China
Beijing Bans Owning A Drone, Then Offers To Buy Yours Back
Beijing bans drone possession citywide on November 15, voiding the May registration deal and paying owners subsidies to sell at designated buyback sites.
Haye Kesteloo
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DJI
DJI SDR Transmission 2 Hits Amsterdam. US Crews Still Can't Buy It
DJI is showing SDR Transmission 2 at IBC in Amsterdam, with pricing due September 17. China pays 1,999 yuan. The FCC Covered List keeps US crews at zero.
Amazon
Amazon Drone Lands Itself Beside a Baton Rouge Road, Two Months In
An Amazon MK30 set itself down on a Florida Boulevard grass strip Friday, props intact, as storms crossed the parish. Amazon has not said why.
Ukraine
Anthropic Catches Russians Using Claude to Code Self-Targeting Drones
Anthropic says a freelance Russian team used Claude Code to build kamikaze drone swarm software that picks targets, including people, with no human veto.
Zipline
Zipline Taught Its Drones to Dive for Speed, and They Got Quieter
A Zipline software update has its drones dive to build speed and climb to brake. Here is why gravity makes them faster, quieter and cooler.
Disaster Response
DJI FlyCart 100s Feed Nepal Flood Survivors As US Taxes Them 100%
China answered Nepal's plea with four DJI FlyCart 100s flying up to 16 relief runs a day. The US put the same aircraft in a 100% tariff bracket on Sept. 3.
Ukraine
Eric Schmidt Warns Ukraine's Drone Edge Is Gone. He Sells the Fix
Schmidt's Washington Post op-ed says Ukraine's innovation edge is losing to Russian mass. His byline omits Swift Beat, the drone maker he runs.
Industry
Vic Moss: The Drone Photo Mistakes Quietly Costing Pilots Clients
Vic Moss, a commercial photographer since 1988, told Commercial UAV Expo which planning, camera, editing and business mistakes cost drone pilots clients.
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