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Airbus

Airbus Flexrotor Takes Night Watch on Federal Wildfire Contract, Eyes Helicopter Hand-Off

Oregon operator Precision has flown the Airbus Flexrotor on wildfire contracts since 2014, now under a federal contract watching fires overnight.

Haye KestelooApr 28

Antigravity A1

Antigravity A1 Spring Update Delivers Omnidirectional Obstacle Avoidance, Voice Control, and Timelapse

Antigravity's A1 spring update adds omnidirectional obstacle avoidance, timelapse, voice control, and a revamped Auto Edit. Spring sale pricing also remains posted.

Haye KestelooApr 28

DJI

DJI Mic Mini 2 Now on Sale Globally With Ten Magnetic Cover Colors Starting at €33

DJI Mic Mini 2 launches worldwide April 28 with ten magnetic cover colors, vocal tone presets, and bundles from €33. No US launch due to FCC status.

Haye KestelooApr 28

Police

New Jersey Spray Drone Theft Ends With Recovery, But No Arrests as Federal Investigation Stays Open

NJ State Police recovered all 15 stolen Ceres Air C31 spray drones in a Dover warehouse. No arrests. FBI, HSI, and CBP are still investigating.

Haye KestelooApr 27

DJI

Skyports Begins Year-Long East River Medical Drone Run Between Manhattan and Brooklyn

Skyports Drone Services starts a 12-month commercial drone trial today, flying light pharmaceuticals across New York’s East River between Manhattan’s Downtown Skyport and the Brooklyn Marine Terminal under contract with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The aircraft is a Brazilian-built Speedbird Aero DLV-2, a 55-pound (25 kg) electric multirotor with a…

Haye KestelooApr 27

SkyPixel

DJI SkyPixel 11th Contest Names ‘Africa Unseen’ Best Video As Submissions Fall By A Third

DJI and SkyPixel announced the winners of the 11th Annual SkyPixel Photo and Video Contest on April 27, naming “Africa Unseen” by ellisvanjason as the Annual Best Video in the Aerial Category. Slovak photographer Filip Hrebenda won the Annual Best Photo prize for “The Gate.” AYANG took Annual Best Video in the Handheld Category for…

Haye KestelooApr 27

United States

Joby Aviation Flies JFK to Manhattan in NYC’s First Point-to-Point eVTOL Demos

Joby Aviation completed New York City’s first point-to-point electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi demonstration flights this past weekend, the company announced this morning. The aircraft, tail number N545JX, departed John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and landed across Manhattan’s existing heliport network. Joby is calling the campaign ‘week-long’ in its release headlin

Haye KestelooApr 27

NASA

NASA’s Dragonfly Octocopter Hits Three Build Milestones Ahead of 2028 Titan Launch

NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft is no longer a render. Over the past two months, the team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has bolted together the lander’s primary structure, dropped a full-scale parachute system over the Arizona desert, and finished testing the laser inside the science payload that will sniff Titan’s surface for the…

Rafael SuárezApr 27

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