Welcome to the DPA Club Hello fellow pilots! Did you drink water today? Did you let your drone batteries cool down before charging? Did you feed the dog? Buy some bread and milk? Did you make your bed? If you…
Hello fellow drone pilots! I hope this article finds you seated and in good spirits. Let’s start at the beginning. As I write this article, a live DJ Tiësto set from 2003 plays through my headphones. I don’t know if…
A new drone system from Freefly Systems, the Flying Sun 1000, promises to transform nighttime operations by delivering stadium-level illumination from the air. Equipped with 288 high-power LEDs, this quadcopter generates 300,000 lumens, enabling construction, emergency response, and filmmaking in…
As of March 6, 2025, the Blue sUAS Cleared List—a roster of U.S. government-approved drones—has undergone a dramatic update, shrinking from 15 vendors to 10 in just a week. According to a comparison of the list between February 28 and…
The Freefly Astro Max is the latest addition to Freefly Systems‘ lineage of compact industrial drones, officially unveiled on February 20, 2025. Designed to tackle demanding jobs with ease, this drone boasts double the payload capacity and 60% more thrust…
The NASA tent at the Miramar Air Show in San Diego became a hub of aerospace innovation last weekend, featuring the cutting-edge Alta-X drone among its exhibits. The event, which ran from September 27-29, 2024, attracted approximately 20,000 visitors eager…
Freefly Systems, a leading American drone manufacturer, has announced a new variant of their popular Astro drone, featuring NDAA-compliant radios. The company also hinted at upcoming product releases and innovations during a recent interview on the PIXL Drone Show. New…
Freefly Systems, based in Woodinville, Washington, has introduced the Astro Prime drone, aiming to revolutionize the Drone Industry with its innovative design and advanced features. As detailed in a recent video, the Astro is packed with cutting-edge technology and designed…
De acuerdo. Esta semana en noticias de drones, tenemos tres historias para ustedes. El LAANC recreativo está finalmente habilitado para vuelos nocturnos. Eso es importante. Freefly Systems deja en tierra algunas de sus aeronaves, y luego Spright consigue...
El fabricante de drones Freefly ha instado a todos los operadores del sistema de drones Astro a dejar sus aeronaves en tierra tras el reciente accidente de un dron Astro causado por un fallo de software en vuelo. Freefly, que introdujo el Astro en 2020 como complemento...
En una carta, fechada el 22 de junio de 2022, dirigida al Comité de Seguridad Nacional y Asuntos Gubernamentales del Senado de EE.UU. y al Comité de Supervisión y Reforma de la Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU., los fabricantes de sUAS azules instan a los legisladores a "incluir la American Security Drone Act...
La Unidad de Innovación de Defensa (DIU) del Pentágono ha revisado su lista Blue sUAS de drones que cumplen los requisitos para ser utilizados por el ejército y las agencias gubernamentales estadounidenses. Añadidos a la lista Blue sUAS 2.0 Como parte de la iniciativa Blue sUAS 2.0, se han añadido los siguientes drones autorizados a la "Blue UAS Cleared List" de la DIU: WingtraOne, de Wingtra Spirit, de...
