China
America Keeps Buying Expensive Drones. China Keeps Building Millions of Cheap Ones.
America lost 11 MQ-9 Reapers worth $330M over Iran while Replicator underdelivered. China builds 4M drones a year. The numbers don't lie.
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This FPV Pilot Fixed the DJI Neo 2 With Tape
Tom Palmaers is a Belgian FPV pilot, firefighter, and tactical drone instructor at BSSHOLLAND who has built a quiet but serious reputation in the global FPV community for doing something most pilots don’t bother with: actually understanding what’s happening inside the hardware before he flies it. His LinkedIn is essentially a running technical journal of…
Skydio
Norway’s Elite Soldiers Are Hiding From Drones in Snow
The most sophisticated camouflage technology available to Norway’s elite Arctic reconnaissance unit right now isn’t thermal cloaking, radar-absorbing material, or anything you’d find in a defense procurement catalog. It’s snow. Piled by hand into a dome, allowed to harden, and crawled into before dawn. The Ukrainians figured this out the hard way. The Norwegians figured…
Zipline
Lutnick at Zipline: A New Blueprint for the American Drone Economy
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick visits Zipline’s South San Francisco factory as the $7.6B drone leader makes a play for American drone dominance. Explore how domestic manufacturing and 125M autonomous miles are shaping U.S. trade and tech policy in 2026.
Wildfire
Drones Light the Fire at Pisgah National Forest
The U.S. Forest Service used a modified Freefly Alta X carrying Drone Amplified’s IGNIS aerial ignition system to conduct prescribed burns at the Wilson Ridge unit in Pisgah National Forest last weekend, treating 290 acres of hazardous fuel in terrain too steep and remote to safely put ground crews into, as they announced on their…
Antigravity A1
8 Reasons to Get the AntiGravity A1 Over a Normal Drone
These are the top eight reasons why I think you should consider the AntiGravity A1 over a normal GPS drone. And I’d like to say thank you to AntiGravity for sponsoring this video. The Most Immersive Flight Experience of Any Drone One of the reasons I think you should pick the AntiGravity A1 over other…
DJI
Skyrover Lands at Best Buy With Spring Sale Three Days Before DJI Avata 360 Launch
Skyrover launches at Best Buy with a Spring Sale on X1 and S1 drones, timed perfectly to undercut the DJI Avata 360 launch on March 26. Get the full breakdown.
Amazon
DJI Mini 5 Pro Now Available on Amazon Starting at $759 with Prime Shipping
Get the DJI Mini 5 Pro on Amazon starting at $759! Features a 1-inch sensor, LiDAR obstacle avoidance, and 52-minute flight time. Order with Prime shipping today.
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