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Israeli drone company Percepto’s autonomous site inspection and monitoring software solution, AIM, has been named as one of the “100 Best Inventions of 2021” by Time magazine.

The Dallas Police Department is under intense scrutiny after a security breach allowed over 600 hours of aerial surveillance video to be published on a privacy activist website – footage from helicopters that quickly led many suspicious observers turn their gazes toward drones.

The New York City Fire Department is looking into the possibilities of using drones as a faster option to deliver blood supplies to accident sites than traditional road transportation.

With the holiday season quickly approaching, you may be looking at a drone as a gift. A drone can be a fantastic gift for your loved ones that are into technology and the RC hobby. However, there are some things you should consider before committing to purchasing a drone.

XAG, one of the top three commercial drone manufacturers of 2021, is expanding its international footprint to new markets. Up to December 2020, the company’s agricultural drones and farming solutions had reached 42 countries. Now, China-based XAG is making its V40 and P40 agricultural drones available for purchase across the globe.

After its launch plan got massively derailed by COVID-19, the wildly eye-catching bi-copter drone from ZeroZero Robotics is finally available for purchase at Amazon. Here’s everything you need to know about the new V-Coptr Falcon, including its price, specs, features, unboxing, and more.

Don’t chuck your trusty controller out just yet, but a UK tech company says it has developed a prototype system for piloting drones with the human brain.

Seeking to turn back an increasing number of restricted airspace violations by drones, Australia’s civil aviation administration has more than doubled the number of UAV safety apps it has authorized to inform pilots about no-fly zones around them.

South Korean transportation giant Hyundai has announced the creation of an advanced air mobility (AAM) company, Supernal LLC. The company will pursue the development of next-generation passenger electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, and aims to conduct its first commercial flight in 2028.

When you’re paying $2,199 (or more) for a drone, you’d want to know how your aircraft would stack up against heavy winds, right? Well, the DJI Mavic 3 doesn’t fail to impress.

UK-based unified traffic management (UTM) technology provider Altitude Angel has announced it is joining Hyundai Motor Group’s Airspace Management Consortium, an initiative to help develop and accelerate advanced air mobility (AAM) operations.

Researchers say submarine drone videos have provided evidence of what they believe are fish using the skin of passing sharks as back-scratchers for exfoliating dead scales and parasites. Just as oddly, the different incarnations of sharks filmed seemed just fine in assuming the role of piscine loofa foam.

Lost amid the dramatic push for – and final securing of – passage of President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure draft law last week was the vote approving of another bill designed to have far-reaching consequences for the country: the Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act.

The DJI Smart Controller is showing as out of stock on the official DJI retail store as well as with several authorized resellers. Meanwhile, B&H Photo has marked the product as “discontinued” on its website.

MicaSense, a specialist in multispectral drone sensors, has released a new product to deliver highly accurate results at leaf-level resolution. The MicaSense Altum-PT three-in-one drone camera can capture synchronized multispectral, thermal, and panchromatic data for advanced remote sensing and agricultural research.

Citadel Defense, a San Diego-based developer of AI-powered counter-drone solutions, has been acquired by BlueHalo, a mid-market defense innovation company backed by Arlington Capital Partners’ $1.7 billion investment fund.

Authorities in the eastern Australian city of Gold Coast are warning of a rising number of drone flights in restricted airspace – particularly around its airport – and have made a plea to the region’s pilots to respect no-go delineations as the nation heads into summer.

With DJI’s latest flagship drone out in the market, many have wondered if they’d be able to use their original Smart Controller with the Mavic 3. The short answer is no, and here’s the explanation DJI is giving…

Mavic 3 is the most comprehensive improvement to the world’s most popular drone series in three years. DJI has redesigned this drone from tip to tail to offer you a better sensor, dual-camera system, omnidirectional obstacle sensing, and longer flight times. But there are several awesome features that the Mavic 3 is sadly missing at launch.

A new FPV one-shot video by self-described “camera-drone services” company DroneBoy Cinema starts with a credibility-testing scene ­– Canadians being impolite to one another – and gets increasingly unbelievable from there, thanks to some truly astonishing piloting skills.

Waiting to pick up the sub-250-gram Autel EVO Nano or the Autel EVO Lite mid-range drone this holiday season? You may want to explore other options.

DJI Mavic 3 may have been released without a CE class label, but that doesn’t mean the technology giant is going to leave its users in the UK and Europe in limbo. DJI stresses that the “issue is of the utmost importance” to the company and that it is working to “resolve it as quickly as is feasibly possible.”

DJI has shared a couple of videos online that show exactly what its flagship drone, Mavic 3, is capable of when it comes to aerial imaging. The short answer is: a lot.