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Intelligent Energy unveiled a 120 kW hydrogen fuel cell powertrain for heavy-lift fixed-wing drones while announcing the largest commercial UAV order in its history. The new IE-FLIGHT 120 targets aircraft carrying payloads from 331 to 1,653 pounds.
DJI promoted its Mic Mini wireless microphone on TikTok with an AI-generated presenter, then deleted the ad after creators pushed back. The campaign turned a product promotion aimed at creators into a debate about trust and whether the demonstration itself could be believed.
The Minneapolis City Council deadlocked 6-6, killing a free 75-day Skydio Drone as First Responder trial after members cited the company’s ties to ICE and the Israeli military, despite neighboring cities expanding similar programs.
DJI has released Avata 360 firmware v01.00.0500 after reports that the earlier v01.00.0300 update caused black-screen video loss in FPV goggles, a failure that hit the one system FPV pilots cannot afford to lose.
Quantum Systems says its Apex Recordhunter experimental aircraft reached 699 km/h in June testing, a number that would blow past today’s electric-aircraft benchmark if it clears FAI certification, while feeding future interceptor-drone development.
Campus Guardian Angel pitched its non-lethal school-defense drones to hundreds of officers and administrators at the Arkansas Safe Schools Conference, arguing that a five-second launch and 15-second intercept can buy the minutes police usually do not have in an active shooter attack.
Keio University researchers working with collaborators including the MIT Media Lab have built Cuddle-Fish, a soft helium floating robot that hovers silently indoors for hours, nudges users awake, delivers reminders, and invites touch instead of fear.
A DJI FlyCart 100 spent the 2026 Everest season hauling more than 22,000 pounds of oxygen, rope, ladders and trash across the Khumbu Icefall, cutting a deadly six-to-eight-hour Sherpa trek to an eight-minute drone flight.
The Seattle Fire Department wants up to three drones for structure fires, water rescues, hazmat calls and mass-casualty scenes, but the rescue program still has to pass through the city's surveillance-technology review process.
Germany's Helsing is bringing HX-2 strike-drone production to Martinsburg, West Virginia, with a $50 million plant designed to build more than 2,000 loitering munitions a month for the U.S. market.
Mykhailo Fedorov, the 35-year-old who built Ukraine's drone warfare machine and then ran the ministry that wielded it, was pushed out as defense minister after just six months in the post.
A Placer County Sheriff's drone searched inside a barn full of hay bales, located a domestic violence suspect wedged into the stack, and ended the standoff without deputies climbing blindly into a dangerous hiding place.
A Metro Nashville police Skydio drone watched a robbery unfold in real time, guided officers to two arrests, then stayed airborne long enough to locate the discarded boxcutter that underpins the aggravated robbery case.
DJI's Mic 3 two-transmitter kit has dropped to $219 at Amazon and B&H Photo, the lowest price DroneXL has tracked since launch and a notable discount on a current-generation creator-audio product that rarely gets meaningful cuts.
Palm Springs police used DJI thermal drones and Dock 3 launch stations to track a teen rider from above without triggering a dangerous street pursuit, turning a baited chase into a quiet arrest directed entirely from the air.
South West London Pathology is now flying NHS patient samples by Wing drone between Raynes Park and St George's Hospital, turning a 20-minute road courier run into a flight of just over three minutes for a network that serves up to 1.8 million people.
DJI has signed on as the New Zealand Rugby League's official technology partner for the 2026 season, putting its drones, Osmo cameras, and filmmaking gear into grassroots competitions and the World Cup campaigns of the Kiwis, Kiwi Ferns, and Wheel Kiwis.
Insta360 has opened the official Luna Ultra design files to the public and launched a Bambu Lab-backed accessory contest with more than $11,000 in prizes, testing whether open hardware can turn camera users into product collaborators.
BRINC has raised $125 million in a Motorola Solutions-led round that the Seattle company says will expand domestic manufacturing and help scale its vision of placing a 911 response drone on every police and fire station roof in the United States.
Duke Health researchers are dispatching AED-carrying drones to live 911 cardiac arrest calls in North Carolina, testing whether autonomous delivery can beat ambulances by the minutes that decide survival.
Shawn from Air Photography unboxes GoPro’s new wireless mic kit, explains the different bundle options, and compares its audio approach with DJI’s Mic 3 after testing Bluetooth, receiver, and iPhone setups.
Mihail Svilenov tests the 26-in-1 iVANKY Fusion Dock Ultra and explains why it solved his constant cable-swapping problem between home and studio, despite a couple of small tradeoffs.
The FCC has proposed $25,000 fines against eight companies it suspects of selling rebranded DJI hardware in the United States after they ignored federal inquiries, escalating a case that could end in revoked equipment authorizations.
Cleveland Clinic will fly prescription medications to patients' homes this summer using Zipline drones from its Beachwood campus, serving a 5-mile radius at no extra cost.
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