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Training Aircraft May Explain Copenhagen Airport Drone Sighting That Halted Flights
A reported drone sighting that shut down Copenhagen’s Kastrup Airport for three hours Monday evening may have been a case of mistaken identity involving a training aircraft. Copenhagen Airtaxi AS has confirmed their school plane was conducting training flights in…
Chinese Drone Makers Secretly Collaborate with Sanctioned Russian Arms Manufacturer
Chinese drone experts have been working directly with sanctioned Russian weapons manufacturer IEMZ Kupol to develop military drones, according to new intelligence documents obtained by Reuters. The collaboration involves multiple site visits and shipments of attack drones, revealing a deeper…
Poland Emerges as Top Buyer of Taiwanese Drones Amid Europe’s Chinese Tech Exodus
Poland has become Taiwan’s largest drone customer, capturing nearly 60% of the island nation’s drone exports as European countries rapidly pivot away from Chinese defense technology in response to growing security concerns. Taiwan’s drone exports have skyrocketed to approximately $32…
Norway Police Seize Foreign Drone Near Oslo Airport Amid Nordic Security Concerns
Norwegian authorities have arrested a foreign national in his 50s for operating a drone in restricted airspace near Oslo’s airport, highlighting escalating drone security issues across Nordic countries this week. The incident occurred Thursday when police seized the unmanned aircraft,…
Search and Rescue Drone Shot At Twice While Hunting Lost Dogs in Maine
A commercial drone pilot conducting aerial searches for missing pets in northern Maine has been targeted by gunfire twice in recent weeks, with one bullet striking his aircraft—acts that constitute federal crimes carrying potential prison sentences under aviation law. Robert…
DJI Mini 5 Pro Active Track Test And CRASH!
Oh, The DJI Mini 5 Pro is going to crash for sure. What the hell are you doing? What the—he’s just—okay, we hit something. Time to test out the tracking capabilities of the Mini 5 Pro. I have it right…
Auterion Raises $130M to Scale AI-Powered Drone Swarms for Defense
Auterion, the Swiss-American drone software company behind the open-source PX4 autopilot system, has secured $130 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners to accelerate deployment of AI-powered drone swarms for military operations. The funding round values the…
RoboFalcon 2.0: The Drone That Flies Like a Bird
For every drone pilot who has watched a bird effortlessly glide on the wind and felt a pang of jealousy, this one’s for you. Researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University have unveiled RoboFalcon 2.0, a flapping-wing drone that so perfectly mimics…
Drone Chaos Shuts Down Copenhagen and Oslo Airports
The skies over Scandinavia fell silent. On Monday night, the bustling airports of Copenhagen and Oslo were turned into ghost towns, forced to shut down for hours after multiple sightings of large, unidentified drones in their restricted airspace. As Reuter…
No Weight Tolerance for DJI Mini 5 Pro in United States as per FAA Drone Regulations
Unlike the European Union’s approach, the FAA provides no manufacturing tolerance for the 250-gram weight threshold for drones such as the DJI Mini 5 Pro. US regulations are strict: any drone weighing 250 grams or more requires registration, regardless of…
EASA Confirms DJI Mini 5 Pro Retains C0 Status Despite 252g Weight
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has officially confirmed that the DJI Mini 5 Pro maintains its C0 classification, even though many units weigh 252-253 grams. EASA engineer Natale Di Rubbo clarified that the prEN 4709-001 standard allows a 3%…
Amish Brothers Are Revolutionizing Farming With DJI Drones
In the heart of Pennsylvania’s farm country, a new kind of revolution is taking place, and it’s buzzing just above the cornfields. As Farm Progress let us know, three young men from the Amish community, a group known for its…