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 graphic…
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 the…
YouTuber Jeven Dovey flew the DJI Avata 360 and DJI Avata 2 back to back on the same flight paths and came away with a blunt verdict: the newer, more expensive drone flies worse as an FPV platform. His side-by-side…
The DJI Avata 360 is now on sale in the United States at $719 for the standalone drone. DJI has opened US orders through its store and through Amazon after American buyers sat out while the rest of the world…
A fourth armed drone has been found on Finnish soil in less than two weeks, this time in a forest in the Perheniemi area of Iitti, roughly 140 kilometres northeast of Helsinki, according to the Helsinki Times. A member of…
The Department of Defense filed a memorandum with the Federal Communications Commission opposing DJI’s petition to be removed from the agency’s Covered List, as first reported by Broadband Breakfast on April 7. The filing’s most consequential detail is what it…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the U.S. military formal clearance on Friday to use high-energy lasers against suspected drones in U.S. airspace, ending a two-month interagency dispute that twice shut down commercial flight operations over the Texas-Mexico border. FAA…
The FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) is now doing something U.S. aviation regulators have never done: letting companies fly commercial missions with uncertified aircraft, then using the data to write the rules afterward. A detailed report from Aviation International…
Yaroslav Azhnyuk went from building a smartphone-controlled laser toy for bored pets to manufacturing AI-guided kamikaze drones that fly their final attack run without human input. The New York Times profiled Azhnyuk and his two defense companies today, documenting how…
Skyrover posted a “We’re Here to Stay” announcement to its official Reddit community this week, formally titled “A Letter to Our U.S. Customers: Our Long-Term Commitment to the Drone Community.” The statement lays out a five-year roadmap covering FCC compliance,…
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr scaled the WCTI broadcast tower in Jones County, North Carolina, on Thursday, riding a hydraulic hoist most of the way up before climbing the final 101 feet by hand. Carr posted video and…
Two Harvard mechanical engineering seniors have built a fixed-wing VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) drone from scratch to help marine biologists locate sperm whales tagged with VHF (very high frequency) transmitters off the coast of Dominica, according to a project…