DJI

Every firmware drop, every FCC filing, every leak out of Shenzhen. DJI is the most-covered drone maker on DroneXL — this is the desk that watches them.

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Gray DJI Matrice 4T drone with a spotlight and thermal gimbal on a white folding table next to a DJI RC Plus 2 controller and an open screen case, on a gravel construction site

Search & Rescue

Carolina Rescue Team Flies New DJI M4T, Calls the Ban Overreach

Charleston's all-volunteer Carolina Emergency Response Team trained on a new DJI Matrice 4T and called the DJI ban overreach nobody has time for.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Large gray eight-rotor cargo drone with two battery cases parked on a vessel deck, with offshore wind turbines on the horizon

Drone Delivery

Ørsted's Turbine Drone Looks Like a DJI Heavy Lifter the US Taxes 100%

Ørsted and Skyports flew 121 to 143-lb kits to Hornsea 2 turbines and back, one BVLOS. The aircraft in Ørsted's photo matches a DJI FlyCart 100.

Haye KestelooOct 19

SNAKE RIVER CANYON

DJI Neo 2 Reads 492 Feet Below Takeoff, Nears Auto-Return at 71%

Idaho Quadcopter took a 151-gram DJI Neo 2 to the Snake River rapids on an RC 2. At 71% battery, 492 feet below takeoff, it neared auto-return.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Gray DJI Agras T100 agricultural drone seen from the front against a black background, with folded spray tank, carbon-fiber arms and large motors at each arm tip

China

China Puts Big Drone Motors and Props on Its Export License List

From Nov. 18, China requires export licenses for 48-volt heavy-lift drone motors, ESCs and big carbon props, and US buyers get no fast lane.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Rear view of a gray DJI Matrice 5 drone with folding arms, tall front landing legs, a black dome on the top deck and accessory modules on both sides, on a white background

Leak

Foldable DJI Matrice 5 Slips Into a Polish Dealer's Dock 4 Post

A Polish DJI seller's Dock 4 post includes an image of an unreleased Matrice 5 with folding arms. Facebook labels the post AI content.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Chinese soldier in camouflage holding a gray DJI Mavic 3 drone with a green grenade mounted under its body

China

China Reads Ukraine's Drone War in 4 Months and Shops DJI, CSIS Finds

A CSIS study of 90 Chinese military sources finds the PLA studies Ukraine's drone tactics within four months, trains a year later, and tenders for DJI.

Haye KestelooOct 19

White folding mini drone with black propellers, photographed from above on a blue mat next to a steel ruler

DJI

Suspected DJI Shell Jovistar Kills Its Own FCC Drone Approval

Suspected DJI shell Jovistar asked TÜV Rheinland to dismiss its drone's FCC grant, says it never sold one, and its files point to Skyany and Fikaxo.

Haye KestelooOct 17

Pilot Institute

FCC Moves to Shut Out Chinese Labs, DroneSense Adds LAANC, DJI Dock 4

Greg Reverdiau: the FCC votes Oct. 29 to cut off Chinese test labs, DroneSense adds LAANC through Aloft, and DJI's Dock 4 swaps batteries in 25 seconds.

Greg ReverdiauOct 16

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