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FAA Drops Section 2209 NPRM, DJI FCC Deadline Looms, and 218 Wildfire Drone Incursions in 2025
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I have five stories for you this week — it’s a longer one, but there’s a lot of important information packed in. FAA Files Long-Overdue Section 2209 NPRM First up, the FAA has…
The DJI Pocket 4 You Can’t Buy and the Clone You Might
DJI announced the Osmo Pocket 4 in April, and by every account it’s a beautiful little machine. Better dynamic range, 4K at 240 frames per second, improved photo quality. The kind of camera that makes your hands itch the moment…
DJI Confirms Osmo Pocket 4P With Coordinated Teaser, Dual-Lens Hardware Now Official
DJI broke its public silence on the Osmo Pocket 4P on Friday morning, posting coordinated teasers from its global and Japan X accounts that show the dual-lens hardware leakers have been describing for months. The DJI Global post pairs the…
Amazon Prime Air Targets Metro Atlanta As Walmart And Wing Already Own Georgia Skies
Amazon Prime Air Targets Central New York With 176-Square-Mile Drone Delivery Zone Around Clay
Amazon plans to operate Prime Air drone deliveries across a 176-square-mile (456 km²) area of Central New York from its Clay fulfillment center, the company told residents at a public information session in Syracuse on Wednesday evening. The proposed coverage…
Amazon Begins First UK Drone Deliveries In Darlington Under A Trial-Only Approval
Amazon Prime Air made its first UK parcel deliveries in Darlington, County Durham this week, the company’s first commercial drone operation outside the United States. The service runs as a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) trial through the end of 2026,…
How to Pair DJI Mic Mini 2, Mic 2, and Mic 3 to the DJI Mobile Receiver
Good day, folks. Shawn here from Air Photography. In this video, I’m going to demonstrate how to pair some of the various different microphones from DJI to their mobile receiver. DJI just launched the new Mic Mini 2, and again,…
Grilling Greg: Your Toughest Drone Registration, Airspace, and Part 107 Questions Answered
I’m not Greg — it’s Ben. But Greg is here with me and we’re putting him to the test. We searched for the hottest topics and the burning questions drone pilots are asking right now, and we’re forcing Greg to…
Could This Be What Saves DJI in the United States? The FCC Is Now Accepting Public Comments
I’m going to talk about some real numbers towards the end of this article that show the effect on millions of Americans — and I highly suggest you use that information when you formulate your comments to the FCC. I…
An-28 Skydiving Plane Has 222 Drone Kills. The New York Times Just Filmed Inside It.
The New York Times went inside an Antonov An-28 turboprop in a video posted May 5, 2026, riding along with the Ukrainian civilian crew that has converted a 1980s skydiving plane into one of the country’s most cost-effective drone hunters.…
DJI And Autel Petitions Hit FCC’s May 11 Comment Deadline As Drone Operators Push For Covered List Reversal
The Federal Communications Commission’s public comment window on the Covered List petitions filed by DJI and Autel closes Monday, May 11, 2026. Drone operators, public safety agencies, farmers, inspectors, and hobbyists have until end of day to file replies in…
Titan Batteries Opens UAV Pack Line At Bosch Site In Tilburg As Europe’s Drone Buildout Reaches The Battery Layer
Titan Batteries opened a UAV battery production facility in Tilburg, the Netherlands, on May 2, 2026. The Idaho-headquartered company says the launch makes it the first dedicated drone battery supplier with full-scale assembly lines on two continents. The new line…
DJI Osmo Mobile 8P Launches Globally With FrameTap Remote, Skips U.S. Market Again
DJI launched the Osmo Mobile 8P globally today, May 7, 2026, introducing a detachable touchscreen remote called the Osmo FrameTap that lets creators direct shots from up to 10 meters away. The gimbal ships immediately from store.dji.com and authorized retailers…
K-State Salina Trains Kansas Farmers to Fly Spray Drones
Kansas State University Salina is putting agricultural drone spray operations directly in farmers’ hands. The university’s UAS program is offering a two-day in-person course covering everything from regulatory compliance to live spray missions, with the next session scheduled for May…
Canadian Military Activates Counter-Drone Defenses At Naval Bases, Wrestles With Halifax Harbor Identification Problem
The Canadian Armed Forces have quietly activated counter-drone systems at major ports and air bases, starting with the naval installations that protect frigates, submarines, and Arctic patrol ships in port. Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, told…
New DIRT Program Trains Personnel on Grounded Drones
A Virginia-based counter-UAS training company has launched a program built around the part of a drone incident that most training programs skip entirely: what to do after the aircraft is on the ground. 38 Sierra announced Drone Incident Response Training,…
Big Red One Tests OWS Drones for Anti-Armor Missions
Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division’s engineer battalion at Fort Riley, Kansas, spent the last week of April launching one-way strike drones in a series of live experimentation events with a small defense contractor, as DVIDS reported. The exercise has…
Missouri Drone Corridor Aims to Save Transplant Time
A small startup in Rolla, Missouri is building what may be the nation’s first rural health care drone corridor, and the clock it’s racing isn’t measured in minutes. It’s measured in whether an organ donor’s tissue reaches a matching recipient…
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