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Autel Fights Back Against the FCC, Michigan Drone Bills Stall, and a Thermal Drone Saves a Life
Welcome to your weekly UAS News Update. I have three stories for you this week: Autel is fighting back against the FCC’s Covered List, the Michigan House passed two drone procurement bills while stalling on airspace restrictions, and a drones-for-good…
Ukraine’s 5th Assault Brigade Trades $2,000 Sting Drones For $50,000 Russian Shaheds On Camera
Ukraine’s 5th Assault Brigade is destroying Russian Shahed-type attack drones with the domestically produced Sting interceptor, a 3D-printed quadcopter that costs between 4 and 10 percent of what its target costs to build. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty published a video…
The FAA Controls the Sky, But Can Cities Ban Your Backyard Drone?
This morning I was reading about another ridiculous state drone law that they’re trying to pass, and I felt like this video needed to be made. With recent world events and the restrictions on foreign-made drones that were just passed,…
DJI Avata 360 vs. DJI Avata 2: Which FPV Drone Should You Buy?
Good day, folks. Shawn here from Air Photography. A good question I’ve been asked in the last couple of weeks with the release of the Avata 360 is from people who are perhaps going to be purchasing their first DJI…
Russian Fiber-Optic Drone Headed For Children Was Stopped By A 12-Year-Old Boy In A Pear Tree
A 12-year-old Ukrainian boy named Anatolii Prokhorenko disabled a Russian fiber-optic FPV drone last month by snapping its hair-thin control cable with his bare hands, redirecting the drone away from his three younger siblings playing in the yard of his…
FCC Extends Foreign Drone Firmware Waiver to 2029, FAA Locks Down World Cup Airspace, Pierce Aerospace Builds Remote ID Network for NASA
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I have three stories for you this week. First up, the FCC extends the firmware waiver for foreign drones. That’s kind of an interesting one. The FAA announces some strict no drone zones…
How to Fly Your Drone Safely Over Water: Settings, Prep, and Emergency Tips
Water makes for stunning footage, but it’s also one of the easiest places to, well, lose your drone. In this article, I’m going to show you how to fly safely and with confidence over water. You want those stunning ocean…
Army’s Bumblebee V1 Turns a Drone Into a Drone Killer
The U.S. Army has a new answer to the drone threat, and it involves sending a drone to take care of it. Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division recently trained with the Bumblebee V1 counter-drone system at Fort Drum, New…
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…
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…
Pocket Camera War: Five New Cameras Hit at Once
The portable camera market apparently decided to have a group chat moment. In the span of a few weeks, five new pocket and compact cameras either launched, teased, or leaked their way into the conversation. If you create content alongside…
FAA Drops Section 2209 NPRM, DJI FCC Deadline Looms, and 218 Wildfire Drone Incursions in 2025
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I have five stories for you this week — it’s a longer one, but there’s a lot of important information packed in. FAA Files Long-Overdue Section 2209 NPRM First up, the FAA has…