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FAA updates Part 107 knowledge exam rules for drone pilots

U.S. – Swiss drone agreement announced by the FAA

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Switzerland Federal Office of Civil Aviation today announced that they have reached an agreement in harmonizing domestic and international safety...

4 hours ago

FAA approval for Chula Vista Police Department to fly beyond-visual-line-of-sight

FAA approval for Chula Vista Police Department to fly beyond-visual-line-of-sight

The Chula Vista Police Department is the first in the nation to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly Skydio 2 drones beyond-visual-line-of-sight.

7 hours ago

DJI Mavic 2 firmware update increases range to 6 miles for both Pro and Zoom models

DJI Mavic 2 firmware update increases range to 6 miles for both Pro and Zoom models

DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom firmware update increases the drone’s transmission range to 6 miles for operators in the USA (FCC) and 3.7 miles for operators in CE/MIC/SRRC regions. This is firmware update v01.00...

9 hours ago

News helicopter likely struck by drone, says NTSB

NTSB reports news helicopter likely struck by drone

In December last year, a news helicopter was likely struck by a drone. The NTSB has come to this conclusion based on forensic analysis and crew reports. The mid-air collision forced the helicopter to make a...

12 hours ago

BionicSwift drone from Festo flaps its wings and flies like a real bird

Festo’s BionicSwift drone flaps its wings to fly just like its feathered cousins. It has been designed to show how lightweight materials can be used to create semi-autonomous flight technology.

2 days ago

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DJI Mavic 2 Pro and Phantom 4 Pro among the police drones used in Arizona

DJI Mavic 2 Pro and Phantom 4 Pro among the police drones used in Arizona

Here’s a detailed article that describes how popular drones such as the DJI Mavic 2 Pro and Phantom 4 Pro are being used as police drones by the local law enforcement and other agencies in Arizona.

Two drones flying during Poeville Fire halted operations for an hour

Two drones flying during Poeville Fire halted operations for an hour

Two drones that were flying during the Poeville Fire in Nevada halted fire fighting operations for about an hour. This drone incident took place last weekend.

Beluga whale captured by drone off coast of San Diego for the first time

Beluga whale captured by drone off coast of San Diego for the first time

A boat captain spotted a beluga whale and captured the very rare mammal by a drone off the coast of San Diego for the first time. Since drones are becoming less expensive and more capable, amazing wildlife aerial images...

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Drone News – Tue June 30, 2020

Here are today’s most important drone news articles. We publish this post every weekday at 5:30 p.m. Some of these stories are from DroneXL.co and some of them will be from other sources. If you’d like to...

Autel's EVO II Dual with thermal camera. A nice alternative to new ANAFI USA

Autel EVO II Dual with thermal camera. A nice alternative to new ANAFI USA

If Parrot’s marketing campaign, which included falsely accusing DJI and taking stabs at Chinese-made drones in general, left you with a foul taste in your mouth, but you are in the market for a thermal drone, you...

Drone shows 9/11 Memorial

Drone shows 9/11 Memorial unlike you have never seen before!

Now, here’s something worth writing about. This drone video shows the 9/11 Memorial unlike you have never seen before, without people and from the air. The video was made by Kevin P. Coughlin and Jin-Sup Lee from...

Parrot's founder Henri Seydoux digs into DJI's data security issues

Parrot CEO Henri Seydoux falsely accuses DJI during ANAFI USA presentation

During the presentation of the ANAFI USA, Parrot’s founder and CEO, Henri Seydoux falsely accuses DJI of silently removing some software from the DJI Go app that would feed into a Chinese data intelligence...

Parrot ANAFI USA a new drone for first responders and professionals

Parrot ANAFI USA – All you need to know

Today Parrot officially launches the ANAFI USA, a new drone that is specifically marketed for first responders and enterprise professionals. The drone offers 32x zoom, thermal imaging, a much stronger airframe, and...

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Drone News – Mon June 29, 2020

Here are today’s most important drone news articles. We publish this post every weekday at 5:30 p.m. Some of these stories are from DroneXL.co and some of them will be from other sources. If you’d like to...

Aerial Google Street View of Mauritius created with DJI Phantom 4 Pro

Aerial Google Street View of Mauritius created with DJI Phantom 4 Pro

Since Google Street View is lacking on the beautiful island of Mauritius, roughly about 1,200 miles east of Africa, one drone operator took it upon himself to create his own Aerial Google Street View using a DJI Phantom...

DJI releases interactive 'Drone-Assisted Rescues Worldwide' map

Drones for Good

DJI releases interactive ‘Drone-Assisted Rescues Worldwide’ map

Finally, it is here! DJI’s Adam Lisberg once told me how much work it was to chase, verify, and compile the news stories in which drones played an often crucial role in helping to save somebody’s life...

Mavic 3 release date is fake news and shows a DJI T16 Agras instead

Mavic 3 release date is fake news and shows a DJI T16 Agras instead

Ok – My sincere apologies. Somebody pointed out early this morning that the second photo in this post looks like a DJI Agras T16 and upon closer inspection, it does indeed. Forget the September 26th release date...

