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Score another drones-for-good point for Australia’s UAV and geospatial education provider SheMaps, whose aerial tech introduction and training have led a young Queensland woman to take to the skies in an effort to safeguard the history of the Aboriginal Koko-Muluridji people’s Wallara clan.

According to DJI leaker OstiaLV, DJI’s new RC controller might be coming to more than just the Mavic 3 but also the Air 2S, replacing the Smart Controller. A welcome addition as the DJI RC is a fantastic offering for its price.

Bad people putting lousy ideas into action with the aid of remote controllers are at it again, with police in both the US and Canada recently cuffing pilots using drones to drop contraband into prisons.

In a move to acclimate future users of air taxis in what’s expected to be a showcase market, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft company Volocopter has opened a permanent public exhibition in Singapore featuring its VoloCity plane.

San Francisco-based Elroy Air says it expects to deliver 100 autonomous cargo drones to Bristow, a leading provider of helicopter transportation to oil and gas customers, search and rescue (SAR), and aircraft support solutions to government and civil organizations.

Rapidly expanding counter-drone company Dedrone has closed an over-subscribed $30 million Series C-1 fundraising round that will serve to fuel its continued business expansion in the US and abroad. The successful recruitment of backers comes just seven months after the firm attracted $30.5 million in a December Series C effort.

With their energy efficiency and multi-payload capacity, fixed-wing drones are perfect for surveying or surveilling large areas. But which is the most popular fixed-wing drone in America?

Drone maker Yuneec is readying to release a new hexacopter, the H850 RTK, which has been designed with commercial applications such as infrastructure inspections, surveying, public safety applications, and fawn rescue in mind.

It’s Prime Day 2022 and DJI is offering the Action 2 Dual-Screen Combo for $299, a staggering 45% off its usual retail price of $539. The Amazon sale price offer delivers a new all-time low for the modular action camera.

Drone pilots with ambitions of upgrading or expanding their fleets – and making a really good deal in the process – should probably run-not-walk their browsers to Amazon during its 48-hour Prime Day sales and consider adopting a DJI Air 2S Fly More Combo at a sweet 20% discount.

The Israeli startup developing a consumer electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), AIR, revealed today that its AIR ONE two-seater prototype successfully completed a series of hover tests as part of the company’s drive to produce an advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicle for personal use by 2025.

If you’re an Amazon Prime member, you can grab a savings of $120 on the DJI Mini 2 Fly More Combo this Prime Day. The best 4K drone for the money is currently available for only $479 instead of its usual $599 retail tag.

DJI’s latest remote controller with a built-in display, DJI RC, is now compatible with the tech giant’s flagship Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Cine drones. While the DJI RC was initially launched alongside the new Mini 3 Pro aircraft, it can now be purchased as a standalone device for $309.

As part of its Amazon Prime Day 2022 deals, Autel Robotics is offering a discount of 20% on its latest EVO Nano+ and EVO Lite+ drones. Here’s what you will get.

Though use scenarios of most next-generation electrical advanced air mobility (AAM) planes focus on urban air taxi or inter-city travel, Boston-based Regent Craft is looking to revolutionize transport between the islands of Hawaii with its emissions-free seaglider aircraft.

As efforts increase to battle what is turning out to be another merciless summer of wildfires in California, local firefighter officials are getting a hand from the FBI to detect, track, and ground drones being flown illegally around blazes, according to an exclusive report by CNN.

With its improved battery life, intelligent features, and a fully upgraded imaging and visual sensing system, the Mini 3 Pro is the best sub-250-gram drone yet by DJI. But now that the drone has started to reach more and more users, there have been some complaints regarding the aircraft overheating. Here’s why it is happening…

Britain’s health service, NHS, says its cancer patients will be the first in the world to benefit from chemotherapy delivered by drone as part of a new trial.

Developer of the autonomous air taxi and advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicle EH216S, EHang, has struck a long-term partnership with the Guangzhou Branch of the Agricultural Bank of China, bringing with it a credit line of nearly $150 million.

Much attention has been directed to the remarkable success of Ukraine forces repurposing commercial and enterprise UAVs to attack incomparably better-armed Russian troops invading the nation. Yet elsewhere in Ukraine, drones are providing critical work for humanitarian and other non-combat operations as well, including craft Canadian company Draganfly is supplying to detect the rising number of Russian-laid landmines.

It’s time to block your calendar because DJI is going to make Las Vegas the center of commercial UAV activity for three days from October 10-12 with the AirWorks 2022 drone conference.