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Italy · DJI

DJI Takes Pocket 4P to Venice Film Festival, US Still Shut Out

DJI has booked a September 7 Venice Film Festival panel for the Osmo Pocket 4P, its fourth European stage for a camera Americans still cannot buy.

Haye KestelooSep 46 min read

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's former defense minister, photographed against a dark blue backdrop

Defense Tech

Fedorov Offers The US A Drone Fleet For Patriot Missiles

Ukraine's ousted defense minister is in Washington offering drone help for Patriot interceptors, days after taking an unpaid advisory job in Rome.

Haye KestelooAug 31

Airbus

Airbus Kawasaki Eurodrone ASW Variant Hunts Pacific Subs

Airbus and Kawasaki Heavy Industries signed a memorandum of understanding on June 26 to develop an anti-submarine and maritime patrol version of the Eurodrone for the Japanese market. The deal is the first concrete export pull for a European medium-altitude long-endurance UAV that has not yet flown. Japan joined the broader Eurodrone program in November…

Rafael SuárezJun 28

Texas Farm Bureau Warns FCC Drone Ban Threatens Agricultural Operations - DJI Agriculture Unveils Agras T100, T70P, and T25P at Agritechnica 2025 in Hannover

Italy

DJI Agricultural Drone Fleet Hits 600,000 As EU Moves To Lift Aerial Spray Ban; Italy’s Implementation Decree Stalls

DJI Agriculture says its global ag drone fleet hit 600,000 in 2025 as the EU drafts the first aerial spray reform in 16 years and Italy delays its decree.

Haye KestelooApr 30

Department of Defense

Navy MQ-4C Triton Spies on Cuba in 12-Hour Drone Mission

A US Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone spent more than 12 hours orbiting the coast of Cuba on April 16, tracing a pattern that passed Havana, Guantanamo

Rafael SuárezApr 22

Brazil

Brazil Lets Delivery Drones Fly Over Cities Without Asking Permission First

Brazil just made drone delivery significantly less bureaucratic, which is not a sentence most people expected to write about any country’s aviation regulator, as AINONLINE reported. On March 16, ANAC, Brazil’s civil aviation authority, authorized Speedbird Aero to fly its DLV-2 A25 delivery drone over areas with population densities up to 12,950 people per square…

Rafael SuárezMar 23

DJI

DJI’s former sales VP detained in China on bribery charges, accused of “huge” illicit gains

Chinese authorities have criminally detained DJI’s former Vice President of Sales on suspicion of accepting bribes during a five-year tenure that coincided with the drone giant’s most turbulent period of global regulatory pressure. The executive, identified only by surname Yuan, oversaw DJI’s entire global sales operation from May 2019 through May 2024. The detention was…

Haye KestelooFeb 16

China Tightens Control on Drone Exports Amid Global Security Concerns

Police

US State Department vs. Olympic Drones: Security Officials Call Unmanned Aircraft a “Massive Issue” Ahead of Milano Cortina

The US government is treating drones as a standing threat category at next month’s Winter Olympics in Italy, with security planners preparing for everything from illicit filming to explosive payloads. US security officials now treat drones as a standing threat category Tim Ayers, Director of the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) Major Events…

Haye KestelooJan 27

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