Mavic 3 release date September 26th, says leaked DJI announcement

Mavic 3 release date shown in leaked DJI announcement

The Mavic 3 release date will be on September 26th, 2020, at 10 a.m. EST according to two leaked photos of the DJI announcement that I received just this afternoon. Update: Mavic 3 release date is fake news and shows a...

Illegal cannabis farms are easily found with drones and thermal cameras

Illegal cannabis farms spotted with drones and thermal cameras

In England, drones with thermal cameras are an effective tool in the discovery and prosecution of illegal cannabis farms and their operators.

Drone light show over Madrid to pay tribute to coronavirus victims and emergency services

Drone Light Show

Drone light show over Madrid to pay tribute to coronavirus victims and emergency services

On June 26th a drone light show was organized over Madrid, Spain to pay tribute to the coronavirus victims and emergency services. The show consisted of 40 drones that created various figures and spelled out the words...

Foot soldiers, ATVs, horses, sonar and drones used in search for missing Fort Hood soldier, Vanessa Guillen

Drones for Good

Foot soldiers, ATVs, horses, sonar and drones used in search for missing Fort Hood soldier, Vanessa Guillen

Foot soldiers, ATVs, horses, sonar, and drones are used in the search for missing Fort Hood soldier, Vanessa Guillen. #dronesforgood

Drone deployed in search and rescue of missing hiker at Colorado National Monument

Drones for Good

Drone deployed in search and rescue of missing hiker at Colorado National Monument

A drone has been deployed in the search and rescue mission that continued on Friday for a missing hiker at the Colorado National Monument. Jim Fuchs, 66, of Grand Junction, Colorado had started the hike on Monday this...

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Drone News – Fri June 26, 2020

Here are today’s most important drone news articles. We publish this post every weekday at 5:30 p.m. Some of these stories are from DroneXL.co and some of them will be from other sources. If you’d like to...

US police are being warned by the Department of Homeland Security that surveillance drones made by Chinese drone maker DJI are at risk of having their data intercepted.

DHS warns police that Chinese DJI drones are ‘at risk’ of data breach

Surveillance drones made by Chinese drone maker DJI are at risk of having their data intercepted, warns the Department of Homeland Security to U.S. police departments.

Former FAA executives start AccelerātUM to expedite drone operations

Former FAA executives start AccelerātUM to expedite drone operations

Former senior FAA executives launched AccelerātUM to expedite drone operations. On the website, it says that the company is “an inclusive, non-partisan, privately funded collaborative developing consensus-based...

Saskatchewan highway patrol chief fired for improper purchases including drone

Saskatchewan highway patrol chief fired for improper purchases including drone

The Saskatchewan’s Minister of Highways said that the highway patrol chief was fired after improper purchases of silencers, a high-power rifle scope, and a drone.

FAA awards contract for UTM testing to Switch

FAA awards contract for UTM testing to Switch

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a contract for the development and testing of a UAS traffic management system (UTM) at the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) to ANRA Technologies, IT...

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Drone News – Thu June 25, 2020

Here are today’s most important drone news articles. We publish this post every weekday at 5:30 p.m. Some of these stories are from DroneXL.co and some of them will be from other sources. If you’d like to...

Skydio 2 software update offers many new features

Skydio 2 software update offers many new features

After the drone maker resumed production and shipping, they also kept busy and now offer a Skydio 2 software update with many new and highly requested features.

Skydio 2 production has restarted and shipping resumes

Skydio 2 production has restarted and shipping resumes

The spreading coronavirus has impacted many drone manufacturers such as DJI, Autel Robotics, and also Skydio. The latter had stopped the production of the autonomously flying Skydio 2 drone a few months ago. However...

Blue whale captured by drone off San Diego coast

Blue whale captured by drone off San Diego coast

Earlier today we saw how a Great White shark was swimming close to a group of surfers in South Africa, and now we see how a drone captured video footage of a blue whale swimming off the San Diego coast.

DJI Phantom 4 RTK now supported in Kespry aerial intelligence platform release

DJI Phantom 4 RTK

DJI Phantom 4 RTK now supported in Kespry aerial intelligence platform release

Kespry, the leading drone-based Aerial Intelligence solution provider, today announced its Summer 2020 Aerial Intelligence platform updates with support for the DJI Phantom 4 RTK. The enterprise-focused enhancements for...

Dronisos sets new world record for simultaneous indoor drone flight

Drone Light Show

Dronisos sets new world record for simultaneous indoor drone flight

Dronisos, a drone light show specialist, sets a new world record for flying drones simultaneously during a recent light show. the old record was set at 160 drones. Dronisos blew straight through that by having 200...

Drone video shows Great White Shark and surfers in a very close encounter

Drone video shows Great White shark and surfers in a very close encounter

Over the last few years, we’ve seen quite a few videos where swimmers get quite close to sharks and other wildlife, however, this drone video tops them all. You can see the Great White shark checking out a group...

Second delivery agreement for Drone Delivery Canada with DSV Air & Sea

Second delivery agreement for Drone Delivery Canada with DSV Air & Sea

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) Corp. had entered into a commercial agreement with the David McAntony Gibson Foundation to use service drones to Beausoleil First Nation (BFN) community in Ontario earlier this month. Now a...