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Mystery drones are hovering over Norwich, Connecticut homes at night. Police are investigating as World Cup airspace restrictions tighten the Northeast.
The FCC‘s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on June 4 exempted the VEX AIR Uncrewed Aircraft System from the Covered List, after the Department of War granted Innovation First International a Conditional Approval that runs through December 31, 2026. The same public notice, DA 26-548, clears five Sagemcom USA router models from the list…
Insta360 Luna Ultra vs DJI Pocket 4: Ray from DC Rainmaker tests zoom, low light, focus lock, and color in this complete side-by-side footage comparison.
We flew the Potensic Atom 3 before launch day. First impressions of the sub-249g drone with a 1/1.3-inch sensor, and a remote that outdoes DJI's.
A surveyor running an environmental baseline study used a DJI Matrice 4E and free open-source software to identify, classify, and geolocate every individual plant of 29 native species across a 130-hectare site. Pablo Carranza shared the work in the Drone Mapping and Processing group, posting annotated orthophotos that show hundreds of tree crowns outlined and…
Transport Canada published Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) 2026-005 on June 8, 2026, the biggest proposed rewrite of Canadian drone rules since Part IX of the Canadian Aviation Regulations took effect in 2019. The proposal would mandate Remote ID for most drone operations, create a formal Community-Based Organization model with permanent flying sites exempt from…
A firefighting helicopter working a brush fire near Moab, Utah encountered an unauthorized drone over the active fire area, and state fire managers responded by publishing photos of what past drone strikes have done to aircraft. The warning lands 17 months after a DJI Mini punched a hole in a Super Scooper over the Palisades…
A Memphis police drone tracked a suspect into a black Audi and logged the license plate before officers ever reached the scene. That arrest is the headline. The detail that caught my eye sits in the background of the footage. The department isn’t flying one drone brand. It’s flying three. A Skydio X10, a DJI…
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