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Ukraine

Eric Schmidt’s Foundation Deploys Autonomous Drone Boats To Antarctic Waters For Climate Research

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s foundation is committing $45 million to deploy autonomous drone boats into the treacherous waters surrounding Antarctica, marking a significant investment in climate science technology. The Schmidt Sciences initiative will send uncrewed surface vessels into the Southern Ocean to gather critical data on carbon absorption and climate dynamics in conditions too…

Haye KestelooOct 5

Ukraine

Switzerland Fast-Tracks $136M Counter-Drone Defense After European Airspace Incursions

Switzerland announced Friday it’s accelerating anti-drone defense procurement with a $136 million investment, joining a growing list of European nations scrambling to counter mysterious drone incursions that have shut down airports and disrupted military operations across the continent. The move comes as drone sightings forced Munich Airport to close three times in three days, stranding…

Haye KestelooOct 4

FAA

University of Alabama Bans Drones Over Bryant-Denny Stadium on Game Days

The University of Alabama has reiterated its strict ban on drones flying over campus during football game days at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The reminder comes as college football season approaches and drone incidents at major sporting events continue to surge nationwide. In accordance with FAA regulations, drones are prohibited from flying in and around Saban Field…

Haye KestelooOct 4

Airport

Military Reconnaissance Drones Shut Munich Airport Twice As Europe’s Airspace Crisis Intensifies

Germany’s Munich Airport suffered its second drone-related shutdown in two days Friday evening—and a classified German security report reveals the aircraft were military reconnaissance drones, not hobbyist quadcopters. According to BILD, which obtained the confidential assessment, the drones that repeatedly violated Munich’s restricted airspace represent a sophisticated surveillance operation that

Haye KestelooOct 4

Skydio

DMR Technologies Bets on Louisiana: 500+ Jobs Coming to First U.S. Industrial Drone Factory

An American drone manufacturer is placing a major bet on domestic production, announcing plans to build its first full-scale U.S. manufacturing facility in Lafayette, Louisiana. DMR Technologies will create 521 jobs over the next decade with an average salary of $85,000 to produce agricultural drones for the American market. The move comes as U.S. drone…

Haye KestelooOct 4

DJI

GoPro Max 2 Unboxing: First Look at GoPro’s New 360 Camera After 6 Years

Good day folks, Shawn here from Air Photography. In this video, I’m unboxing the brand new GoPro Max 2, and I’m going to share my initial thoughts on this long-awaited release. This isn’t a full review—we’re just taking a look at the new equipment and I’ll give you my first impressions. A complete review with…

Shawn Air PhotographyOct 4

DJI

DJI Mavic 4 Pro Firmware Update Adds Seamless Focal Length Switching and RC2 Dynamic Home Point

Good day folks, Shawn here from Air Photography. I’m a little late getting at this, but about a week ago, DJI released a firmware update for the Mavic 4 Pro that adds some interesting new features worth exploring. In my latest video, I break down firmware version 01.00.0300, which brings three notable improvements to the…

Shawn Air PhotographyOct 4

Ukraine

French Photojournalist Antoni Lallican Killed by Russian Drone Strike in Ukraine

French photojournalist Antoni Lallican, 37, was killed by a Russian FPV drone attack while covering the war in eastern Ukraine on Friday, October 3, marking the first journalist death by drone in the nearly three-year conflict. The European and International Federations of Journalists condemned the attack as a war crime, calling for an investigation into…

Haye KestelooOct 4

Mysterious Drones Spotted Near Aalborg Airport in Denmark

US Air Force

Denmark Quietly Debunks ‘Drone’ Sightings After Massive Response—But Won’t Admit It Publicly

Danish authorities have quietly confirmed that several high-profile “drone” sightings that triggered a massive international response last month were actually conventional aircraft—but they’re refusing to share these findings publicly, according to DR.dk, Denmark’s national broadcaster. The revelation comes after Denmark deployed Ukrainian drone specialists, borrowed anti-drone equipment from Swed

Haye KestelooOct 4

DJI

Spatial Hover Emerges as Newest DJI Shell Company After Fikaxo Drone Mysteriously Migrates Between Websites

Spatial Hover Inc, a newly discovered suspected DJI shell company, submitted Federal Communications Commission applications for Enterprise-class drones on September 30—just four days after DroneXL exposed DJI’s expanding shell company network. The timing reveals coordinated movement of products between suspected proxy companies as a beige Enterprise drone that vanished from Fikaxo’s website myster

Haye KestelooOct 3

EHang

EHang Teases VT35 Long-Range Air Taxi Launch for October 13

Chinese eVTOL manufacturer EHang has announced its next-generation long-range passenger aircraft will debut on October 13, marking a major expansion beyond its certified short-range models. The VT35 pilotless passenger eVTOL promises “several hundred miles” of range compared to the company’s current 22-mile (35km) EH216-S air taxi. The October 13 unveiling strategically coincides with the two-year

Haye KestelooOct 3

Police

Chinese Nationals Arrested with Drone Near NATO F-35 Base as Europe Faces Drone Crisis

Two Chinese nationals were arrested in northern Norway Tuesday after being caught operating a drone near Bardufoss Airport, a critical dual-use facility that serves as both a civilian airport and one of Norway’s most important military hubs, according to Newsweek. The arrests come amid an unprecedented wave of drone incidents disrupting air traffic and raising…

