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Cathedral City Drones Hit 90% Coverage on DJI Hardware
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Cathedral City Drones Hit 90% Coverage on DJI Hardware

Cathedral City Police now cover roughly 90 percent of the city from three rooftop drone docks, and they did it on DJI hardware while half the country is being told to rip Chinese drones off the roof. The department has flown drones since 2018, but the Drone as First Responder expansion is the part that’s…

DJI Air 4 Caught In Chinese Flight-Filing App, The First Registry-Level Sighting
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DJI Air 4 Caught In Chinese Flight-Filing App, The First Registry-Level Sighting

The DJI Air 4 has surfaced inside a Chinese drone flight-reporting app, sitting in a dropdown menu of selectable aircraft alongside the already-shipping Insta360 Antigravity A1. The screenshot, posted Monday by drone leaker Igor Bogdanov on X with the caption “Caught…Air 4,” is the first known appearance of the unannounced model in a regulatory-adjacent piece…

Military Drones Could Be Defense Industry’s Bubble, Rheinmetall CEO Warns
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Rheinmetall And Deutsche Telekom Unveil German Drone Shield Built On Cellular Detection

Germany’s largest defense contractor and its biggest mobile carrier announced a joint drone defense shield on Monday, combining Rheinmetall’s air defense hardware with Deutsche Telekom’s cellular network and radio frequency sensors to protect cities and critical infrastructure. The companies will present the system at the AFCEA security trade show in Bonn this week. The partnership…

LITO 1 drone resting in greenery in a YouTube thumbnail from Mikhail Svilanov
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Can The LITO 1 Create Cinematic Footage?

Mikhail Svilanov tests the budget-friendly LITO 1 in harsh mid-morning light to see whether a beginner drone can still deliver usable cinematic shots with a few smart camera choices.

DJI Lito X1 Review: Why This Entry-Level Drone Redefines What Beginners Should Expect
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DJI Lito X1 Review: Why This Entry-Level Drone Redefines What Beginners Should Expect

Today, we’re taking a deep dive into DJI’s latest entry-level premium drone, the Lito X1. And I know what you’re thinking — premium and entry-level, they don’t go together, right? Wrong. Because we have a very interesting product that has a ton of things going on without that many compromises. Where the Lito X1 Fits…

DJI Avata 360 vs. Antigravity A1: Don't buy until you watch this
Antigravity A1

DJI Avata 360 vs. Antigravity A1: Don’t buy until you watch this

Today, we’re comparing two of the most interesting drone releases in the past few years. On one side, we have the DJI Avata 360, DJI’s first ever panoramic drone designed to combine FPV flying with full 360-degree capture. And on the other side, we have the Antigravity A1, the first mainstream 8K 360 drone that…

Antigravity A1 First Impressions: This Invisible Drone Creates an Eye in the Sky
Antigravity A1

Antigravity A1 Gets Its First Real Price Drop Right on Time

The Antigravity A1 launched in December 2025 with a price tag that made a lot of people curious and a lot of wallets nervous. Four months later, and with the DJI Avata 360 now breathing directly down its neck, the world’s first 8K 360-degree drone just got its first significant discount. As of March 28,…

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