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Early DJI Investor Selling $108M London Property Portfolio Including Iconic Sky Pool Apartments

Counter-Drone

Cellebrite Locks Down SkySafe as Its Only Drone Forensics Partner, Betting Big on Counter-Drone Data

Cellebrite has become the exclusive digital forensics partner to SkySafe, expanding a relationship the two companies first built out through Cellebrite’s March 2026 acquisition of SCG Canada. The deal, announced Tuesday, ties Cellebrite’s mobile-device extraction platform directly into SkySafe’s drone detection and airspace intelligence feeds, giving investigators a single workflow that spans what

Haye KestelooJul 8

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr climbs 2,000-foot tower, and it looks like a drone captured the whole thing

DJI

FCC Import Cutoff For Legacy Huawei Gear Shows Exactly How DJI Grandfathering Could End

The Federal Communications Commission prohibited the continued importation and marketing of previously authorized equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua on June 26, 2026, closing a nearly four-year window in which older, pre-approved models from Covered List companies could keep entering the United States legally. The decision does not touch drones. DJI and Autel…

Haye KestelooJul 5

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface

Police

San Diego Police Fly Drones to Enforce Fireworks Ban

Several San Diego County cities are putting police drones in the air this Fourth of July weekend to enforce a fireworks ban and catch the people who ignore it. Oceanside, Escondido, and Carlsbad updated their ordinances this year to pair steep fines with drone-and-ground patrols, following California cities like Chino and San Bernardino that tried…

Rafael SuárezJul 4

DJI

Drones Aid 3,000-Acre Search for Missing 4-Year-Old

Javeayah Harris, a 4-year-old girl, has been missing from Aiken County, South Carolina since the night of June 30, and the search for her now covers more than 3,000 acres. She was last seen around 8:15 p.m. near Hillsboro Street and Ridgecrest Road, wearing Minnie Mouse pajamas with pink beads in her braided hair. Drones…

Rafael SuárezJul 3

Zipline

Zipline, BayCare Launch Florida Medical Drone Network

BayCare will build a drone delivery network with Zipline across Florida’s Tampa Bay region, with the first flights scheduled for late 2027. The partnership puts lab samples, medications, and critical supplies in the air between hospitals and straight to patients’ homes. Service starts in the St. Petersburg-Clearwater area, then expands. It runs on the same…

Rafael SuárezJul 2

DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Pro: Your Handheld Air 3S Is Almost Here

DJI

DJI Mimo Update Builds For A Camera Americans Cannot Buy

DJI pushed version 2.10.10 of its Mimo app to Apple’s App Store on July 1, and the release notes read like a feature list for the Osmo Pocket 4P, the dual-lens pocket gimbal that still has no US launch date. The update adds four Master Filters, full D-Log 2 support in Color Presets, share codes…

Rafael SuárezJul 1

DJI

DJI Agras T55 and T100 Dual Battery Launch Globally, and Both Quietly Cleared the FCC Three Days Before the Drone Ban

DJI Agriculture launched two new spray platforms worldwide on July 1, 2026: the Agras T55, a lighter 50-liter drone built around an upgraded safety stack, and the Agras T100 Dual Battery Spraying System, an endurance-focused revision of the flagship the company shipped last November. Both arrive with the same qualifier DJI has attached to every…

Haye KestelooJul 1

FAA's ICE NOTAM Gets Teeth: Change 13 Is the Enforcement Escalation Drone Pilots Should Fear - DJI Air 3S vs Mavic 3 Pro Drone Comparison

Parrot

Secret Service Counter-Drone Teams Cover National Mall’s First July 4 NSSE, And The No-Fly Zone Isn’t New

Secret Service counter-drone teams join the National Mall’s first-ever July 4 NSSE, backed by the same federal buildout funding World Cup security.

Haye KestelooJun 30

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