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A gray DJI Matrice 4 drone with a speaker module on top and a thermal camera gimbal, on a white display table at a trade show booth beside a second Matrice 4

FCC Ban

FCC Files Pentagon's Sealed DJI Letters, Says Ban Didn't Rely on Them

The FCC filed the Pentagon's Section 1709 letters on DJI under seal and says it did not rely on them. The public pages name DJI and no specific threat.

Haye KestelooOct 15

White DJI Osmo Pocket 4P with its two stacked camera lenses held out toward the viewer by a woman in a white top, out of focus on a city street

TEASER

DJI Osmo Pocket 4P In Pearl White Launches October 20, US Gets A 404

DJI's teaser sets October 20 at 12 PM GMT for the Pearl White Osmo Pocket 4P, 82 days after the black model. Its Notify Me link ends on a 404 in the US.

Haye KestelooOct 15

DJI Matrice 5TD drone hovering above an open white DJI Dock 4 on a grassy hillside, with an O4 Ground Station mast to the left and high-voltage transmission towers behind

LAUNCH

DJI Dock 4 Swaps Batteries in 25 Seconds, but Its Specs Skip the FCC

DJI's Dock 4 and Matrice 5TD bring a 25-second battery swap and 59-minute flights. Its radio specs cover Canada, Europe, China and Japan. Not the US.

Haye KestelooOct 14

A white DJI Phantom quadcopter hovers above the Hudson River in New York at dusk, with a pink and orange sunset glowing over the distant hills.

DJI Phantom 4 Pro

DJI Ends Phantom 4 Pro V2 Repairs Oct. 31 and Tells Owners to Buy New

DJI ends Phantom 4 Pro V2 service October 31 and Agras T16 and T20 service November 2, as the FCC weighs barring the spray drones that replace them.

Haye KestelooOct 12

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in a dark suit and purple tie speaking into a handheld microphone on stage, seated in a green chair in front of a row of American flags

FCC Filing

FCC Vote Would Shut Out Chinese Labs That Test 82% of US Devices

The FCC votes October 29 on ending recognition of every mainland China test lab by December 1, 2028. DJI's Osmo Pocket 4P was tested at one of them.

Haye KestelooOct 10

TEASER

DJI Teases Dock 4 With Battery Swapping for October 14, Not for the US

DJI's October 14 teaser shows its next dock, the leaked Dock 4, swapping a charged battery into a new drone. Dock 3 charges in place. The US can't buy it.

Haye KestelooOct 8

White DJI Neo 3 drone held over grey paving, seen from the front with its gimbal camera, a slot above the lens and four spoked propeller cages

LEAK

DJI Neo 3 Specs and Features: What 23 Days of Leaks Have Settled

DJI Neo 3 specs and features from three weeks of leaks: square 1/1.1-inch sensor, 192.7 g, three-cell battery, caged props, RC Mini. No price or date yet.

Haye KestelooOct 8

Two men signing documents at a table draped in a black Zing Drone Solutions cloth, under a banner reading Oregon Defense Tech Basecamp

Remote ID

Zing Drone Solutions Tests Korean Radios as FCC Bars Foreign Parts

Zing is testing radio modules from Seoul's NUCODE for smaller Remote ID hardware, but the FCC Covered List makes no exception for an ally's parts.

Haye KestelooOct 6

FCC Covered List

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