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Zipline

Zipline Drone Ends Flight On Houston Highway The Way Amazon's Can't

A Zipline delivery drone came down under its parachute onto Highway 6 in Cypress on Friday. No injuries, no damage, no calls to police, and no cause yet.

Haye KestelooSep 5

Pilot Institute host presenting the week 381 drone news update, with headlines about the Mavic 4 Pro being shot down, GoPro selling 90% ownership and new Remote ID detection

DJI

DJI Mavic 4 Pro Shot Down in Alabama, GoPro Sells 90% of Itself, UAS Sentry Launches Nexus Observer: This Week in Drone News

A real estate photographer's DJI Mavic 4 Pro is shot out of the sky in Athens, Alabama, GoPro hands 90% of the company to Starman Optical, and UAS Sentry unveils the $1,595 Nexus Observer portable Remote ID detector.

Greg ReverdiauSep 4

Wing delivery drone carrying a blue Walmart package in flight against a clear sky

Drone Delivery

Wing Claims Largest US Drone Network As Amazon Promises 500 Cities

Wing says it flies thousands of Walmart drone deliveries a day. Walmart's own quarter backs the rate. Amazon's 500-city map is the counterclaim.

Haye KestelooSep 4

DJI Power

DJI Power 2000 Now Plugs Into Your Wall Socket. Not in America

DJI put the Power 2000 on stage at IFA 2026 as a grid-tied home battery with its first balcony solar kit. US buyers get none of it.

Haye KestelooSep 4

A DJI Osmo Pocket camera showing a Japanese device-information screen with camera firmware version 10.02.00.97 next to a handheld DJI remote held in one hand displaying its RC firmware version 01.00.02.10 and a firmware update option

DJI

DJI Fixes Pocket 4P FrameTap And Mic Conflict, Users Find It First

Pocket 4P owners in Japan discovered DJI's latest firmware lets the FrameTap remote and DJI Mic 3 connect at once. DJI's changelog never mentioned it.

Haye KestelooSep 4

Close-up of the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P gimbal head showing its dual-lens array with a 1-inch main sensor and 60mm telephoto lens

DJI

DJI Takes Pocket 4P to Venice Film Festival, US Still Shut Out

DJI has booked a September 7 Venice Film Festival panel for the Osmo Pocket 4P, its fourth European stage for a camera Americans still cannot buy.

Haye KestelooSep 4

A commercial drone pilot in a lime high-visibility vest holds a controller with both hands while a DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual hovers directly above him against a deep blue sky.

DOCKET 26-189

FCC Drone Ban Comments Counted: 3,770 Against, 16 For

Pilot Institute read and coded all 3,824 filings in FCC docket 26-189. 98.6% oppose the military-grade drone ban as written. Sixteen support it.

Haye KestelooSep 3

DJI Matrice 4T quadcopter on a white display table with its thermal and visual camera gimbal and top-mounted accessory, at DJI Enterprise Booth 903 at Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas.

FCC Ban

DJI Tells FCC Its 'Military-Grade' Drone Ban Was Invented In-House

DJI's 26-page filing, signed by a former U.S. Solicitor General, says no security agency ever endorsed the FCC's seven military-grade drone categories.

Haye KestelooSep 3

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