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Western Chips Power Russia’s New Geran 5 Drone
Russia’s drone program just revealed another uncomfortable truth for the West. Even under heavy sanctions, American and European microchips are still showing up inside Russian weapons, this time inside a new high speed attack drone called the Geran 5, as…
FAA Reopens BVLOS Comment Period With Tight Two-Week Deadline
The FAA is reopening the comment period for its Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) rulemaking, but operators have just two weeks to respond. Comments open January 28 and close February 11, 2026. The reopened comment period focuses specifically on…
SkyeBrowse Launches AI Quality Control for Crash Scene 3D Mapping
SkyeBrowse, the drone-based 3D modeling platform used by law enforcement and first responders, just shipped a major update that addresses the biggest complaint I hear from public safety drone pilots: inconsistent model quality. The new “SkyeBrowse Thinking” feature uses AI…
U-ELCOME and Eurocontrol Publish U-space Handbook: 70 Lessons That Could Accelerate BVLOS Operations Across Europe
After three years and more than 1,000 drone flights across France, Italy, and Spain, the U-ELCOME consortium has distilled its operational experience into a single document that could reshape how European nations approach U-space deployment. The U-space Implementation Handbook arrives…
DJI Mini 4K hits all-time low price at Amazon with discounts up to $110 off
The DJI Mini 4K just dropped to its lowest price ever on Amazon, with all three bundle configurations marked down by 24-26% as of January 26, 2026. The single-battery kit sits at $225, the two-battery combo at $289, and the…
200 Million TikTok Users Got Four Deadline Extensions. ~850,000 Drone Pilots Got Nothing. Here’s Why.
When TikTok faced its January 2025 ban deadline, something remarkable happened. The app briefly went dark. Users flooded RedNote in protest, with 3 million Americans downloading a Chinese app they couldn’t even read as a middle finger to Congress. The…
South Korea Seeks Drone Detection Fix After NK Incident
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered a sweeping review of the country’s drone detection and monitoring systems after multiple unmanned aircraft allegedly crossed into North Korean airspace, raising fears that civilian drone activity could accidentally spark a military…
DJI vs. TikTok: The Chinese Drone Giant Tried a US Strategy First, Then Abandoned It for Shell Companies
TikTok just pulled off what many considered impossible. On Thursday, ByteDance agreed to spin out a U.S. TikTok entity where non-Chinese investors will own approximately 80 percent of the American app. ByteDance keeps just 19.9 percent. The deal effectively neutralizes…
Pentagon Moves Toward Counter Drone Marketplace
The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has taken an early step toward creating an online marketplace for counter drone technology with its first acquisition under the Replicator 2 effort, as Air and Space Forces reports. The task force, which…
House Homeland Security Chair Calls Drones a “New, Growing Frontier” of Threats to U.S. Critical Infrastructure
The same week DHS announced its permanent counter-drone office and FEMA began distributing $500 million in C-UAS grants, the House Homeland Security Committee held an oversight hearing that spelled out exactly why the federal government is treating drones as a…
DJI Mini 4K Deal Alert: Three Bundle Configurations at 20% Off While Inventory Lasts
The DJI Mini 4K is sitting at its lowest recorded price on Amazon right now, with all three bundle configurations showing 20-21% discounts. After testing this drone extensively since its April 2024 launch, I can confirm it’s the most affordable…
FCC Confirms Drone Firmware Updates Will Continue Until January 2027
The Federal Communications Commission just answered the question that’s been keeping drone pilots up at night since December. In a new order released yesterday, the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology confirmed that DJI, Autel, and other covered drone manufacturers…