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Good day folks, Shawn here from Air Photography. Just a quick video for you today. Yesterday, April 14th, GoPro published a really interesting article introducing their new lineup of action cameras, or compact cinematic cameras, which is what GoPro are calling them now. It appears it’s now the end of the line for the Hero…
So, this is the new DJI Osmo Pocket 4. And I’ll say it straight away, this is not a small incremental update over the Pocket 3. On paper, it might seem like it — similar size, still a 1-inch sensor — but once you actually start shooting with it, especially in real-world conditions, you realize…
Good day, folks. Shawn here from Air Photography. Today, DJI has launched an updated version in the Pocket series, now called the Pocket 4. A lot of people have been waiting for this, as the Pocket 3 is going on about 2 and a half years old. In this first look, we’re going to go…
The DJI Mini 4K just dropped to $209 on Amazon thanks to a clippable on-page coupon. That’s 30% off the regular $299 price tag and the lowest this drone has ever been. If you’ve been thinking about getting into drones but didn’t want to risk $800 on something you might park in a tree, this…
Today's video is a bit of a tutorial on how to transfer and edit the footage that you've captured on your DJI Avata 360. Some people are a little...
Adventure filmmaker Jeven Dovey destroyed a DJI Mavic 4 Pro on the second morning of a three-day overland shoot in California’s Eastern Sierras, flying in Sport mode with obstacle avoidance disabled when the drone hit a tree and tore the gimbal off the airframe. The crash, documented in a video published to his YouTube channel,…
British filmmaker Philip Bloom has tested both 360-degree drones against DJI's Mini 5 Pro, and his verdict lands hard: the DJI Avata 360 beats the Antigravity A1 on image quality, but neither replaces a proper camera drone for traditional cinematic work.
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division launched a Textron Systems Aerosonde unmanned aircraft system during a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at Fort Polk, Louisiana on April 9, 2026, as DVIDS reported. The deployment puts one of the Army’s leading tactical drone candidates into a realistic combat training environment alongside the service’s most storied light…
DJI revealed the Osmo Pocket 4 today, April 16, 2026, ending a leak cycle that started last September. The new gimbal camera keeps the 1-inch CMOS sensor from the Pocket 3 but pushes 4K recording up to 240 frames per second, doubling the previous model’s slow-motion ceiling. DJI priced the Standard Combo at £445/€499, with…
A Ukrainian company called PAWELL has figured out how to take battery cells designed for electric vehicles and stuff them into fixed-wing drones. The result: operational range jumped from roughly 19 miles to 122 miles on a single charge, as Euro Maidan Press reports. One of those upgraded drones has already destroyed a Russian Buk-M1…
FAA issues FDC 6/2824 replacing the ICE NOTAM: drops blanket drone ban and National Defense Airspace classification, adds Department of War and DOJ to covered agencies.
The DJI Lito 1 and DJI Lito X1 are real, they’re coming on April 23, and we now have our clearest look yet at what DJI has been cooking behind closed doors. Leaked images of both drones and their retail packaging have surfaced, and the details confirm a brand-new product family that slots between the…
A traffic safety drone helped Kingston Police find and rescue a person in distress on Sunday, April 12, 2026. Officers had limited information to work with, but the drone located the individual’s vehicle within an hour of deployment, leading to a swift rescue and hospital transport, as The Whig reported. The Kingston Police Service received…
Oakland County’s Board of Commissioners voted 13-4 on April 8 to approve a nine-month pilot program that puts Flock Safety drones in the hands of the county Sheriff’s Office, as M Live reports. The decision came over loud protests from residents who packed the meeting in Pontiac and warned of mass surveillance. Seven Flock drones…
DJI just dropped version 1.6.0 of its Modify software, and the update targets the professionals who actually depend on drone-captured 3D data every day. Surveyors, construction crews, public safety agencies, and infrastructure inspectors all get meaningful workflow improvements in this release. What Modify Does and Why It Matters DJI Modify isn’t a household name, even…
GoPro just made the jump from action camera company to cinema camera company. The MISSION 1 Series, announced today via press release from the company, is a lineup of three compact cameras built around a new 50-megapixel 1-inch sensor and GoPro’s new GP3 processor. The flagship MISSION 1 PRO shoots 8K video at 60 frames…
For the first time in the war, Ukraine seized a Russian position without a single soldier stepping forward. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday that an enemy position had been taken “exclusively by unmanned platforms — ground systems and drones,” forcing Russian soldiers to surrender with zero Ukrainian casualties, according to Business Insider. That account…
This article is about two things that I really like: drones and guns. The U.S. Army just gave soldiers the simplest possible counter-drone tool: a bullet. Troops assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps Signal Detachment conducted live-fire training with the 5.56mm L-variant Drone Round at Oak Grove Training Center in North Carolina on April 9,…
Japan just put real money behind the idea that attack helicopters are finished. The country’s fiscal year 2026 defense budget, enacted on April 7, includes ¥11.1 billion ($69.7 million) to buy five “wide-area UAVs” for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, as Defence Blog reported. The procurement is the first funded step in a plan to…
The U.S. Army just proved it can detect, track, and destroy a drone without a human pulling the trigger. The 1st Cavalry Division completed a live-fire test of its Golden Shield counter-drone network at Fort Hood, Texas, from April 7 to 9, as Army Recognition reports. It was the first time an autonomous sensor on…
EASA releases Revision 24 of the Easy Access Rules for Air Operations, introducing machine-readable XML formats, gyroplane licensing, and stricter Flight Data Monitoring. Discover why these crewed aviation updates are a roadmap for future drone and UAM regulations.
The FCC is seeking industry input on drone spectrum, experimental licensing, and Counter-UAS rules under the "Unleashing American Drone Dominance" initiative. Submit your comments for Docket No. 26-74 before the May 1 deadline.
A Boise, Idaho company called Talon Avionics has built a counter-drone system that doesn’t start with radar. It starts with microphones. The SECTR platform uses AI-powered acoustic sensing to detect, track, and physically destroy hostile FPV drones before traditional sensors even register the threat, as Militarnyi reports. How SECTR Works The system is built around…
DJI posted a second product teaser to its official X account on April 14, 2026, pointing to a launch on April 28 at 8 AM EDT. The post carries the tagline “More Than Sound” and features a colorful butterfly graphic built from layered, petal-shaped sound waves. The DJI app icon appears in one frame. DJI’s…
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