DJI Summer Sales event – Osmo Pocket and Action
DJI just announced their DJI Summer Sales event with discounts of as much as 45%. You save $110 on the DJI Osmo Action & Charging Kit, which is now priced at $259 instead of $369. $70 off the DJI Osmo…
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Breaking news: Win for DJI in patent dispute with Autel Robotics
Breaking news: DJI just scored a big win in the patent dispute with Autel Robotics. In a news update on the website from Finnegan, the law firm that represents DJI in this matter, it was announced that: The Commission is…
Police drone helps to find ‘high-risk’ missing woman
A police drone helps to locate a ‘high-risk’ missing woman in Derbyshire in the UK. As we have seen in many other examples, the drone pilot was able to find the missing person quickly with the help of the unmanned…
Alliance for Drone Innovation welcomes DroneBase and CEO Dan Burton
The Alliance for Drone Innovation (ADI) — a Washington, DC-based coalition of manufacturers, operators, suppliers and software developers of personal and professional drones — proudly welcomes DroneBase, the leading global drone services, and asset management company, and the company’s tens…
DJI Mavic Air 2 teardown video shows H6 processor
Here’s the first teardown video we’ve seen of the new DJI Mavic Air 2 drone. iFixit created the video and shows us the inside of ‘DJI’s smartest drone ever.’ I was curious to see if the Mavic Air 2 has…
How to resolve DJI Mavic Air 2 battery issue
Two weeks ago, we reported on the DJI Mavic Air 2 battery issue. Since then, DJI posted an article on their forum explaining how the issue can be resolved. It is titled ‘Your New Mavic Air 2 Battery Won’t Charge…
2020 FAA UAS Symposium will be remote this summer!
This year, the 2020 FAA UAS Symposium that is organized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in partnership with AUVSI will take place online. It is good to see that this important event is still taking place albeit in a…
INTERPOL Framework for Responding to a Drone Incident for First Responders and Digital Forensics Practitioners
As many member countries continue to report an increase in the use of drones by criminals, INTERPOL released its Framework for Responding to a Drone Incident today. The 131-page document provides guidelines for First Responders and Digital Forensics Practitioners on…
Meet the anti-drone team of the French ‘Garde Republicaine’
Publicly introduced during Summer 2019, the anti-drone team of the French ‘Garde Republicaine’ has generalized a veritable strategy to neutralize air threats above the ‘sensitive sites’. The so-called Protection and Support Section drones (SPAD ) group are now widely communicating…
DJI Mavic 3 feature wishlist: M4/3 sensor, Hasselblad tech, mechanical shutter, interchangeable cameras and lenses
In the response from DJI on my previous ‘Game of Drones’ article, it says that the drone maker has ‘more exciting plans for the remainder of 2020‘. One of these plans might well include a successor to the DJI Mavic…
DJI’s ‘Game of Drones’ culture threatens to break up the drone maker
Against a background of growing distrust of China in the United States, DJI is under significant pressure from the Federal Government that questions the company’s intentions and alleges that its drones spy for the Chinese government. The intensifying focus on…
Man hit with two felony charges after shooting down a drone in Minnesota
A man in Minnesota who shot down a drone is now hit with two felony charges. The drone pilot was flying his unmanned aircraft over a meat processing facility in the Southern Minnesota town of Butterfield when it was shot down.