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Opinion: DJI and The American Drone Delusion: We’re Not Catching Up, We’re Falling Behind
On December 23, 2025, the FCC added DJI to its Covered List, effectively banning the import and sale of any new DJI drones in the United States. Future DJI products will never legally reach American consumers. The ban, justified by…
Greenville Expands Drone Ops With Flock Safety Push
Drones are no longer a novelty in Greenville, Mississippi. They are a working tool, already woven into search efforts and emergency response. This week, city leaders approved new funding that quietly but meaningfully expands those capabilities, adding extra batteries and…
Replicator 2 Buys DroneHunter to Guard US Skies
The Joint Interagency Task Force 401 just fired the starting pistol on Replicator 2, and the first runner out of the blocks is not a missile, not a jammer, but a net throwing robot hawk. On January 11, JIATF 401…
Walmart and Wing Launch Drone Delivery in Houston
Houston just got a little more futuristic, and thankfully not in a flying cars kind of way. Walmart has officially launched drone delivery in the greater Houston area, partnering once again with Wing, Alphabet’s drone delivery company, to bring groceries…
How To Make Your DJI Drone Last 5-7 Years With These Essential Maintenance Tips
You may be aware it has never been more important as it is now to take care of your drones. You want your DJI drone to last as long as possible because we really don’t know what the future holds.…
My Minimalist DJI Travel Kit: Neo 2 Drone, Osmo 360, Action 6 and Essential Accessories
Good day folks. So, usually this time every year, I like to make a minimalist camera kit going over all the gear that I take with me when I want to travel extremely light. I think this is going to…
Drone News: Foreign Drone Ban Updates, DHS Creates Counter Drone Office, Super Bowl LX No-Fly Zone
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. An update on the foreign drone ban. A couple updates actually. The Department of Homeland Security is creating a new permanent counter drone office. And…
EccoDrone Uses AI Drones to Clean Up Our Beaches
Lake Michigan looks calm from a distance, but the sand tells a different story. A group of students who spend their free time around the lake noticed something that could not be unseen once spotted. Trash everywhere. Cigarette butts half…
Milwaukee Police Launch Drone First Responders
When every second counts, Milwaukee police are now letting a drone beat the squad car to the scene as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The Milwaukee Police Department has officially launched its Drone as First Responder program, and yes, the…
Ambarella’s Hardware Hides In The Antigravity A1 Drone, and it’s a 360-Degree Disappointment
Ambarella is one of those names that stays invisible until a company wants to brag about what’s under the hood of their new product. Based in Santa Clara, California, Ambarella builds the AI “brains” that handle heavy video processing and…
Drone Used by Ohio Deputies to Track Fugitive in the Woods
A DJI drone helped catch a suspect after a night crash on U.S. Route 62 in Stark County, Ohio that quickly escalated into a foot pursuit that could have ended very differently without modern tools, as WKYC reports. Deputies say…
DJI RS 5 Finally Breaks Cover And It Means Business
DJI tried to keep the RS 5 under wraps, but the Hong Kong website cracked open the vault and spilled everything. Specs, features, accessories, the whole buffet. After digging through all the official information, one thing is clear. Dear readers:…
FEMA & Massachusetts: $21.2 Million in C-UAS Grants Reveals the Real World Cup Security Playbook
The $250 million FEMA distributed to World Cup host states last month came with conditions: agencies must have officers trained or scheduled for training at the FBI National Counter UAS Training Center. Massachusetts just revealed what that looks like in…
DJI Accidentally Leaks the DJI Ronin RS5 on YouTube
Today was supposed to be a calm, orderly release day for the DJI Ronin RS5 in China, the kind of launch where everything moves behind a velvet rope, region locked websites, carefully timed press briefings, and that familiar DJI sense…
Veteran DFR Operator’s 10,000-Flight Reality Check: Stop Panicking About The FCC Ban
While agencies across America scramble to figure out what the FCC’s foreign drone ban means for their fleets, one veteran public safety drone operator is offering the kind of practical advice that only comes from putting thousands of hours on…
300 Drones to Light Up Brooklyn for Kids’ Hospitals
Winter in New York usually trades spectacle for survival, with wind cutting through coats and the skyline doing its familiar, quiet flex, but this Sunday night Brooklyn is getting something rare, warm, and genuinely uplifting as 300 synchronized drones rise…
Dutch Beach Rescue Brigades Adopt DJI Drones for Summer 2026, Following Australia’s Proven Model
Growing up in Noordwijk, I spent countless summers watching the volunteer lifeguards patrol our North Sea beaches. Now, those same rescue brigades are preparing to join a global movement that has already saved lives from Queensland to Coney Island. The…
Leaked DJI RS5 Video Shows Tracking That Can Outrun Athletes
DJI leaks are like sequels that accidentally premiere before the trailer, and today’s Ronin RS5 leak came with an unexpected plot twist. We went in expecting incremental upgrades, a few spec bumps, maybe a new handle and a slightly different…
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