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DJI Power 1000 Mini Global Launch Set for April 20
DJI’s newest addition to its Power lineup is officially going global. The DJI Power 1000 Mini, a more compact, feature-packed portable power station, launches worldwide on April 20, following its China-exclusive debut earlier this year. DJI Teases the Power 1000…
DJI Avata 360 loses FPV shootout to Avata 2 in back-to-back flight test
YouTuber Jeven Dovey flew the DJI Avata 360 and DJI Avata 2 back to back on the same flight paths and came away with a blunt verdict: the newer, more expensive drone flies worse as an FPV platform. His side-by-side…
DJI Avata 360 Opens US Orders at $719 After American Buyers Waited Weeks While the Rest of the World Flew
7 underrated drone YouTube channels you need to watch right now
A new wave of drone creators is emerging As drone-related social media content keeps evolving and changing, I think a new wave of creators is emerging that most people haven’t discovered yet. While many viewers stick to the bigger, more…
Comprehensive Drone Buyers Guide 2026 – Best Drones For Beginners to Pros
If you’ve been wondering what drone to buy in 2026, then this is your complete guide. We’re going to run through everything from the little follow drones to the prosumer drones if you want to get really good high-quality video…
DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise Maps Greenland’s Fastest-Moving Glacier
In July 2025, drone operator and filmmaker Nicolas Samsoen flew a DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise over two of Greenland’s most studied glaciers, generating high-resolution 3D photogrammetry models that are now feeding directly into academic research at the University of Aberdeen.…
The Bird, the Nest, and the Soldier Who Lost His Arm
On June 2, Yuriy Kokhan was clearing a safe passage for his unit through woodland near a reservoir north of Toretsk when he spotted something on the ground that stopped him. It was a bird’s nest. And it wasn’t right.…
Ukraine Gets First Linza Drones From German-Ukrainian JV
Ukraine just received its first batch of Linza 3.0 tactical drones from Quantum Frontline Industries, the Ukrainian-German joint venture that stood up its Bavarian production line barely four months ago, as reported by The Defense Post. The handover marks the…
DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Press Images Leaked by Quadro_news
With four days to go before DJI’s official announcement, Igor Bogdanov’s @Quadro_news account has published the first set of official press images of the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 in a three-part photo set. DJI has confirmed April 16 as the…
DJI Mini 5 Pro Hits Record Low at Amazon This Weekend
I fly four drones for work. The Mini 5 Pro is the one I reach for first. That’s not a throwaway line. I use it almost every day, and it’s earned that spot in my kit by being the most…
Fourth Ukrainian Drone Found in Finland as Iitti Discovery Widens Straying Pattern
A fourth armed drone has been found on Finnish soil in less than two weeks, this time in a forest in the Perheniemi area of Iitti, roughly 140 kilometres northeast of Helsinki, according to the Helsinki Times. A member of…
Honeywell Puts Counter-Drone AI on a Long-Range VTOL
Honeywell Aerospace and California-based Odys Aviation have announced a collaboration to mount Honeywell’s SAMURAI counter-drone system on the Laila, a hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft built for long-range, runway-independent operations, as reported by UAS Weekly. The combined platform is designed to hunt…
Pentagon Cites Classified Intelligence In Opposition To DJI’s FCC Petition, Raising The Stakes In Drone Ban Fight
The Department of Defense filed a memorandum with the Federal Communications Commission opposing DJI’s petition to be removed from the agency’s Covered List, as first reported by Broadband Breakfast on April 7. The filing’s most consequential detail is what it…
NSU Trains Fort Polk Soldiers on Drone Operations
Northwestern State University’s ARGO Lab just ran its first drone training program for soldiers at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The two-day course took troops from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division through the fundamentals of UAS operations, flight planning,…
FAA Clears Military to Use Anti-Drone Lasers in U.S. Airspace After Two-Month Standoff
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the U.S. military formal clearance on Friday to use high-energy lasers against suspected drones in U.S. airspace, ending a two-month interagency dispute that twice shut down commercial flight operations over the Texas-Mexico border. FAA…
XDOWN’s STUD Drone Goes From Backpack to Airborne in 2 seconds Flat
US defense startup XDOWN has unveiled the STUD (Small Tactical Unmanned Drone), a hand-launched UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) designed to reach active flight from a stowed position in two seconds. According to NextGen Defense, a single soldier can carry 8…
Colorado Springs Drones First on Scene 61% of Calls
The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is telling the full story of what seven drones stationed across the city are actually doing, and the numbers are hard to argue with. In an interview with KKTV published April 6, 2026, CSPD…
FAA’s eIPP lets Wisk and Reliable Robotics fly commercial before certification, and that changes everything
The FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) is now doing something U.S. aviation regulators have never done: letting companies fly commercial missions with uncertified aircraft, then using the data to write the rules afterward. A detailed report from Aviation International…
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