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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A DJI Matrice 350 drone with a yellow YellowScan LiDAR sensor sits on an orange landing pad on bare sandstone, with archaeologist Jacob Bongers crouching beside it

Archaeology

Drone LiDAR Finds Three Aboriginal Shelters Missing From NSW Register

A DJI Matrice 350 with a YellowScan LiDAR flagged three Aboriginal rock shelters absent from NSW's heritage register. Bushwalkers had already seen them.

Haye KestelooOct 25

Gray DJI Avata 360 drone hovering in front of a blurred rocky hillside

FIRMWARE

DJI Avata 360 Waypoints Arrive, and the RC Pro 2 Needs Its Own Update

DJI's October 20 release notes give the Avata 360 Waypoint Flight, FocusTrack zoom and RC Pro 2 support. Here is every version number the update touches.

Haye KestelooOct 25

Close-up of the original DJI Avata's camera and propeller guards against a blurred desert sky

FIRMWARE

DJI Avata Firmware Returns After Nearly 3 Years to Fix 'Known Issues'

DJI's first Avata firmware since December 2023, v01.06.0000, lands with Goggles 2, Goggles Integra and DJI Fly 1.21.16 updates and a one-line changelog.

Haye KestelooOct 25

Snow-streaked peaks of the Teton Range rise behind a valley floor, seen past dark green conifers on a grassy slope of Blacktail Butte

National Parks

Grand Teton Butte in Deleted DJ Drone Video Sits in Airport Airspace

Blacktail Butte, named as the site of a deleted Grand Teton DJ drone video, sits in airport airspace. Flying there needs FAA and park approval.

Haye KestelooOct 25

Two B-52H Stratofortress bombers with LA tail codes taxiing on the flight line at Barksdale Air Force Base

FAA

Barksdale Indictment Alleges DJI Air 3 Flights After the Incursions

A man arrested in Michigan is charged with flying an unregistered DJI Air 3 around Barksdale AFB on March 22 to 26. One count carries up to three years.

Haye KestelooOct 24