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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung expressed regret to North Korea over civilian drone incursions. Kim Yo Jong called it "wise" in a rare conciliatory move.
Ukraine’s military has built two online marketplaces where frontline commanders can browse hundreds of drone models on their phones, pay with brigade credits, and receive delivery within 5 to 10 days, according to a detailed report by The New York Times. The system covers nearly the entire Ukrainian armed forces, with 130 brigades now enrolled.…
China is imposing some of the harshest drone restrictions on the planet, even as its government pours billions into building a “low-altitude economy” around the same technology. The New York Times reports that new regulations taking effect in May will require real-name registration for all drones, advance permits for flights in restricted zones covering most…
Retail packaging photos of the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Creator Combo have surfaced showing the full spec sheet printed on the box, as The New Camera first reported. The image, shared by OsitaLV, reveals a 1-inch sensor with 14 stops of dynamic range, 107GB of built-in storage, 2x lossless zoom, and 4-channel audio output. These…
Amazon Prime Air brought its MK30 delivery drone to XPONENTIAL Europe in Düsseldorf, Germany last week, where I spent considerable time with a company representative discussing the aircraft’s design. I came away with more questions than answers. The MK30 stands roughly five feet tall with a wingspan of about five and a half feet, weighs…
SkyeBrowse has shipped two major updates this month that together push its drone mapping platform further into the enterprise than any previous release. On March 7, 2026, the company announced a major Flight App update expanding support to the DJI Mini 4 Pro, Matrice 400, and the full Matrice 4 series (4E, 4T, 4D, 4TD),…
Armin Papperger, Chairman and CEO of Rheinmetall AG, dismissed Ukraine’s drone program as kitchen-table hobbyism in an interview with The Atlantic published Friday, March 28. “They have 3D printers in the kitchen, and they produce parts for drones,” Papperger told the magazine. “This is not innovation.” He compared Ukraine’s drone development to playing “with Lego”…
Zelenskyy told Reuters Ukraine can produce 2,000 interceptor drones per day if it has the budget. Here is what that figure actually means and why the math matters.
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