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Olathe Drone Ordinance Pulled, and the ICE NOTAM Shows Why Pilots Have to Fight at Every Level
The Olathe, Kansas City Council was scheduled to vote Tuesday night on an ordinance that would have banned drone takeoffs and landings within one mile of any temporary event in the city drawing 100 or more people. The rule would…
Purdue Bets Big on AI to Automate the Skies
Purdue University just put its full weight behind a future where one drone pilot coordinates dozens of aircraft at once. The Indiana research powerhouse is expanding a cluster of AI and autonomy programs that could fundamentally reshape how drones operate…
FAA Drops Section 2209 NPRM After Decade-Long Wait, Industry Has 60 Days To Shape The Rule
The Federal Aviation Administration filed its long-overdue Section 2209 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for public inspection this morning, opening a 60-day comment window that will determine how thousands of fixed-site facilities can apply for permanent drone restrictions over their property.…
NC Guard and UK Forces Train Together on Drone Integration
On April 15, 2026, North Carolina National Guard soldiers and airmen conducted a joint unmanned aerial systems exercise alongside the British Army’s 101st Royal Regiment of Artillery in New London, North Carolina, as the ARMY website reported. The training was…
Coast Guard Deploys Saildrone Vessels on Great Lakes This Summer
The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District is putting autonomous sail drones on the water starting this month. Running from May through October 2026, these uncrewed surface vehicles will patrol all five Great Lakes as part of a contract focused…
St. Charles County Clears Path for BRINC Drone Program
St. Charles County, Missouri just passed the ordinance it needed to get drones over emergency calls. The county council approved a measure allowing the St. Charles County Police Department to establish memorandums of understanding with schools, municipal facilities, and other…
North Las Vegas Teens Train for Drone Pilot Careers
A group of ninth and tenth graders at a North Las Vegas charter school are spending their electives doing something most drone enthusiasts wish they’d started earlier: flying, crashing, troubleshooting, and doing it again. They’re not playing. They have a…
China Flies First Bamboo-Composite UAV in Tianjin
A Chinese research team has flown what it calls the world’s first fixed-wing drone built largely from bamboo. The tilt-rotor UAV took off from a field in Tianjin, climbed, transitioned to forward flight, and came back down on its own…
Poland Taps Ukraine’s Combat Drone Know-How for New Armada
Poland is building a national drone armada, and it’s asking Ukraine to design it. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the joint program on April 27 in Rzeszów, standing alongside Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko at a security conference held…
St. Petersburg PD Puts Skydio X10 Drone Hive on Its Rooftop
The St. Petersburg Police Department has activated a rooftop Drone Hive at its headquarters — three Skydio X10 drones docked and ready to launch within seconds of a priority call. Chief Anthony Holloway announced the expansion this week, and the…
Army Flies DJI Mavic 3 During Live-Fire Exercise in Latvia
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment flew DJI Mavic 3 drones for reconnaissance during a live-fire exercise in Selija, Latvia on April 29, 2026 as reported by DVIDS Hub. The training integrated both offensive drone operations…
Wisk Aero Flies Second Gen 6 Autonomous Air Taxi, Doubling Certification Test Rate
Wisk Aero flew its second Generation 6 autonomous air taxi for the first time on May 4 at the company’s flight test facility in Hollister, California, bringing the Boeing subsidiary’s active certification test fleet to two aircraft for the first…
FAA’s No Drone Zone Push Caps A Year Of Counter-Drone Buildup For World Cup 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has designated every FIFA World Cup 2026 stadium and surrounding event space as a strict No Drone Zone, and operators caught flying inside an active Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) face civil penalties up to $75,000,…
HoverAir X1 Pro Max Tips: How I Capture Cinematic Shots While Hiking in Alaska
The HoverAir X1 Pro Max is kind of a ridiculously good little drone, especially if you want a super easy way to just capture great shots of yourself hiking, biking, or maybe walking along a not-so-tropical beach. You can just…
DJI Osmo Action 6 Cinematic Cycling Workflow: 1/200 Shutter, D-Log M, And A Locked F/2.6 Aperture
The DJI Osmo Action 6 has become a one-camera cycling rig for German filmmaker Philip Carneiro, who shot every frame of his latest cinematic ride breakdown on the action cam, including the talking-head segments filmed back in his office. His…
DJI Pocket 4 Pro Photos Leak From China Influencer Meetup
DJI gathered a group of creators somewhere in mainland China for a quiet, controlled, hands-on preview of the Osmo Pocket 4 Pro. The idea, presumably, was a confidential warm-up session — a chance for influencers to get comfortable with the…
Why DJI’s Built-In Simulator Is the Best Free Way to Practice Before Your First Drone Flight
Good day, folks. Shawn here from Air Photography. In today’s video, we’re taking a look at the DJI simulator that’s built right into the DJI Fly app. The reason I’m making this video is that the other day I got…
Insta360 Luna First Look: Co-Engineered With Leica, This Might Be the Most Exciting Camera of 2026
This is the Insta360 Luna, and it’s been co-engineered with Leica. I think this might be one of the most exciting product releases of 2026, and I want to talk about why. But first, you need to know a couple…
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