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Placing a flamethrower, fireworks, or a gun on your drone is a serious no-no. Under US law, it's illegal to attach any dangerous weapon to a retail drone and could result in a $25,000 fine.
Fly your DJI drone using a first-person perspective up to a range of 2.5 miles and race with up to seven other drones using the same low-latency system.
The 26 pound drone and its cargo fell to the ground after somehow managing to sever its own parachute rope. It landed 150 feet away from a group of children.
The DJI Mavic Air Quadcopter, which is available for just $679 for Prime Day ($120 off), is a great drone for beginners and experts alike.
The company's anamorphic add-on lens for smartphones is coming to drones. The Moment Air lens will work with DJI Mavic 2 models and is launching today on Kickstarter.
The upcoming Dragonfly mission will use a 'rotorcraft,' which can takeoff, fly, and land. NASA is hoping it can travel more than 108 miles on the moon to search for signs of alien life.
The redesigned Prime Air drone is a 'hybrid' craft, which can take off and land like a helicopter, but also glide through the air like a plane. The FAA on Wednesday also gave the company a special certificate to run R&D-related flights with the drone.
The system is called AirSense and it uses the ADS-B sensors used by aircraft and air traffic control towers as a way of increasing safety in the sky.
The Department of Homeland Security is worried the drones will collect information and secretly send it back to their Chinese manufacturers. The Chinese government can then compel the manufacturer to give up the data.
When an aircraft is shot down, it can be risky to send in a rescue team, so the US Air Force wants a solution for performing the rescue unmanned instead.
'Air Carrier Certification means that we can begin a commercial service delivering goods from local businesses to homes in the United States,' Wing said in a blog post on Tuesday. Expect the drone delivery service to first launch in Virginia later this year.
The Anafi Thermal is perfectly capable of recording stable 4K video for artistic applications, but its strength is in thermal imaging, and it's best suited for sundry industrial applications.
The public drone service will be quite limited, but Wing intends to gradually expand coverage and the products offered.
The gliding drone can be dropped from an aircraft or helicopter, flown remotely, or set up to reach a desired destination autonomously.
The new regulation goes into effect on Feb. 23 and essentially mandates mini-license plates for all drones operating in the US. The FAA previously allowed drone owners to place the device's registration number inside the craft's battery compartment.
The Skydio R1 drone promises smooth, autonomous aerial footage of your outdoor adventures, but it doesn't fully deliver.
Amazon Scout is delivering packages now in neighborhoods near Seattle as part of a field test. The six-wheeled robots are designed to roll on sidewalks at a walking pace, and can supposedly navigate around pedestrians and pets.
Only professional drone pilots with certain training and equipment would be allowed to operate the drones at night without a waiver. The proposal would also allow for 'routine' flights over people without a waiver or exemption, depending on the level of risk to people on the ground.
If you own a DJI drone and are tired of using your phone to control it, the DJI Smart Remote is a $649 remote with its own dedicated touch screen and compatibility with Mavic 2 models.
Recent tests in Australia have sparked complaints and had the noise the drones make compared to that of a chainsaw. Imagine repeated chainsaw noise throughout the day as drones fly by and you understand why a redesign is essential.