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DJI SkyPixel 2026: The Best Drone Photos on the Planet
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DJI SkyPixel 2026: The Best Drone Photos on the Planet

DJI just announced the winners of the 11th Annual SkyPixel Photo and Video Contest, and if you were feeling reasonably good about your drone footage, I’d recommend not scrolling too far. The competition drew nearly 95,000 submissions from 96 countries, with a prize pool worth over $200,000. The results are, frankly, humbling. The Gate: The…

The DJI Flip Is Ugly. Buy It Anyway.
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The DJI Flip Is Ugly. Buy It Anyway.

Let’s get one thing out of the way immediately: the DJI Flip is not a pretty drone. It looks like someone strapped a camera to a tiny bicycle and called it a day. I’ve stared at it from multiple angles hoping it would grow on me, and it hasn’t. But here’s the thing — it…

South Carolina Moves to Criminalize Prison Drone Drops
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South Carolina Moves to Criminalize Prison Drone Drops

South Carolina lawmakers are closing a gap that’s been frustrating law enforcement for years. A bill dubbed the South Carolina Drone Regulation and Public Safety Act cleared a Senate committee unanimously this week, following a unanimous House vote last month, as the South Carolina Daily Gazette reported. If it becomes law, the state will finally…

DJI Air 4 Caught In Chinese Flight-Filing App, The First Registry-Level Sighting
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DJI Air 4 Caught In Chinese Flight-Filing App, The First Registry-Level Sighting

The DJI Air 4 has surfaced inside a Chinese drone flight-reporting app, sitting in a dropdown menu of selectable aircraft alongside the already-shipping Insta360 Antigravity A1. The screenshot, posted Monday by drone leaker Igor Bogdanov on X with the caption “Caught…Air 4,” is the first known appearance of the unannounced model in a regulatory-adjacent piece…

DJI Seeks Court Intervention to Overturn U.S. DoD’s Chinese Military Company Label - Lawmakers Target DJI's Alleged US Drone Loophole Through Anzu Robotics
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FCC Extends Foreign Drone Firmware Waiver To January 2029, Concedes Cutting Off Patches Would Be Worse Than The Ban

The Federal Communications Commission‘s Office of Engineering and Technology released Public Notice DA 26-454 on Friday, May 8, 2026, extending its waiver for software and firmware updates to previously authorized foreign-made drones, UAS critical components, and consumer routers until at least January 1, 2029. The earlier deadlines were January 1, 2027 for drones and March…

Military Drones Could Be Defense Industry’s Bubble, Rheinmetall CEO Warns
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Rheinmetall And Deutsche Telekom Unveil German Drone Shield Built On Cellular Detection

Germany’s largest defense contractor and its biggest mobile carrier announced a joint drone defense shield on Monday, combining Rheinmetall’s air defense hardware with Deutsche Telekom’s cellular network and radio frequency sensors to protect cities and critical infrastructure. The companies will present the system at the AFCEA security trade show in Bonn this week. The partnership…

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