DJI
DJI Wins Partial Reversal Of Pentagon Blacklist Ruling Over Fully Redacted Evidence
The D.C. Circuit reversed part of DJI's Pentagon blacklist loss, ruling a judge upheld a fully redacted justification without reading the classified record.
Haye Kesteloo
Haye Kesteloo is the Editor in Chief and Founder of DroneXL.co, where he covers all drone-related news, DJI rumors and writes drone reviews, and of EVXL.co, for all electric vehicle news. Haye can be reached at haye @ dronexl.co or @hayekesteloo. Also on LinkedIn, Muck Rack, Instagram and YouTube.
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US Government
Trump Puts 100% Tariffs On Thermal Drones As His Sons' Drone Stocks Rally
Trump's Section 232 drone tariffs start September 3. Thermal aircraft pay 100%, everything else 25%, and two Trump-linked drone stocks jumped on the news.
DJI
DJI Mavic 4 Pro Creator Combo Falls to $3,500 on Amazon, $100 Above Its June Low
The DJI Mavic 4 Pro Creator Combo is selling for $3,500 on Amazon, a $499 cut from list. Deal sites call it a record low. DroneXL's archive says the same combo hit $3,400 in June. And the FCC's pending LiDAR proposal reaches this drone, which matters more than the last $100.
Insta360
Insta360 X6 Launches At $699.99 A Day Before DJI's Osmo 360 II, And Only One Can Reach US Shelves
Insta360's X6 arrives August 12, 2026 with dual 1/1.1-inch Sony sensors, 8K50fps and in-camera Dolby Vision at $699.99. DJI answers 23 hours later with the Osmo 360 II, on every storefront except the American one.
FAA
Vic Moss Drops The Diplomat Act On The FCC Drone Ban Ahead Of The September 2 Deadline
DSPA co-founder Vic Moss abandoned six years of measured advocacy to attack FCC Docket 26-189. Under the anger is a filing deadline three weeks out.
Wildfire
BRINC Ships Free Wildfire Layers In Days, On NOAA Data That Comes With Warnings
BRINC added live wildfire detections and smoke coverage to its LiveOps software at no additional cost, shipping the feature days after an engineer prototyped it. The layers run on NOAA satellite data that the agency itself labels strategic guidance rather than tactical fire intelligence.
Police
ThinkOn And AVSS Put Canadian Drone Data On Canadian Soil, Off The Hyperscalers
ThinkOn and AVSS are hosting TAK on Canadian sovereign cloud, with live drone video piped in. The data residency case is real. The 'until now' is not.
FPV
GoPro Flies 8K Over Niagara Falls and Leaves the Permit Out of the Description
GoPro's new Niagara Falls reel was shot on a MISSION 1 PRO strapped to FPV Evan's drone. The airspace is restricted on both sides of the border.
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