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Oleksiy Klochkovsky drives a white Mercedes truck through the villages outside Kharkiv with his left ear deliberately uncovered. He doesn’t play music. He keeps an AirPod in his right ear for phone calls only. The left side stays open so he can hear what’s coming from the sky. For four years, the 37-year-old has delivered…
DJI is gearing up for yet another product launch, this time stepping further into the smart home space with a new ROMO robot vacuum.
DJI reveals that 25 unreleased products are stuck in regulatory limbo right now. Reliable Robotics has raised $160 million for what you'll see is a pretty cool thing. And Starlight Aerial Production made history at Sun 'n Fun, and we were there to witness it. Let's get to it.
The U.S. Forest Service reported 218 drone sightings over active wildfires in 2025, more than the previous seven years combined. Most happened during the Eaton and Palisades fires in Los Angeles, where 184 drones entered restricted airspace, as the Rogue Valley Times reported. The agency wants the public to understand the math. Every unauthorized drone…
Singapore’s Home Team Science and Technology Agency unveiled a two-tier drone box system on April 28 designed to put aerial response within reach of any incident on the island. The pitch is simple. Replace the hour it currently takes to get a police drone to a scene with near-instant deployment from boxes pre-positioned across Singapore,…
Teledyne FLIR OEM launched Prism C-UAS on April 28, a counter-drone software stack that pairs thermal imaging with AI-driven object detection and tracking. The pitch is detection range, as reported by Business Ware. Prism can lock onto a drone showing fewer than four pixels on target, which buys defenders more time to respond before a…
European Commission opens consultation on new EU Aviation and Aeronautics Strategy through May 21, 2026. Drones, counter-UAS, anti-jamming all in scope.
DJI Agriculture says its global ag drone fleet hit 600,000 in 2025 as the EU drafts the first aerial spray reform in 16 years and Italy delays its decree.
Florida Gov. DeSantis signed HB 1093 on April 20, authorizing FDOT to fully fund vertiports as the state targets December 2026 commercial air taxi launch.
The Los Angeles Police Department flew its drone-as-first-responder fleet more than 3,500 times in the program’s first year, according to a report headed to the Police Commission this week, as reported by Govtech. The fleet now plans to nearly triple, growing from 9 to 24 aircraft, with a $1.2 million Police Foundation donation funding part…
United deleted drone strike from its Flight 1980 statement after Boeing 737 inspection found no damage. Brendan Schulman: "Balloons are red and shiny, too."
South African filmmaker Jacques Crafford reveals how DJI's Osmo Pocket 4 global launch commercial was shot across South Africa and Hong Kong over 8 days.
Mihail Svilenov tests the budget-friendly LITO 1 in harsh mid-morning light to see whether a beginner drone can still deliver usable cinematic shots with a few smart camera choices.
Drones are the primary target for the US Marine Corps' new SMASH 2000L AI rifle scope. Learn how this computer-vision technology is neutralizing UAS threats with 95% accuracy.
Vienna didn’t open the 70th Eurovision Song Contest with fireworks. It opened with 3,000 drones, as ESCXTRA reported. On the evening of April 27, Dubai-based production company Cyberdrone launched what organizers are calling the largest drone show ever staged in Austria over the Schönbrunn Palace, the 18th-century imperial complex that Viennese locals sometimes call the…
Two and a half years after a downed power line sparked the fire that killed 102 people and erased most of Lahaina, Hawaiian Electric is flying drones over every island it serves, as Maui News reported. The utility has contracted three separate inspection firms across Maui County, Molokai, the Big Island, and Oahu, all targeting…
On April 23, footage from Ukrainian pilot Tymur Fatkullin showed an Antonov An-28 turboprop firing P1-SUN interceptor drone from underwing
Minneapolis drone journalist Rob Levine sued the FAA over no-fly zones around unmarked ICE vehicles and won. What changed, what didn't, and why it still matters.
A 16-year-old named Darina stares into a YouTube camera and announces she’ll soon earn 150,000 rubles a month, roughly $2,000, assembling drones at what her recruiters call the world’s largest drone factory. Her parents are proud. She wants other teenagers to follow her in, as Coda Story reports. The factory is the Alabuga complex in…
Oregon operator Precision has flown the Airbus Flexrotor on wildfire contracts since 2014, now under a federal contract watching fires overnight.
LAPD Skydio drones orbited the March 28 No Kings protest for seven hours, flight records show — starting three hours before any dispersal order was issued.
Antigravity's A1 spring update adds omnidirectional obstacle avoidance, timelapse, voice control, and a revamped Auto Edit. Spring sale pricing also remains posted.
DJI teases the Mic Mini 2S on the same day the Mic Mini 2 goes on sale, adding internal recording and four-transmitter support this summer.
DJI Mic Mini 2 launches worldwide April 28 with ten magnetic cover colors, vocal tone presets, and bundles from €33. No US launch due to FCC status.
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