DJI
Potensic Atom 3 First Flight: New Sub-249 Gram Drone Flies Like A DJI Mini For A Lot Less Money
We flew the Potensic Atom 3 before launch day. First impressions of the sub-249g drone with a 1/1.3-inch sensor, and a remote that outdoes DJI's.
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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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DJI Matrice 4E Maps 29 Native Species Across 130 Hectares In Open-Source Flora Study
A surveyor running an environmental baseline study used a DJI Matrice 4E and free open-source software to identify, classify, and geolocate every individual plant of 29 native species across a 130-hectare site. Pablo Carranza shared the work in the Drone Mapping and Processing group, posting annotated orthophotos that show hundreds of tree crowns outlined and…
DJI
Transport Canada Proposes Drone Remote ID, Club Exemptions, And New Airspace Restriction Powers
Transport Canada published Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) 2026-005 on June 8, 2026, the biggest proposed rewrite of Canadian drone rules since Part IX of the Canadian Aviation Regulations took effect in 2019. The proposal would mandate Remote ID for most drone operations, create a formal Community-Based Organization model with permanent flying sites exempt from…
FAA
FAA Adds DHS Drone Authorization Path To World Cup NOTAMs, Texas Locations First
The Federal Aviation Administration will modify all of its FIFA World Cup 2026 drone NOTAMs to add an authorization pathway through the Department of Homeland Security, starting with the Texas locations. The change comes less than two weeks after the tournament’s sweeping flight restrictions took effect on June 1 and began grounding commercial drone operators…
DJI
Moab Firefighting Helicopter Dodges Unauthorized Drone, 17 Months After The Super Scooper Collision
A firefighting helicopter working a brush fire near Moab, Utah encountered an unauthorized drone over the active fire area, and state fire managers responded by publishing photos of what past drone strikes have done to aircraft. The warning lands 17 months after a DJI Mini punched a hole in a Super Scooper over the Palisades…
Ukraine
Stark Unveils Cascade and Gambit Drones Eight Months After Flunking Every Strike in Military Trials
Stark unveils Cascade and Gambit loitering munitions with fiber-optic guidance and a UK launcher deal, eight months after its Virtus failed every strike.
Technology
Pokémon Go Scans Quietly Trained the Navigation Tech Now Headed Into Military Drones
Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.
Ukraine
MaXon Systems Built the $3,500 Autonomous Drone That Kills Shaheds Without a Pilot
MaXon Systems built a $3,500 fixed-wing drone that launches, flies, and kills Shaheds autonomously. First combat use confirmed in Kharkiv on June 8.
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