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Insta360 Luna Ultra vs DJI Osmo Pocket 4P, Pocket 4, and Pocket 3 compared on specs, price, and US availability, the one spec DJI's FCC ban can't fix.
DJI has published the full DJI Osmo Pocket 4P spec sheet, turning a vague Cannes teaser into a real product. The pocket gimbal pairs a new 1-inch wide-angle main camera with a dedicated 60mm telephoto, a combination no prior Pocket has carried. The headline numbers are now concrete: 17 stops of dynamic range on the main sensor,…
DJI filed two patent infringement lawsuits against Insta360 on June 11, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, accusing the rival camera maker’s new Luna Pro and Luna Ultra gimbal cameras of copying the design and core technology of its Osmo Pocket line. One suit asserts two design patents covering…
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. First up, the FAA adds a new DHS authorization path for World Cup NOTAMs. A firefighting helicopter in Utah dodges an unauthorized drone. And AirData UAV and LeoSight are teaming up to bring live drone data to DFR programs. Let’s…
Vancouver just became the first city in Canada to put police drones on rooftops, ready to launch the second a 911 call lands. The Vancouver Police Department is rolling out six Skydio X10 aircraft in docked Drone as First Responder stations across the city, approved by Transport Canada and timed to arrive before the 2026…
A shoplifting run at a Buena Park Kohl’s ended with two people in custody on June 9, and the deciding factor never touched the ground. When one suspect bolted on foot and folded himself into a stranger’s backyard shed, he figured the dark and the fences would hide him. A police drone overhead, reading his…
Phoenix is on the list. Wing and Walmart named seven new metropolitan areas this week for the largest drone delivery network in the country, and Arizona’s capital sits among them. The rollout is phased, with operations across the new markets targeted by 2027. For Phoenix shoppers, it points toward a near future where a tube…
A dog got spooked on a hike at Ecola State Park, bolted, and vanished for nearly two hours. When searchers finally spotted it, the animal was stranded about 100 feet down a steep Oregon cliff, in a spot no person could safely reach on foot. The thing that found it wasn’t a search dog or…
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