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Two hands holding the DJI Osmo 360 II with its lens and touchscreen facing forward, the screen showing an 8K 30 frames per second preview of a potted plant on a desk.

DJI

DJI Osmo 360 II Beginners Guide: Getting Started With 360

My beginner's guide to the DJI Osmo 360 II: the bundles, the buttons, memory, charging, activation, the menus, four ways to record, mics and DJI Mimo.

Shawn Air PhotographyOct 8

White DJI Neo 3 drone seen from the front with its gimbal camera and four spoked propeller cages, on a glass shop counter with a DJI Lito X1 box visible on the shelf below

LEAK

DJI Neo 3 Battery Goes to Three Cells. Neo 2 Owners Buy New Packs

A DJI Neo 3 battery label reads 1,800 mAh, 10.5 V, 18.9 Wh: three cells, seven pins, no Neo 2 pack will fit. Jasper Ellens shows how the props come off.

Haye KestelooOct 7

Amazon

Amazon Prime Air Is Hiring in Australia. The Job: Get CASA to Say Yes

Amazon is hiring a Head of Regulatory Approvals in Sydney or Canberra to win every CASA approval Prime Air needs. No site or date has been named.

Haye KestelooOct 7

Fourteen-story beige concrete hotel tower with vertical window strips and Holiday Inn signs, seen against a clear blue sky with a palm tree in front

Police

Laredo Police Vow to Take Down Drones at Hotel Fire. FAA Lists No TFR

Laredo's police chief says officers will mitigate drones over the DoubleTree fire. Federal law lets local police do that only with FBI certification.

Haye KestelooOct 7

Worcester City Hall's stone clock tower and arched facade against a clear blue sky

Amazon

Worcester Asks If It Can Stop Amazon Drones. Shrewsbury Says It Can't

Worcester wants a report on its power over Amazon's planned Westborough drones. Shrewsbury says towns are preempted. Hopkinton votes to fight.

Haye KestelooOct 7

LEAK

DJI Neo 3 Flies in First Leaked Video on a Remote With a Scroll Wheel

Leaked video shows the DJI Neo 3 flying from the RC Mini, which pairs from its own screen and hides a scroll wheel. The Neo 2 looks small beside it.

Haye KestelooOct 7

Red Air Upstate fixed-wing VTOL delivery drone with RigiTech markings parked on a black and white landing mat, an orange traffic cone behind it

Drone Delivery

Upstate Medical's New Drone Port Is Already Cleared To Fly To Utica

Upstate University Hospital opened a drone port for Air Upstate, with clearance to fly to Wynn Hospital in Utica and Causey Aviation named as partner.

Haye KestelooOct 7

Illustration of a submarine sail with a welder throwing sparks, set against an American flag and shipyard scaffolding

Anduril

Anduril's $3.7B Maryland Shipyard: Trump Adds Drone Subs, 40% Stake

Anduril's $3.7B Maryland shipyard will build Virginia-class sub parts. Trump promised drone subs and a 40% taxpayer stake neither release mentions.

Haye KestelooOct 7

Wing hybrid delivery drones flying in formation against an orange sunset sky, the lead aircraft carrying a package box under its fuselage

Drone Delivery

Wing Lists 19 Walmart Metros. Walmart's Hometown Isn't One of Them

Bentonville approved a Wing nest at Walmart Store #100 in Sept. 2025, and Walmart named its hometown weeks later. Wing's 19-metro list leaves it off.

Haye KestelooOct 6

Russ from 51 Drones putting on the RayNeo GT Max AR glasses outdoors, the cable hanging from the left arm

Reviews

RayNeo GT Max Review: Flying a Mavic 4 Pro on a Truck-Sized Screen

I flew my DJI Mavic 4 Pro with the RayNeo GT Max AR glasses plugged into the RC Pro 2. Here's what worked, what didn't, and who they're for.

Russ 51 DronesOct 6

Amazon

FAA Raised Amazon's Omaha Drone Band on Paper. Its Noise Model Didn't

The FAA's final Omaha review moves Amazon's MK30 cruise band from 180-377 feet to 205-370 feet. Its noise report still models the old numbers.

Haye KestelooOct 6

An olive-green palletized laser weapon with a box-shaped beam director sits on an aircraft carrier flight deck, with the carrier's island marked 77 and a fighter jet behind it.

Counter-Drone

Pentagon Picks 3 Lasers And A Drone-Frying Microwave For US Bases

AeroVironment, Kord, Boeing and Epirus weapons will guard US bases for a year. The FAA safety finding the Pentagon cites covers one laser family.

