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DJI Osmo Nano: The Ultimate Wearable Camera For FPV Pilots And Daily Content Creators
I’m incredibly excited about the DJI Osmo Nano camera, not only as a drone channel to test it on an FPV drone, but also to use it on a daily basis as a wearable camera to capture my life and…
Olympic Drone Scandal: Canadian Soccer Coach Reveals Death Threats, Suicidal Thoughts After Career-Ending Flight
More than a year after a drone flight over a soccer practice ended her career, Jasmine Mander is finally telling her side of the drone scandal. The former Canadian Olympic assistant coach has published a detailed first-person account revealing the…
Military Reconnaissance Drones Shut Munich Airport Twice As Europe’s Airspace Crisis Intensifies
Germany’s Munich Airport suffered its second drone-related shutdown in two days Friday evening—and a classified German security report reveals the aircraft were military reconnaissance drones, not hobbyist quadcopters. According to BILD, which obtained the confidential assessment, the drones that repeatedly…
British Drone Companies Flee UK Red Tape, Test in Spain and Canada Instead
British defence drone manufacturers are abandoning UK testing grounds for Spain and Canada due to regulatory bottlenecks that require up to six months of paperwork, while foreign approvals take just weeks. The bureaucratic burden directly contradicts the UK government’s push…
Germany Joins NATO’s Drone Crisis as Surveillance Swarms Map Critical Infrastructure
Mass drone flights over German critical infrastructure have escalated NATO’s mounting security crisis, with unidentified drones conducting systematic surveillance operations across military installations, power plants, and government facilities in northern Germany. The coordinated reconnaissance missions come as Germany rushes emergency…
DJI Neo 2, Mic 3 Pro, and OM8 Slated for November 2025 Launch
Industry sources have revealed an ambitious November 2025 product lineup featuring three significant releases: the DJI Mic 3 Pro, Osmo Mobile 8, and the highly anticipated DJI Neo 2 FPV drone. The information, obtained from ‘internal dealer forecasts’, suggests DJI…
DJI Faces December Ban Deadline as Political Pressure Spawns Proxy Company Network
A security audit mandated by Rep. Elise Stefanik could ban new DJI and Autel drone purchases within 30 days if the companies are deemed an “unacceptable risk” to national security by late December. But the looming deadline raises uncomfortable questions…
Ukrainian Drone Autonomy Firm NORDA Dynamics Raises $1M for GPS-Free Flight Systems
Ukrainian autonomous drone control developer NORDA Dynamics has secured $1 million in funding to scale production of UAV systems designed to operate without GPS or traditional communications. Swedish investment firm Varangians led the round, which signals growing investor confidence in…
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…
The Real Reason Your New DJI Mini 5 Pro is Overweight
For years, the number 249 has been a sacred, almost mythical figure in the drone world. It is the magic weight, in grams, that separates a “toy” from a “real” drone in the eyes of many regulators, allowing us to…
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…