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DJI Mini 5 Pro 360 Guards Leak and It Makes Sense
360 degree propeller guards designed specifically for the DJI Mini 5 Pro, already mounted on a demo unit, plus box shots that suggest this is not
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DJI Osmo Action 6 Gets 8K Right Before Christmas
Just when many of us were already mentally powering down for eggnog mode, DJI decided to slide a very shiny package under the tree. A new firmware update for the DJI Osmo Action 6 has landed, and yes, it unlocks 8K video recording at up to 30 frames per second. Two days before Christmas, and…
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Lost Dog Found by Drone After 9 Days in New Jersey
A frozen marsh, a missing dog, and a ticking snowstorm clock sound like the start of a bad winter story, but in New Jersey it ended with a quiet win for drones, thermal cameras, and one very relieved family. NBC New York bring us this story. Nine Days Lost in the Cold Samira Gross was…
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Senators Demand DJI Drone Disclosures from Contractors at Nuclear and Border Sites
Two senators are pressing major construction contractors about DJI drone use at nuclear facilities and border security sites. The letters follow GSA Inspector General findings that contractors used DJI equipment at sensitive locations. But the real question isn’t whether the drones were secure. It’s whether the contractors had legal authorization to use them at all.…
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DJI Neo 2 After 30 Days: Why This Pocketable Drone Has Become One of My Favorites
The DJI Neo 2 drone has been out for about a month now, and I can easily say this has probably become one of my favorite drones. A lot of people consider the Neo series a toy, something not meant for anything serious. I disagree. The original Neo was limited with its video quality, but…
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Texas DPS Quietly Built a Border-Scale Drone Fleet
Texas once flirted with the idea of citizens shooting drones out of the sky. Now the state is operating one of the largest law enforcement drone fleets in the country, irony included at no extra charge. Under Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, the Texas Department of Public Safety has gone from zero drones to…
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NOAA Trains Drones for Oil Spill First Response
Oil spills do not wait politely for paperwork, daylight, or perfect weather, they move fast, spread faster, and leave responders racing a very messy clock. To tilt that race in their favor, the National Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration has teamed up with the U.S. Coast Guard to turn drones from classroom projects…
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DJI Osmo FrameTap Appears in FCC Filing
A quiet FCC filing has revealed a DJI product name that absolutely nobody had on their 2025 bingo card: Osmo FrameTap. The discovery came courtesy of a tweet by drone sleuth @Saracool_drone, who spotted a freshly registered DJI device hiding in plain sight inside the FCC database, dated December 17, 2025. Naturally, this sent me…
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