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DJI will announce a new enterprise drone on July 8, 2026, at 8 AM EDT. The teaser, published by DJI Enterprise on July 2 under the tagline “For the Priceless Below,” shows a darkened silhouette of a quadcopter with extended landing gear, a gimbal payload slung under the body, and what appears to be a…
An El Paso County Sheriff’s Office drone spotted people fleeing a Colorado Springs-area home and hiding in the backyard before deputies ever arrived on scene, leading to the arrest of a 44-year-old woman wanted on two active warrants. The Sheriff’s Office Regional Communications Center received a disturbance call around 8:00 AM on June 26, 2026,…
Ukrainian Defense Drones (UDD), the U.S. company representing Ukraine’s F-Drones, has chosen the Village of Holland in Northwest Ohio for its first American assembly and manufacturing center. The company plans to invest $18.4 million and create at least 300 jobs in Lucas County by the end of 2029, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Congresswoman Marcy…
The DJI Mini 4K Protection Bundle dropped to $251.99 on Amazon, 26% off its $341.99 list price and, per Amazon’s badge, the lowest price in 30 days. The deal landed right before the July 4th weekend, is Prime-eligible with free delivery by Sunday, July 5, and was in stock when I pulled up the listing…
A college student says he built the world’s fastest RC airplane in his dorm: a 5 kg carbon-fiber jet he claims hits 500 mph. The engineering is real. The legality isn’t.
The DJI Flip just hit $349 on Amazon, down from its $439 list price. That is 21% off and, per Amazon’s own badge, the lowest price in 30 days. This isn’t a single-listing markdown either: all four Flip configurations are discounted at once, every one of them ships with Prime, and all four showed in…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum on June 29 creating a single Pentagon office with authority over nearly every unmanned systems program in the U.S. military. The Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Unmanned Systems, or DRPM-UxS, reports straight to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg and absorbs the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group along with the…
DJI Agriculture launched two new spray platforms worldwide on July 1, 2026: the Agras T55, a lighter 50-liter drone built around an upgraded safety stack, and the Agras T100 Dual Battery Spraying System, an endurance-focused revision of the flagship the company shipped last November. Both arrive with the same qualifier DJI has attached to every…
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