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Iranian Operative Nabbed at LAX Over $70M Sudan Drone Deal
Federal agents arrested 44-year-old Shamim Mafi at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday night as she tried to board a flight to Turkey, as MSN reported. Prosecutors say the Woodland Hills resident spent years brokering Iranian weapons deals, including a…
Skydio CEO Joins Ramapo Police DFR Demo for Rockland Chiefs
The Town of Ramapo Police Department in Rockland County, New York, hosted all five county town supervisors this week for a live demonstration of its Drone as First Responder program. Skydio CEO Adam Bry attended in person and helped sponsor…
DJI Upgrades SkyPixel Winner To A Mavic 4 Pro After US Customs Swallows Her Original Prize Drone
Editor’s note (April 23, 2026): An earlier version of this story mischaracterized the chronology of Joanna Steidle’s SkyPixel prize. Steidle’s original prize was a DJI Mavic 3 Pro that was shipped to her in the United States and seized in…
DJI Avata 360 First Flight: My Raw, Uncut & Unsponsored First Impressions
Hi everyone, welcome to 51 Drones and this is the DJI Avata 360. Welcome to my first uncut and raw first experience with this drone. I did this with the
DJI Tells Ninth Circuit 25 Unreleased Products Are Now In Regulatory Limbo, With $1.56 Billion At Stake In 2026
DJI filed a sharply worded brief on April 15, 2026 in its Ninth Circuit fight with the FCC, putting specific numbers on the damage for the first time: 14
Navy MQ-4C Triton Spies on Cuba in 12-Hour Drone Mission
A US Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone spent more than 12 hours orbiting the coast of Cuba on April 16, tracing a pattern that passed Havana, Guantanamo
DJI Avata 2 Vs A $15,000 Red Komodo Cinelifter: Iceland Test Exposes The Real FPV Trade-Off
Two FPV pilots flew the same lines at three Icelandic landmarks, one with a DJI Avata 2 and one with a Red Komodo cinelifter worth $15,000 to $20,000. The verdict from their head-to-head video, published by creator Mark Gustov on…
China’s “Land Aircraft Carrier” Powers Drones Mid-Flight
A Chinese research team has demonstrated a ground-based microwave system that beams power to a drone while is flying, keeping fixed-wing aircraft airborne for more than three hours in tests, as reported by The South China Morning Post The system…
DJI Launches Mic Mini 2 With Ten Faceplate Colors And A €33 Starting Price
DJI pushed the Mic Mini 2 live on its Hong Kong product page one week before the teased April 28 global reveal, confirming that the “More Than Sound” campaign is a second-generation wireless microphone, not an accessory refresh or a…
DJI Lito 1 And Lito X1 Pricing Surfaces On Italian Retailer Two Days Before Launch, No US Release Expected
Italian electronics retailer Dino Galiano posted full product pages for the DJI Lito 1 and DJI Lito X1 on April 21, 2026, two days before DJI’s scheduled April 23 reveal, complete with specs, sample images, and euro pricing. Reliable leaker…
Pentagon Requests $75 Billion For Drones In FY27, With DAWG Getting The Largest Year-Over-Year Boost Of Any Defense Program
Pentagon’s FY27 budget earmarks $75B for drones, with $54.6B for DAWG, the largest year-over-year boost of any defense program. Full analysis and what’s next.
IARPA Wants Drone Engines That Rot: New RFI Targets Bio-Derived Propulsion for Missions That Leave No Trace
IARPA’s RFI-26-01 seeks bio-derived materials for drone turbines and motors that degrade after missions. Responses due May 15. Analysis and what it means.
France Tests Drone-Armed Combat Cells in ORION 26 Drills
France’s 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade is using the ORION 26 exercise to break its platoons into small drone-armed combat cells, a doctrinal shift pulled directly from the lessons of the war in Ukraine, as Defence Blog reported. The brigade announced…
Reliable Robotics Raises $160 Million As SpaceX Alum Pushes FAA For First Commercial Uncrewed Cargo Cert
Reliable Robotics closed a $160M round led by Nimble Partners, pushing valuation near $1B as the SpaceX alum-led startup races toward FAA uncrewed cargo cert.
DJI launches DJI Osmo Mobile 8P in China with remote control
DJI has officially launched its latest smartphone gimbal, the DJI Osmo Mobile 8P, introducing a major design shift with a removable display module that also functions as a wireless remote control. It’s been a busy day for DJI, with multiple…
Coors Field Drone Incursions Prompt Federal Warning
More than a half dozen drones flew into restricted airspace around Coors Field during the Colorado Rockies’ opening homestand against the Philadelphia Phillies from April 3 through 5, as ESPN reported. Nobody was arrested. The FAA and the FBI issued…
DJI releases DJI FlyCart 200, T200 drones with 200kg payload capacity, multi-drone control
In yet another product release, once again limited to the Chinese market, DJI has unveiled two new heavy-lift drones: the DJI FlyCart 200 and the DJI T200. These launches mark the company’s first announcements of the day and reinforce its…
GoPro Mission 1 Pro Hands-On: 50+ New Features, 1-Inch Sensor, 8K60, and Interchangeable Lenses
I’ve been putting the brand new GoPro Mission 1 Pro through its paces over the last couple of weeks — outdoors running and riding, underwater, you name it. All to figure out how its new features work, because there are…
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