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.
DJI has officially confirmed the DJI Avata 360, an 8K flagship 360° drone launching March 26, 2026 at 12 PM GMT. DJI rumors specialist Jasper Ellens predicted DJI's new multi-week teaser strategy — and today proved him right.
DJI just opened a competition that could change what drones are capable of. Not the hardware. The brain. The DJI Enterprise Drone Onboard AI Challenge 2026 is not a drone racing event. It is not a photography contest. It is DJI saying, out loud, to every developer and researcher on the planet: we have built…
A filmmaker worked factory night shifts, bought his first drone, and built a production company. Here's what his story means for drone pilots right now.
The solution, apparently, begins with a DJI Matrice 30 at sunset and a thermal camera that sees warm bodies in the dark. The deer never saw it coming. Figuratively speaking.
Nobody was hurt. The drone did not survive. And somewhere out there, the pilot is having a very bad Thursday. During the first round of LIV Golf Hong Kong 2026 at The Hong Kong Golf Club, a broadcast drone lost its argument with a tree and fell to the ground mid-telecast, as reported by Awful…
Flying indoors with a drone requires a different kind of discipline. No GPS lock, no obstacle avoidance to lean on, confined spaces where prop wash bounces off stone walls and wooden pews. Father Mitchell Bechtold, a 40-year-old Catholic priest serving parishes in central Minnesota, logged roughly 100 hours of outdoor flight time before he ever…
Too many new drone pilots jump straight into advanced moves without mastering the basics. There are five drone shots that you should be practicing first. I’m Greg, the co-founder of Pilot Institute, where more than 400,000 students have already learned to fly safely and confidently. In this article, I’m going to walk you through the…
A small New Hampshire town just voted to buy its first police drone. The board that approved it also made sure nobody could fly it until the rules are written down. That is the right order of operations, as VNEWS reported. The Enfield Selectboard voted 4 to 1 Monday night to accept a $15,000 donation…
Firmware drops, FCC filings, leaks, rumors — the DJI desk is the busiest one in the DroneXL newsroom.
