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DJI Matrice 300 RTK Found Hidden Hotspots in Clarkson Apartment Fire

The Matrice 300 RTK spotted hotspots that would have required firefighters to climb to the third floor with handheld thermal cameras

Rafael SuárezJun 24

DJI

Osmo Pocket 3 Drops to $378—Still Your Best Gimbal

The Osmo Pocket 3 is dropping to $378 on Amazon this week, down from its $499 list price. That matters because the Osmo Pocket 4 just launched, and what most people do not understand is that the new model did not make the Pocket 3 obsolete. It made it cheaper without making it worse. Here…

Rafael SuárezJun 23

Skydio

Hayward City Approves Drone First Responder Program

Hayward has approved an expanded Drone as First Responder program for 911 calls, putting eight new drones into a Bay Area policing model that promises faster scene awareness while raising familiar questions about privacy, protests, and how far “reactive” drone use can stretch before it starts looking proactive. Hayward Moves Drones Ahead Of Officers Hayward’s…

Rafael SuárezJun 23

Amazon

DJI Mini 4K Fly More Combo Drops to $255 on Amazon—Down From $389

I grabbed the Mini 4K Fly More Combo last month to see if it deserved the beginner hype, and I flew it for two weeks straight. What surprised me was not the camera quality or the gimbal stabilization, but how much less friction there is when you are actually ready to fly instead of still…

Rafael SuárezJun 23

Potensic Atom 3 First Flight: New Sub-249 Gram Drone Flies Like A DJI Mini For A Lot Less Money

DJI

EASA Moves To Drop Drone Registration To 100 Grams, And European Hobbyists Will Carry The Cost

EASA’s NPA 2026-103 would drop EU drone registration, training, and Remote ID to 100 grams, following the UK. Pros get lighter rules; hobbyists get squeezed.

Haye KestelooJun 23

Aloft

Marines Fly V-BAT Spy Drone From Warship in South China Sea

The U.S. Marines just launched a ship-based spy drone into the airspace China considers its backyard. Operating from the USS Portland with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, troops put a V-BAT vertical takeoff intelligence drone over the South China Sea, flying surveillance missions in a stretch of ocean where Beijing has spent more than a…

Rafael SuárezJun 23

DJI

Sacramento Sheriff Used A $999 DJI Avata 2 To Disarm A Suspect, And The Politics Are Sharper Than The Knife

A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office pilot flew a consumer FPV drone into a garage, found a barricaded parolee holding a knife, and pulled the blade out of his hand with a magnet before any deputy stepped into the room. The agency calls it a nationwide first. The aircraft that did it is a DJI Avata…

Haye KestelooJun 22

DJI

Young Touts Indiana FAA Test Site At Spray Drone Field Day While The Aircraft On The Tarmac Stay Chinese

Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) spent part of June 8 at the Southeast Purdue Ag Center in Butlerville, watching agricultural spray drones lift off at the Indiana Spray Drone Association Education Day. The visit gave a sitting U.S. senator a close look at the same machines that Hoosier farmers now use to seed and spray thousands…

Haye KestelooJun 22

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