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DJI Avata 360 vs. DJI Avata 2: Which FPV Drone Should You Buy?
Shawn from Air Photography breaks down the DJI Avata 360 vs. Avata 2: image quality, FPV flight, FocusTrack, safety, and which is right for you.
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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 snapped a Russian fiber-optic FPV drone's control cable, saving his siblings. The unjammable drone had one physical weakness.
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FCC Extends Foreign Drone Firmware Waiver to 2029, FAA Locks Down World Cup Airspace, Pierce Aerospace Builds Remote ID Network for NASA
The FCC just extended DJI and Autel firmware updates to January 2029. Plus FIFA World Cup no-fly zones and Pierce Aerospace's Remote ID network for NASA.
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How to Fly Your Drone Safely Over Water: Settings, Prep, and Emergency Tips
Greg from Pilot Institute walks through the RTH settings, wind checks, battery margins, and crash recovery steps for flying your drone safely over water.
Ukraine
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 York, in a session organized by Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the Department of War’s…
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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…
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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…
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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 your drone work, strap in. DJI Osmo Pocket 4: The One That Started It DJI…
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