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A New Hampshire drone operator has played a crucial role in a potential breakthrough of a long-standing missing person case by providing authorities with precise aerial thermal imagery that led to the discovery of human remains. The findings could finally bring closure in the five-year search for Amanda Grazewski, who disappeared from Derry in March…
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is exploring a future where drones could deliver prescriptions directly to your door. This week, the department announced a series of successful test flights conducted in October 2024, delivering small packages in Lynn and Swampscott. Denise Garcia, acting director of MassDOT’s aeronautics division, told WBUR that the flights aimed…
A major retirement community in Florida has ordered drone pilots to stop filming construction sites, igniting a complex legal battle over airspace
The FBI unveiled a wanted poster for Baoxia "Emily" Liu, a Chinese national accused of orchestrating a conspiracy to smuggle U.S.-origin drone components
On March 14, 2025, SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. and its subsidiary Shenzhen Dajiang Baiwang Technology Co., Ltd. (collectively “DJI”) filed a motion for summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) designation of the company as a “Chinese Military Company” (CMC) under Section…
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week. First, the DJI Mavic 4 Pro launch date, specs, and pricing have been leaked. Second, a research team developed a battery that lets drones fly in extreme temperatures—and when we say extreme, we mean extreme. Third, a missing woman in…
What began as a Chinese boy’s dream to simplify flying helicopters in the 1990s spiraled into DJI, a global drone empire that reshaped aerial photography, surveillance, and modern warfare. From a forgotten 2005 customs bust in Japan to the battlefields of Ukraine, where DJI drones drop bombs on tanks, Frank Wang’s journey is a tale…
Today, I received news about the DJI Mavic 4 Pro. Two little birds told me they had inf about the release date, 7 key features, specs and price.
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