Haye KestelooOct 3

Amazon

Amazon Resumes Drone Deliveries Days After Tolleson Crane Crash and Fire

Amazon will resume Prime Air drone deliveries near Phoenix on Friday, just two days after two of its MK30 drones collided with a construction crane in Tolleson and one caught fire on the ground. The swift return to operations comes even as the National Transportation Safety Board launches an investigation into Wednesday’s incident—the latest in…

Haye KestelooOct 3

United States

Munich Airport Drone Sightings Force Flight Cancellations, Adding to Wave of European Incidents

Drone sightings Thursday evening forced Germany’s Munich airport to suspend operations, cancelling 17 flights and disrupting travel for nearly 3,000 passengers. The incident marks the latest in a concerning series of mysterious drone closures at major European airports—but whether these sightings represent genuine security threats or mass misidentification remains an urgent question. The pattern e

Haye KestelooOct 2

Airport

DronePort and Wingbits Launch AI Airspace Platform for Airports and Cities

DronePort Network and Wingbits announced today a partnership to launch meerir, an AI-powered airspace intelligence platform designed to give smaller airports, city planners, and insurers access to real-time flight data previously available only to major aviation institutions. The conversational AI system integrates Wingbits’ extensive live flight tracking network with DronePort’s analytics platfor

Haye KestelooOct 2

Bell

Police Anti-Drone Vehicle Collides with Zelenskyy Motorcade in Copenhagen

A police counter-drone vehicle collided with a Mercedes Sprinter in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s motorcade during a high-security summit in Copenhagen on Thursday morning, according to Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet. No injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred near the Bella Center during the European Political Community summit. The collision raises questions about coord

Haye KestelooOct 2

DJI

DJI Logo Found in Lyno Dynamics FCC Filing as Newest Shell Company Emerges

IT security researcher Konrad Iturbe has discovered DJI logos in Federal Communications Commission documentation for Lyno Dynamics LLC, a company registered just days ago. The FCC filing for the LD220RC controller contains technical drawings showing DJI branding, despite the company presenting itself as a separate manufacturer of agricultural drone equipment. The discovery adds another entity…

Haye KestelooOct 2

DJI

DJI Mini 5 Pro Dynamic Home Point Now Works With RC2 Controller

Good day folks. Shawn here from Air Photography. In this article today, we’re going to be taking a look at the dynamic home point feature of the DJI Mini 5 Pro. That feature was added first to the Mavic 4 Pro and it was brought over to the Mini 5 Pro as well. Now, when…

Shawn Air PhotographyOct 2

Aloft

Unifly Joins European Defence Agency Project To Standardize Military Drone Risk Assessment

Unifly, a Terra Drone subsidiary and global leader in UAS Traffic Management solutions, has joined a European Defence Agency (EDA)-led initiative to harmonize pre-flight drone risk assessment standards across Europe’s defense and security operations. The MIL-UAS-SPECIFIC 3 project aims to streamline the currently fragmented approval processes that drone operators face when conducting high-risk mis

Haye KestelooOct 2

Spain

British Drone Companies Flee UK Red Tape, Test in Spain and Canada Instead

British defence drone manufacturers are abandoning UK testing grounds for Spain and Canada due to regulatory bottlenecks that require up to six months of paperwork, while foreign approvals take just weeks. The bureaucratic burden directly contradicts the UK government’s push to accelerate defence procurement amid rising threats from Russia, potentially undermining British military readiness and…

Haye KestelooOct 2

Minnesota Drone Sightings Spark ICE Surveillance Fears as Operation Metro Surge Reshapes What Flying Overhead Means - Mom, Can I Have An Air 3S? No, We Have a Mini 5 Pro at Home

DJI

UK Slashes Drone Registration Threshold to 100 Grams – DJI Mini 5 Pro Owners Must Comply by January 2026

Starting January 1, 2026, the United Kingdom will become the strictest drone regulator in the Western world by requiring registration for any drone weighing over 100 grams. The new rule drops the current 250-gram threshold by more than half, impacting virtually every consumer drone on the market – including the recently launched DJI Mini 5…

Haye KestelooOct 2

FAA

DHS Closes Chicago Airspace to Drones Amid Immigration Raids

The Department of Homeland Security has closed Chicago’s airspace to drones until October 12th as federal agents use military-style tactics including drones and helicopters in a controversial immigration crackdown. The FAA Temporary Flight Restriction effectively grounds all civilian drone operations across the city while government drones conduct surveillance in the Trump administration’s operati

Haye KestelooOct 2

France Seizes Shadow Fleet Tanker Suspected in Copenhagen Airport Drone Attack

Police

France Detains Two Crew Members from Tanker Suspected in Denmark Drone Attacks

French military forces boarded a Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of serving as a launchpad for mystery drones that forced the closure of Danish airports last month. Two crew members claiming to be the ship’s captain and first mate were taken into custody Wednesday, according to The Guardian. The dramatic seizure marks the first time a…

Haye KestelooOct 2

Germany

Germany Joins NATO’s Drone Crisis as Surveillance Swarms Map Critical Infrastructure

Mass drone flights over German critical infrastructure have escalated NATO’s mounting security crisis, with unidentified drones conducting systematic surveillance operations across military installations, power plants, and government facilities in northern Germany. The coordinated reconnaissance missions come as Germany rushes emergency legislation to allow its military to shoot down suspicious dr

Haye KestelooOct 2

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