Axon Puts $1.2B More in Skydio, Ring's $249 Drone, Nampa Wants Data
Pilot Institute's weekly update: Axon invests $1.2 billion more in Skydio, Ring announces a $249 indoor drone camera, Nampa asks Amazon for flight data.
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Pilot Institute's weekly update: Axon invests $1.2 billion more in Skydio, Ring announces a $249 indoor drone camera, Nampa asks Amazon for flight data.
Luis Figueiredo, who runs Elizabeth PD's drone program, answers Adam Bry's claim that Skydio will outsell DJI in the US this year. His guest opinion, in full.
Ring's $249.99 Drone Cam ships January 27, six years after the Always Home Cam reveal, pending FCC authorization under the Covered List rules.
Adam Bry says Skydio will outsell DJI to US civilian buyers in 2026, that DJI copied Skydio, and that China's sanctions ended up adding flight time.
HOVERAir's VERSA flying camera goes on sale today from €499. Its own price sheet rules out the US, months after the FCC set aside its certification.
AUVSI names D-Fend's Brett Feddersen CEO from December 1. His testimony, his counter-drone record, and the FCC question his first statement skips.

Democrats won the House and Senate on November 3. DJI's FCC ban rests on a law Biden signed, a Republican FCC through 2028 and a Trump veto until 2029.
DJI's Matrice 5T folds, flies 59 minutes and carries 1280 thermal. Its spec sheet rates the radio for Canada, Europe, China and Japan, and not the FCC.
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