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Close-up of the black DJI Osmo Pocket 4P gimbal head, its 3x telephoto lens beside a second lens marked 1-inch, against a dark background

FCC Filing

China Vows More Countermeasures as FCC Cuts Off Chinese Test Labs

China opposes the FCC vote ending recognition of mainland test labs from December 2028, says the US stalled talks, and threatens further countermeasures.

Haye KestelooOct 30

White and blue Joby air taxi with tail number N545JX parked on a helipad beside the East River as a crowd takes photos

eVTOL

Joby Flies Florida's 1914 Airline Route, Still Without a Fare

Joby flew St. Petersburg to Tampa International on October 30 to open Florida's eIPP week, retracing the 1914 airline route with no fare set.

Haye KestelooOct 30

Night view of the DJI and Hasselblad store front in Tokyo, a lit DJI | Hasselblad sign under a glass-walled second floor, with a wet sidewalk in front

DJI Store

DJI's First Japan Concept Store Opens With Gear the US Never Got

DJI and Hasselblad open a two-floor concept store in Tokyo's Omotesando on October 31, with a flight cage and Mavic 4 Pro and Osmo Pocket 4P posters.

Haye KestelooOct 30

Six people holding a yellow Wisk ribbon on a vertiport landing pad, two of them cutting it with gold scissors, in front of a yellow Wisk air taxi

eVTOL

Wisk Opens Its Hollister Vertiport as the FAA Rewrites Pad Rules

Wisk opened its 100-foot Hollister vertiport on October 29, a week after the FAA posted a draft standard that would replace the one it used.

Haye KestelooOct 30

DJI Matrice 5TD drone seen from below in flight beside a steel transmission tower against a blue sky

EXPLAINER

DJI's 1280 Thermal Drones Skip the US. Economists Saw This Coming

DJI's Matrice 5TD and a November 5 folding thermal drone can't be sold in the US. Research says the ban removes US drone makers' reason to improve.

Haye KestelooOct 30

Pilot Institute

Zipline Claims 68% Less Noise, Alibaba Wins Ruling, MI Organ Flights

Zipline says its drones got quieter, Alibaba wins a ruling on a Pentagon lobbying law that also reaches DJI's lobbyists, and Michigan funds organ flights.

Greg ReverdiauOct 30

REVIEW

DJI Pocket 4P at 100 Days: A US Owner's eBay Unit Has No US Warranty

A US filmmaker calls the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P a go-to camera after 100 days. Bought on eBay, it falls outside DJI's North America warranty rule.

Haye KestelooOct 29

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in a dark suit speaks into a microphone from an armchair on a stage lined with American flags while a moderator reads her notes

POLICY

AUVSI Gives the FCC as Many Speakers as the FAA at Its DC Drone Forum

AUVSI's Nov. 9-10 symposium lists four FCC officials, enforcement chief Hunter Deeley among them, and four from the FAA, with Part 108 still unpublished.

Haye KestelooOct 29

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