Export controls, the Shenzhen supply chain, and the geopolitics of the world’s drone-manufacturing superpower.
NBC News published a detailed analysis this weekend examining the FCC’s sweeping foreign drone ban and its likely impact on American consumers. The reporting is solid, the sources are credible, and the conclusion is inevitable. But the headline hedges with “could raise prices and shrink choices” when every expert they interviewed confirms it absolutely will.…
DJI Agras drone transforms 82-year-old Chinese farmer Dai Shuying into viral sensation, boosting her farm's efficiency 60x while US farmers face ban barriers.
The FCC banned DJI, but American drone makers will never catch up. Eight years of data proves the US drone industry gap is widening, not closing.
Japan has pledged to provide drones to Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay to help the four South American nations monitor their exclusive economic zones and crack down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, according to Sea Food Source. The move is aimed at improving surveillance of foreign fishing fleets operating just outside, and sometimes inside,…
DJI has launched the DJI Power 1000 Mini in China, introducing several nice to have features that help it compete more directly with rival products.
China’s high-altitude 1,118-mile-range unmanned cargo plane just nailed its first flight, and yes, it did so without a pilot asking where the runway went, according to Interesting Engineering. The Tianma-1000, China’s newest unmanned transport aircraft, completed its maiden flight on Sunday, proving that cargo drones are no longer just oversized quadcopters with ambition issues. Developed…
DJI has posted a teaser for its upcoming camera gimbal, the DJI RS5, slated for release on January 15th 2026, only a few days away. While the U.S. and most other regional DJI sites show no hint of the product, the Chinese site already displays the teaser, suggesting the RS5 will debut in China before rolling out…
I spent the morning reading a story that should make every drone pilot pay attention to what is happening in Washington, not just with the FCC, but with the broader diplomatic chess game being played between the United States and China. While the FCC’s December 22 ban on foreign drones grabbed all the headlines, the…
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