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Govt. Accountability Office vs. FAA, Pyka Pelican Cargo, Flytrex Gets Part 135 Drone Delivery
This week in drone news, we have three stories for you. The first one is the GAO. The Government Accountability Office says that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needs to stop dragging its feet on unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration.…
Drone News: Drone Layoffs, Cessna 172 Drone Crash, and Investors for Airbus’ Zephyr Project
This week in Drone News, we have three stories for you. Amazon and other drone companies are laying off employees. This is sad news, a follow-up on a crash that happened between a drone and a Cessna 172. There’s more…
Drone News: Amazon Manager Fired, World’s Fastest Drone, Stranded Boater Saved!
This week in Drone News, we have three stories for you. The first one is a question of whether Amazon fired someone for voicing safety concerns about the drone program, a new world record for the fastest drone, and yes,…
DJI CES ban, FAA Delays Section 2209, Walmart/DroneUp Challenges
This week in Drone News, we have three stories for you, the DJI CES ban, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) delays Section 2209 again, and Walmart and DroneUp are facing some delivery challenges. Let’s get to it. DJI CES ban…
What CBO Should You Use? Good, bad, and Ugly
If you’re flying a drone of any size for recreational purposes in the United States, you must select community-based organization guidelines, or CBO guidelines. Let’s take a look at three Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved CBOs, their guidelines, which one is…
How To Take Better Aerial Real Estate Videos – Complete Guide!
What’s going on, guys? Billy here, and with this video, I will be following up on a previous video I uploaded, which was my complete guide for taking better aerial real estate photos. In this video, we’ll instead be looking…
The DJI Mini 3 Pro is all the drone you ever need, even for professional work!
Okay, so this is kind of like a quick and jumbled review of the Mini 3 Pro here, but it’s also a rant that’s fueled by two recent drone repairs that I needed to make. The first was my Mavic…
FPV drone video captures the Florida Gators Football team in all its glory!
Check out this FPV drone video that shows the Florida Gators Football team running onto the field accompanied by music, cheerleaders, fireworks, and loud cheering fans. What better way to bring fans who are watching the game on TV or…
DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise and Thermal show up in Chinese database
Earlier today, DealsDrone shared the following images from the Chinese Commodity Information Service that seems to confirm that we can look forward to seeing the DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise and DJI Mavic 3 Thermal drones come to the market shortly.…
Mavic 3 drops grenade with deadly accuracy
A drone, believed to be the DJI Mavic 3, drops a grenade on Russian troops hiding underneath a bridge in Ukraine. It is not only the larger drones, such as the DJI Matrice 300, that can be lethal. Smaller unmanned…
Leaked image of DJI Goggles for DJI Avata is clearly fake
Over the weekend, DealsDrone shared this leaked image of supposedly new DJI Goggles for the upcoming DJI Avata cinewhoop drone. There’s only one problem… And that is that the leaked image of the DJI Goggles is clearly a fake. DJI…
Walmart expands drone delivery to 4 million new homes
American supermarket chain Walmart is expanding its drone delivery service to reach four million new households in six states (really?). Together with its partner, DroneUp, Walmart expects to make more than a million drone deliveries per year. The cost to…