Drones
Drones (UAS/UAV): Latest on unmanned aerial tech, regulations, applications, and industry trends. From consumer to commercial and military drones.
NASA considers using drones to collect soil samples from Mars
How do you collect soil samples left on the surface of another planet by a traveling robot? That is the challenge NASA is currently facing. It is being considered to deploy several drones for this purpose, which in terms of…
DJI Avata pricing and specifications you wanted to know
OK, here we go. Apart from the release date, here are the DJI Avata pricing and missing specifications that we weren’t able to share earlier today. The price ranges from $629 to $1,388 depending on what you already have and…
More photos and first specs of the DJI Avata Cinewhoop drone
Over the course of the weekend, several photographs of the unreleased DJI Avata Cinewhoop drone were uploaded to the internet and shared with the public. Now, we are familiar with the new DJI drone thanks to the FCC filings, various…
FPV drone shows behind the scenes of The View
Check out this FPV drone video that shows the set of The View studio right before the show starts. No operation was too big for the Emmy Award-winning talk show’s Season 25 celebration, so why not try something that has…
FAA picks UNCW for drone collegiate training initiative
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected the University of North Carolina Wilmington to become a member of its cohort of schools participating in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems – Collegiate Training Initiative. This program acknowledges institutions that prepare students for…
Mini DJI drone records successful K2 summit
The photographer Sandro Gromen-Hayes had a string of unlucky encounters with K2 in the past. During the winter trip in 2021, he was a member of Nirmal Purja’s team; nevertheless, he was not a part of the (all-Nepalese) summit group.…
Microsoft launches autonomous drone flight simulator: Project AirSim
How can you ensure that autonomous drone flights are safe in the future without first having to make mistakes in real life to learn from them? By simulating such drone flights. That is the premise of Project AirSim, a simulator…
RDQ vs FAA lawsuit and Remote ID with drone policy expert Brendan Schulman – PIXL Drone Show #64
Welcome to this latest episode of our PIXL Drone Show. This week on the PiXL Drone Show, we talked with Brendan Schulman about the court case between Tyler Brennan, RaceDayQuads (RDQ), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The lawsuit focused on…
FAA’s Remote ID for Drones regulations upheld in court
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has upheld the Federal Aviation Administration’s Remote ID for Drones regulations. Tyler Brennan and RaceDayQuads LLC had taken the FAA to court over the Remote ID for Drones…
Remember SnotBot? Now they use drones to tag whales as well!
Remember the SnotBot? A few years ago, the Ocean Alliance used a DJI Inspire 2 drone to collect snot from whales. At the time, it was recognized as one of the more innovative uses of drones. Now, we learn that…
DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise and Thermal drones shown in leaked photos
Just now, these photos of the DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise and Thermal drones were leaked online. If these photos look familiar, that might be because DJI first showed one of them to us as part of DJI’s April Fool’s Day…
Remote ID for Drones – A sh!t storm brewing on the horizon?
Check out this video from Greg from the Pilot Institute about the Remote ID for Drones sh!t storm that is brewing on the horizon. See video at the end of the article. What is Remote ID for Drones? Remote ID…