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Flock Safety Pushes Alpha Camera As The Sensor Arms Race In Police Drones Heats Up

Flock Safety's new Alpha campaign sells the drone's camera: 2,000-foot plate reads, best-in-class thermal, and the most powerful zoom in DFR.

Haye KestelooJun 2

DJI

GoPro Mission 1 Pro vs DJI Osmo Action 6: The Ways DJI Still Wins

I put the GoPro Mission 1 Pro head-to-head with the DJI Osmo Action 6, comparing 8K image quality, audio, slow motion, battery, and price to find the winner.

Jake SloanJun 2

Drone Light Show

Vivid Sydney Cancels All Drone Shows After Crash

Vivid Sydney just pulled the plug on every drone show left in its lineup. The trigger came Monday night, when roughly 89 drones dropped out of the sky during the festival’s Star-Bound performance at Cockle Bay. Eighty-three of them hit the water of Darling Harbour, six more came down on the boardwalk, and nobody was…

Rafael SuárezJun 2

DJI

Lexar Professional Silver Plus 1TB Review: The microSD Card That Lives in My Drone Now

Hands-on Lexar Silver Plus 1TB review: full specs, DJI Mini 5 Pro and Antigravity A1 compatibility, real-world value, and why it lives in my drone for months.

Haye KestelooJun 1

Zipline

Zipline Bets Nigeria Becomes Its Biggest African Market With 12 New Drone Hubs By 2028

Zipline plans 12 new Nigeria drone hubs by 2028 to reach 100 million people, but its paused Kaduna operation shows the political risk underneath.

Haye KestelooJun 1

University of Alabama Bans Drones Over Bryant-Denny Stadium on Game Days

Skydio

Motorola Solutions Buys D-Fend For $1.5 Billion, Turning Counter-Drone Takeover Tech Into A Public Safety Product

Motorola Solutions buys counter-drone firm D-Fend for $1.5B, adding RF drone-takeover tech as the Safer Skies Act opens the US market to police.

Haye KestelooJun 1

DJI

GoPro Mission 1 Pro Review: 61 Things You Need to Know After Two Months of Shooting

GoPro Mission 1 Pro review after two months of shooting: 1-inch sensor, 8K60, 960FPS slow-mo, improved low light, 20m depth rating, and full upgrade advice.

Ray DC RainmakerJun 1

DJI

DJI Mimo Share Codes: How to Easily Share Your Color, Editing, and Settings With Others

Shawn from Air Photography walks through DJI Mimo's new share codes feature, showing how to save editing presets and share color grading across devices.

Shawn Air PhotographyJun 1

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