Haye KestelooOct 6

Skydio X10 drone sitting inside an open Skydio Dock on a rooftop, city skyline at sunset behind it

Police

Bellingham Police Pick Skydio for DFR, 1 Response in 23 Logged Flights

Bellingham police fly Skydio DFR drones on a $475,417 state grant. The public log shows 23 flights since Aug. 19, one an incident response.

Haye KestelooOct 6

White Manna delivery drone with four spinning rotors and a Made in USA flag on its fuselage, shown side-on against a black background

Manna Aero

Manna Adds Two East Tulsa Drone Bases Rated for 'Thousands' a Week

Manna is opening two east Tulsa drone bases and says each can handle thousands of deliveries a week. On launch hours, its own rate caps each at 768.

Haye KestelooOct 6

Gray DJI Mini 3 drone held in one hand, arms unfolded, camera and gimbal facing the lens, MINI 3 printed on the right arm

Deal

DJI Mini 3 Hits $269 for Prime Big Deal Days, Matching Its June Low

Amazon has the DJI Mini 3 at $269 for Prime members through October 7, $150 off list and level with its June low. The Fly More Combo is $600.

Haye KestelooOct 6

Amazon

Amazon Drones Buzz Cleveland Heights Homes. The Mayor Wants Them Moved

Cleveland Heights Mayor Jim Petras will ask Amazon whether drone routes can shift to commercial areas. Amazon moved some Texas flights in February.

Haye KestelooOct 6

A black pickup truck marked ACS carries a turret-mounted machine gun and a tan radar panel in the Arizona desert, with smoke drifting from the gun barrel.

Counter-Drone

US Military Counts 378 Border Drone Incursions In 30 Days, And Rising

The military detected 378 drones on the US-Mexico border in a month and says the trend is rising, as 21 firms tested counter-drone gear in Yuma.

Haye KestelooOct 6

White Airspection VTOL drone with wings and a tail rotor flying over a sandy beach with a row of offshore wind turbines on the horizon

BVLOS

Airspection Drone Skips the Boat on BVLOS Run to UK Wind Farm

Glasgow's Airspection flew a shore-launched drone 8.7 miles round trip to a Liverpool Bay wind farm beyond line of sight in the UK CAA's BVLOS sandbox.

Haye KestelooOct 6

US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber taking off with afterburners lit, spraying water off a runway lined with autumn trees

Department of Defense

Feared Iran Drone Attack Sent All 12 US B-1s Home From RAF Fairford

US and British officials say a feared IRGC drone attack, which some liken to Ukraine's Spiderweb raid, led the US to pull all 12 B-1s from RAF Fairford.

Haye KestelooOct 6

White DJI Neo 3 drone with spoked propeller cages beside a blue-grey DJI RC Mini controller with a built-in screen on a wooden table

LEAK

DJI Neo 3 Unboxing Video Leaks, and the Battery Slots Are Real

Leaked DJI Neo 3 unboxing: an RC Mini with a screen, three batteries, a charging hub, and the slotted battery packs DroneXL doubted in September.

Haye KestelooOct 6

Two men signing documents at a table draped in a black Zing Drone Solutions cloth, under a banner reading Oregon Defense Tech Basecamp

Remote ID

Zing Drone Solutions Tests Korean Radios as FCC Bars Foreign Parts

Zing is testing radio modules from Seoul's NUCODE for smaller Remote ID hardware, but the FCC Covered List makes no exception for an ally's parts.

Haye KestelooOct 6

DJI Neo drone resting on an open palm with a river and trees behind it

Deal

DJI Neo Hits $139 on Amazon While DJI's Own Store Is Sold Out at $169

The DJI Neo is $139 on Amazon for Prime Big Deal Days, matching its lowest price ever, while DJI's own store shows it at $169 and out of stock.

Haye KestelooOct 6

DJI Enterprise

DJI Certifies First Benelux Dealer for Europe-Only Mapping Training

Drone Parts Center in Nivelles, Belgium, is the first Benelux dealer certified for DJI's GEO training. Matrice 4E and Zenmuse L3 courses now open.

Haye KestelooOct 5

Gray Skydio X10 drone with a three-sensor camera gimbal hovering low over a green field with trees behind it

DFR

Lakeland's $22M Axon Deal Adds Drones, Taps Immigration Grant

Lakeland OKs a $21.98M, 10-year Axon deal with Drone as First Responder flights. An immigration grant is applied to its first two years. Money itemized.

Haye KestelooOct 5

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