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Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. This week, we cover three important stories: DJI’s expected announcement of the Mini 5 Pro, the sentencing of a drone pilot in California for colliding with a firefighting aircraft, and a search and rescue drone being shot down in Maine. DJI Unveils the Mini 5 Pro As anticipated,…
Fort Bliss officials are conducting a security risk assessment after discovering El Paso’s citywide DJI drone program operates adjacent to the Texas military installation without prior notification. The Chinese-made drone fleet, unveiled September 2, has prompted the 1st Armored Division to evaluate potential threats from unmanned aerial systems near the Army’s primary tank unit headquarters.…
The new DJI Osmo Nano popped up in an Australian webshop and now we have the full leaked DJI description, pictures and specsheet. Here we go!
Uber Eats is officially getting back into the drone delivery game. In a major new partnership, the food delivery giant is teaming up with Flytrex
The school district has used grant funds to purchase a fleet of 15 DJI Neo drones, giving students a hands-on opportunity to master flight
The FAA rescinded its approval for the Skydio X10 drone equipped with an AVSS parachute recovery system, effective immediately.
The DJI Mini 5 Pro drone faces potential regulatory complications as manufacturing tolerances could push the aircraft above the critical 250-gram threshold, requiring FAA registration (and Remote ID compliance) even for recreational use. The drone is marketed as weighing 249.9 grams, but DJI’s own specifications acknowledge a ±4 gram variance that could result in units…
The DJI Mini series has always been about extreme portability without compromise, but with the DJI Mini 5 Pro, DJI has taken things to the next level. For the first time ever, we have a 1-inch sensor on a Mini drone, and that completely changes everything. This is no longer just a pocket-friendly drone anymore—it’s…
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