DJI Agriculture announced Wednesday at Agrishow 2026 in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, that its global agricultural drone fleet has crossed 600,000 units, a 50% jump from the 400,000 the company reported at last year’s Agrishow. The fifth annual Agricultural Drone Industry…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1093 into law on April 20, 2026, authorizing the Florida Department of Transportation to fund up to 100 percent of public vertiport construction costs where federal funds are unavailable. The legislation, formally titled…
A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 on final approach to San Diego International Airport reported hitting a drone at roughly 3,000 feet on the morning of April 29, 2026. Hours later, that story had quietly fallen apart. United Flight 1980, a…
South African filmmaker Jacques Crafford published a behind-the-scenes breakdown on April 29 showing how the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 global launch commercial was actually produced. The shoot ran 8 days across South Africa and Hong Kong with a skeleton crew.…
In January 2026, as Minneapolis was still processing the death of 37-year-old Renee Good at the hands of a federal agent, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a flight restriction that created roving 3,000-foot no-fly zones around every Department of…
Oregon-based firefighting operator Precision has integrated the Airbus Flexrotor into a federal wildfire contract, using the 25 kg (55 lb) uncrewed aircraft to fly continuous nighttime surveillance while crewed helicopter teams rest. Precision has operated the Flexrotor since 2014 and…
The Los Angeles Police Department used its Drone as First Responder program to surveil two major protests this year, flight records show. The department’s Skydio X10 drones began circling the March 28 No Kings rally in downtown Los Angeles at…
Antigravity pushed a major software update to the A1 today, April 28, 2026, expanding the world’s first 8K 360-degree drone with five new capabilities. The update addresses one of the most-cited gaps in the A1’s original feature set and arrives…
DJI Japan officially teased the DJI Mic Mini 2S on April 28, 2026, the same day the DJI Mic Mini 2 went on sale globally. The tease on X describes the 2S as an ultra-compact wireless microphone with internal recording,…
DJI launched the DJI Mic Mini 2 worldwide on April 28, 2026, delivering the second generation of its entry-level wireless microphone system with interchangeable magnetic front covers, faster transmitter charging, and vocal tone presets borrowed from the DJI Mic 3.…
New Jersey State Police have recovered all fifteen agricultural spray drones stolen from a Harrison warehouse last month, but the investigation is far from closed. The drones were found April 27 inside Prudent Corporation‘s storage facility in Dover, roughly 30…
Skyports Drone Services starts a 12-month commercial drone trial today, flying light pharmaceuticals across New York’s East River between Manhattan’s Downtown Skyport and the Brooklyn Marine Terminal under contract with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The…