Deal
DJI Flip Hits $349 on Amazon Two Weeks Before Trump's 25% Drone Tariff
The DJI Flip is back at $349 on Amazon, with the RC 2 bundle at $509, two weeks before Trump's 25% drone tariff takes effect on September 3.
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.
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Amazon
Amazon Prime Air Promises 500 Cities This Year, One 15-Mile Circle At A Time
Amazon plans Prime Air drone delivery in nearly 500 US cities and towns by the end of 2026, adding Chicago, Atlanta, Cleveland, Syracuse, and Boise.
DJI RUMORS
DJI Sets September 1 For SDR Transmission 2. US Buyers Are Blocked.
DJI has set September 1 for what leaked packaging calls the SDR Transmission 2 Combo. The FCC Covered List already bars its US sale.
RESEARCH
Duke University Drone Tracks Another Drone Using Only Its Sound
Duke's SonicFly follower quadcopter chases a leader drone with a 10-gram microphone array, no GPS sharing, no radio link, and no camera.
LOBBYING
AUVSI's Robbins Exits For SIA As The Drone Ban He Backed Rolls On
Michael Robbins leaves AUVSI September 30 to run the Semiconductor Industry Association, the industry he spent three years telling drone makers to copy.
Japan
Helsing Pitches Japan A Strike Drone With A Contested Combat Record
Rakuten is brokering Helsing's sale of HX-2 strike drones to Japan's army, and the aircraft under test is the same one a German defense ministry document said struggled to launch in Ukraine.
Technology
HOVERAir VERSA FCC Certification Was Granted In Error, FCC Says
The FCC tells DroneXL it has ordered HOVERAir to stop selling the VERSA in the US, set aside the device's certification, and is weighing further action.
Counter-Drone
Texas Wants Counter-Drone Power. Only 61 US Officers Are Certified.
El Paso police told Texas senators they have tracked 1,776 cross-border cartel drone incursions and need more authority to respond. Congress already granted that authority in December. The constraint is a single FBI school in Alabama that has certified 61 officers nationwide.
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