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FPV freestyle drone carrying a GoPro action camera flying in front of the mist and rushing water of Niagara Falls

FPV · FPV

GoPro Flies 8K Over Niagara Falls and Leaves the Permit Out of the Description

GoPro's new Niagara Falls reel was shot on a MISSION 1 PRO strapped to FPV Evan's drone. The airspace is restricted on both sides of the border.

Haye KestelooAug 103 min read

DJI Avata 360 shown in earlier leak imagery

FIRMWARE

DJI Avata 360 firmware update fixes black-screen FPV bug

DJI has released Avata 360 firmware v01.00.0500 after reports that the earlier v01.00.0300 update caused black-screen video loss in FPV goggles, a failure that hit the one system FPV pilots cannot afford to lose.

Haye KestelooJul 17

Placer County sheriff deputies escorting a suspect away after a drone search inside a hay barn

POLICE

Placer Sheriff Drone Finds A Felony Suspect In The Haystack

A Placer County Sheriff's drone searched inside a barn full of hay bales, located a domestic violence suspect wedged into the stack, and ended the standoff without deputies climbing blindly into a dangerous hiding place.

Rafael SuárezJul 15

Neiry's Cyborg "Pigeon Drone" Test Subject | Photo Credits: Neiry

Russia

Russia’s “cyborg pigeon drones” are real enough to worry about, even if the hype isn’t fully proven

If this sounds like a meme from the darker corner of the internet, welcome to 2026. A Moscow-based neurotech company called Neiry is claiming it can produce “cyborg pigeon drones” by implanting electrodes in their brains, mounting a small control module, and then nudging the bird’s flight decisions through targeted brain stimulation. The project has…

Zachary PeeryFeb 11

Police

FPV Pilot Joshua Bardwell: FCC Component Ban May Not Be as Bad as It Sounds

While the drone world panics over the FCC’s sweeping ban on foreign drones and components, FPV expert Joshua Bardwell is urging pilots to take a breath. His analysis raises a critical question that most coverage has missed: Does the FCC even have jurisdiction over half the components it listed? In a video published December 23, Bardwell…

Haye KestelooDec 24

Auterion

Auterion Hybrid Drone Swarm Completes First Multi-Manufacturer Kill Chain in Historic Demo

We have been following Auterion’s rise from open-source software pioneer to battlefield powerhouse for years. This week, the drone company crossed a threshold that transforms drone warfare from concept to operational reality. For the first time ever, FPV and fixed-wing drones from three different manufacturers flew, coordinated, and struck targets together as a single unified…

Haye KestelooDec 12

Florida

Florida Turns Banned Chinese Drones Into Military Target Practice for Counter-Drone Training

More than 500 Chinese-made drones confiscated under Florida’s controversial 2023 ban are getting a second (short) life as target practice for US Special Operations Command, according to Bloomberg News. The quadcopters, originally headed for the incinerator, will instead be shot down with shotguns during a three-day military training exercise next month. The initiative marks an…

Haye KestelooNov 21

Reviews

iFlight Nazgul Evoke F5 V3 Review: The Dual-Geometry FPV Drone That Does It All

Today I’m excited to finally share my thoughts on the iFlight Nazgul Evoke F5 V3 with the DJI O4 Air Unit Pro, which I’ve been flying for the past couple of weeks and I have a lot to say about. In his latest video, Mike from Drone Supremacy puts this innovative ready-to-fly FPV drone through…

Mikhail SvilanovOct 28

FPV

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