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Dakota College Hosts sUAS Industry Bootcamp in 2026
Dakota College at Bottineau is quietly becoming one of the more interesting places in the US if you care about practical drone education, especially the kind that actually leads to jobs instead of just Instagram clips and dusty certificates. In…
SpaceX implements Starlink speed limit to ground Russian strike drones in Ukraine
Two days after Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov thanked SpaceX for its “quick response” to Russian drones using Starlink connectivity, we’re now seeing the first concrete result: a speed-based kill switch. Starlink terminals are now displaying a “Movement speed is…
RQ-170 ‘Beast of Kandahar’ Filmed Taxiing at Creech AFB in Rare Daylight Footage Weeks After Venezuela Mission
New video footage shows the RQ-170 Sentinel, one of America’s most secretive stealth drones, taxiing in broad daylight at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. The footage, captured by aviation observer Uncanny Expeditions and shared on X by @thenewarea51 on…
DJI Mavic 4 Pro New Firmware Won’t Fix Your Flying
If you own a DJI Mavic 4 Pro and just installed the latest firmware, congratulations. Your drone just got smoother. Now comes the awkward part. The footage still looks shaky? That part might be on you. DJI just rolled out…
FAA NOTAM Creates Mobile No-Fly Zones That Could Affect Drone Pilots Nationwide
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I have four stories for you this week. An FAA NOTAM is creating mobile no-fly zones, and it’s a bit of an issue. The FAA has reopened the comment period for BVLOS rulemaking…
DJI RS 5 Global Launch Brings Z-Axis Stabilization and 50% More Motor Torque to Filmmakers
After weeks of leaks, an accidental YouTube tutorial upload, and a China-first release that left the rest of the world watching through VPNs, DJI has officially launched the DJI RS 5 gimbal globally. The announcement landed today, January 29, 2026,…
Finnish Police Shoot Suspect Who Downed Their Drone In Nurmijärvi Standoff
A suspect in Nurmijärvi, Finland shot down a police surveillance drone during a standoff at a private residence. He then tried to leave the cordoned area while still armed. Police shot him. The suspect survived with non-life-threatening injuries. The drone…
Russia’s Starlink-Guided Shaheds Hit Moving Ukrainian Train, Kill 5: Musk Calls Polish FM ‘Drooling Imbecile’ For Demanding Action
You cannot hit a moving passenger train with a GPS coordinate. A pre-programmed Shahed-136 flies to a fixed point on a map and detonates. If the target moves, the drone misses. Three Shaheds hit the Barvinkove-Lviv-Chop train in Ukraine’s Kharkiv…
Helsing And Stark Beat Rheinmetall For €600 Million German Loitering Munition Contracts
German defense startups Helsing and Stark Defence are set to receive €300 million each in military orders for loitering munitions, while defense giant Rheinmetall AG gets passed over after failing to deliver a working prototype, Bloomberg reports. Helsing’s HX-2 And…
Anduril Launches AI Grand Prix: $500K Autonomous Drone Racing Competition Where Software Engineers Compete For Jobs
Anduril is launching the AI Grand Prix, an autonomous drone racing competition where humans don’t fly the drones—they write the software that does. The $500,000 prize pool comes with something potentially more valuable: a job offer that bypasses Anduril’s standard…
Antigravity A1 Adds Flight Simulator, Launches 15% Off Sale On The World’s First 8K 360 FPV Drone
Antigravity is adding a Flight Simulator to its A1 and running a global 15% discount from January 27 to February 9. The A1 isn’t just another FPV drone. It’s the first to capture 8K 360-degree video directly, with a built-in…
FAA Reopens BVLOS Comment Period With Tight Two-Week Deadline
The FAA is reopening the comment period for its Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) rulemaking, but operators have just two weeks to respond. Comments open January 28 and close February 11, 2026. The reopened comment period focuses specifically on…