In a pioneering study, researchers have leveraged drones to capture unprecedented footage of narwhals using their iconic tusks in surprising ways. Published in February 2025 in Frontiers in Marine Science and covered by The New York Times, this work reveals…
If you own one of these drones, with a little bit of work, you will soon be able to fly over people. Yes, it’s going to require some paperwork, but the FAA just made it a lot easier. I’ll explain…
Okay, so a few months back, I traveled to Saskatchewan to work on a video project for a new piece of software called TrackSense that is set to revolutionize the way railways are inspected using drones. What’s great is that…
Navigating the Skies with Enhanced Safety The DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2, a stalwart in the drone community, has taken a significant leap forward in compliance and safety. DJI has rolled out new firmware updates for both the Phantom 4…
The DJI Mini 3 Pro is a popular drone model that has been making waves in the market since its launch. It has been praised for its compact size, impressive camera capabilities, and easy-to-use features. With the Black Friday deals…
The Florida Drone Ban: A Costly Transition for Taxpayers and Agencies Florida’s decision to ban Chinese-made drones, primarily those from DJI, has led to a significant shift in drone usage by state agencies, with a heavy financial impact. The Orange…
In light of anticipation and remarks from the FAA’s Chief of Aviation Safety, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has formally declared a six-month postponement for the compliance of the Remote ID for Drones regulations, pushing the deadline to March 16,…
I spoke with DJI, including with a supervisor in communication with engineering, and was told now that the Phantom 4 Pro V2 would NOT be updated with Remote ID, despite previous assurances it would be. The Mavic Pro Platinum, which…
What’s going on, guys? Billy is here, and the DJI Mavic 3 is a little over a year old. It’s hard to believe that this camera drone came out in 2021. It feels like it came out just last month.…
DJI has allegedly been banned from exhibiting at CES 2023 due to its inclusion on the US Department of Commerce Entity List for human rights violations. Update: CTA just confirmed to DroneXL by email that “Companies on the Department of…
Today, the world’s largest drone manufacturer released a new firmware update for the DJI P4 Multispectral quadcopter. The firmware version is v00.00.0159. The DJI Phantom 4 Series has long been dead as far as DJI is concerned. However, for many…
In Ukraine, a local UAS company used a modified DJI drone, reportedly a DJI Phantom 4, to drop a grenade on a vehicle. On Twitter, the following short video was shared by Calibre Obscura that shows a grenade being dropped…
The Dutch company Robin Radar Systems has made a software update available that increases the range of the drone detection systems ELVIRA and IRIS by a factor of two. The update is based on the latest developments in machine learning.…
After the 12-story Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida collapsed on June 24, 2021, at 1:25 am, drones were flown night and day to survey the Surfside condo collapse and look for survivors. In total, more than 300 drone…
Last Sunday border patrol agents found a DJI Phantom drone with a kilo of meth taped to the top of the aircraft on the roof of a business in San Ysidro, a district of San Diego north of the border…
The DJI Go 4 app received an update yesterday, bringing the app to version 4.3.42. Unsurprisingly, the app does not receive any new features and DJI only mentions that some crashing issues have been addressed and the overall app stability…
Here are the DJI Black Friday Sale and Holiday Promotion deals for 2020. A lot of great discounts, making it easy for you to find the perfect gift for a loved one or family member. The Black Friday sale will run…
Now that almost all the specifications of the yet-to-be-released DJI Mini 2 are known, it seemed to make sense to compare this latest DJI drone to the previous models. Here’s the DJI Mini 2 compared to the DJI Mavic Mini,…
Back in April, as he was taking aerial photos of the mass burials on Hart Island, award-winning National Geographic and New York Times photographer, George Steinmetz had his DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone confiscated by the New York Police Department…
As we have said before, the new DJI Mavic 3 is likely to arrive in two versions. A ‘regular’ Mavic 3 as well as a larger Mavic 3 Pro. The Pro version will not only replace the Phantom 4 Pro…
The Phantom 4 Pro and Pro+ V2.0 receive a new Firmware Update from DJI. This is version v01.00.20.00 which increases the transmission distance to 6 miles for the FCC version in the US and up to 3.75 miles for the…
A drone fell out of the sky onto a Police car, as officers were investigating a fatal crash in Houston, TX yesterday. As officers were investigating a deadly crash, a drone fell out of the sky onto a police car…
Here’s a detailed article that describes how popular drones such as the DJI Mavic 2 Pro and Phantom 4 Pro are being used as Police Drones by the local law enforcement and other agencies in Arizona.
DJI recently announced their Father’s Day Sale with discounts up to $230 on products such as the Phantom 4 Pro+, the DJI Mavic 2 Pro+, and the DJI Mavic 2 Zoom+. See all the individual prices below. DJI Father’s Day…
This video does a great job comparing the following DJI drones: the Mavic Mini, Mavic Air, Mavic Air 2, Mavic 2 Pro, Zoom, and the Phantom 4 Pro. In the video, Jeven Dovey explains the main difference between these different…
In Ireland people have started to use drones to deliver Guinness to local customers and by doing so lift their spirits in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.
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