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Avinox M2S and M2 Push DJI’s E-Bike Motor Ambitions to 1,500W and 150 Nm
Avinox, DJI’s e-bike drive system brand, has announced its next-generation M2S and M2 drive units, targeting the high-performance end of the e-bike market with peak outputs that put them closer to light electric motorcycles than traditional mid-drive systems. The M2S…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Calls for US Drone Production, Backs $1.5 Trillion Security Initiative
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase, used his annual letter to shareholders, released April 6, 2026, to call explicitly for the United States to rapidly develop and produce drones domestically, and to announce a $1.5 trillion,…
DJI Confirms Osmo Pocket 4 Launch for April 16, Single-Camera Design Now Official
DJI officially announced the Osmo Pocket 4 launch event via a teaser posted to DJI’s X account on April 9, 2026. The post carries the tagline “The World In My Pocket” and sets the reveal for April 16, 2026, at…
FirePoint’s $2.5 Billion UAE Deal Rejected Before It Could Begin
Ukraine’s anti-monopoly committee sent back an application for a $760 million acquisition of a 30% stake in FirePoint, the country’s top long-range drone and missile maker, according to a written response the committee gave to Reuters on April 8, 2026.…
Vidun Fixed-Wing Interceptor Gets Ukraine Military Approval, But Procurement Delays Are Already Cutting Production
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence has codified the Vidun fixed-wing interceptor drone for operational use by the Armed Forces, according to Defender Media, a Ukrainian defense publication that reported on the codification on April 4, 2026. The article’s title, “Fixed-Wing Interceptor…
Terra Drone Invests in Ukraine’s Amazing Drones and Launches Terra A1 Interceptor to Target the Global Defense Market
Terra Drone Corporation has announced a strategic investment in Ukraine-based Amazing Drones LLC and the joint launch of a new interceptor drone called the Terra A1, according to a company announcement. The deal was structured through Terra Drone’s subsidiary Terra…
DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Photographed Up Close by OsitaLV Ahead of Expected April Launch
The DJI Osmo Pocket 4 showed up in close-up photos posted today by OsitaLV (@OsitaLV on X), a verified DJI BBS pilot and aerial filmmaker with 24,000 followers. The two images show the camera body and quick-start guide inside what…
DJI Neo 2 Has a Phone-Only Spotlight Trick That Blows Past the Preset Tracking Distances
The DJI Neo 2 ships with three preset tracking distances in follow mode, and most pilots never go beyond them. A new tutorial from Stewart Caroll of Drone Film Guide shows there is a way to override those limits using…
RCTESTFLIGHT Builds 41-Inch Variable Pitch Quadcopter That Outperforms Direct Drive on Efficiency
Daniel Riley, the engineer behind the RCTESTFLIGHT YouTube channel, has published a new video documenting a years-long project to build a large-format quadcopter with variable pitch rotor blades, belt-drive reduction, and fixed-RPM motors. The result is a 41-inch, gear-reduced quadcopter…
Drone Catches Fleeing Driver in Beaverton Backyards
A hit-and-run suspect who crashed into two cars and ran through residential yards in Beaverton, Oregon, didn’t get far. Washington County’s new Drone as First Responder program tracked him from above and guided deputies straight to him. The arrest on…
First DJI Pocket 4 Unboxing Points to April 16 Launch
The DJI Osmo Pocket 4 just went from packaging leaks to hands-on video. The first unboxing footage of the upcoming gimbal camera has surfaced on YouTube, and it includes a specific claim: the official launch date is April 16, 2026.…
Hermeus raises $350M to build the fastest unmanned aircraft in the world
Hermeus, the Atlanta-based defense aviation company developing high-Mach unmanned aircraft, has closed a $350 million Series C round that values the company at $1 billion. The round, announced today, was led by Khosla Ventures and brings Hermeus’ total capital raised…
General Cherry and Orqa Sign MoU to Build Counter-Drone Systems on European Soil
Ukraine’s General Cherry and Croatian drone manufacturer Orqa have signed a memorandum of cooperation to jointly develop and manufacture interceptor drones and counter-drone systems in Europe, according to Unmanned Airspace. The agreement pairs General Cherry’s three years of live C-UAS…
The Verge Confirms What We’ve Been Saying: Nobody Is Replacing DJI, and Drones Are Now for War
The Verge published a major report today asking the question every American drone pilot has been asking since December: who fills the DJI-shaped hole? Senior editor Sean Hollister interviewed me, Vic Moss, cofounder of the Drone Service Providers Alliance, Antigravity…
BBC’s Secret 950-Drone Titanic Stuns Belfast Harbor
A full-scale ghost ship sailed out of Belfast Harbour last week, and almost nobody in the city knew it was coming. The BBC used 950 drones to recreate the RMS Titanic above the very waters where the original ship was…
WSJ exposes Chinese parts inside America’s humanoid robots, and Congress is already running the DJI playbook
The Wall Street Journal published an investigation this week revealing that America’s most prominent humanoid robots, including Tesla’s Optimus and products from Figure AI, depend heavily on Chinese-manufactured components for their most basic physical functions. The WSJ report (paywall) by…
Oregon Tells FCC: Build Drone Test Sites in Mountains, Not Just Labs
The Oregon Department of Aviation (ODAV) has drafted an eight-point response to the Federal Communications Commission’s April 1 public notice on “Unleashing American Drone Dominance” (GN Docket No. 26-74), and it reads less like a bureaucratic comment filing and more…
No Pilot Required: Skyports and HOCHTIEF Are Surveying a German Bridge From Spain
Somewhere in Germany, a massive bridge is being built. Somewhere in Spain, a drone pilot is watching it happen in real time — without leaving the office. That’s not science fiction. That’s the DJI Dock 2 doing its thing, as…
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