 28 as Mic Mini 2 Speculation Builds
DJI posted a second product teaser to its official X account on April 14, 2026, pointing to a launch on April 28 at 8 AM EDT. The post carries the tagline “More Than Sound” and features a colorful butterfly graphicโฆ

DJI Teases Lito Drone Launch for April 23 After Months of FCC Leaks and Speculation
DJI has officially announced a new drone launching on April 23, 2026 at 12 PM GMT (8 AM ET / 5 AM PT). The company posted a teaser on April 14 via its official @DJIGlobal account on X, using theโฆ
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