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Terra, the all-in-one drone mapping solution from DJI, has received a new firmware update. Version 3.8.0 of the software packs in several new features including a revamped workflow for cluster reconstruction. And as always, many existing features have been optimized, and occasional issues fixed.

An unrelenting quest for truth – and businesses recognizing a ripe opportunity when they see it – will be fueling the convergence of myriad mystery lovers, avocational researchers, and drone pilots on Scotland this weekend to search for the Loch Ness monster during the 90th-anniversary year of its first sighting.

A strain of drone protectionism appears to be spreading in Australia, where a political push to halt use of DJI craft by government agencies has coincided with the creation of a state tech accelerator encouraging the production of national alternatives to imported UAVs.

Firmware version 01.01.06.30 is now available to download for the new DJI Osmo Action 4 camera. The accompanying Mimo app has also been updated to v1.10.2 by DJI.

The stingy, irregular drips that used to seep out of drone giant DJI about products under development have in recent months turned into something of a deluge, with an additional glut of leaks bursting forth this weekend on the company’s rumored Mini 4 Pro and a mysterious, non-folding enterprise craft.

Say it with drone shows. That’s the method the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has adopted this summer in spreading its message about the considerable dangers of the public accessing land used for military training – including areas hosting fast-moving exercises that may involve live munitions. 

Given the growing use of UAVs in the country mirroring similar rises worldwide, it’s not surprising Australia has also recorded an uptick in illegal drone flights in restricted airspaces – with recent air traffic oversight figures reflecting the extent of increased banned activity around major Aussie airports.

When it was announced a week ago within a package of headline-making developments, Archer’s agreement with air taxi rival Wisk to end their bitter legal feud was greeted as an immediate win for both startups – though some evidence now says the biggest medium- to longer-term gains stand to be made by Wisk owner and aviation mastodon, Boeing.

Drones have become a part of the English Premier League football referee training program. With the new season now underway, referees and assistant referees are using video footage captured by DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise and the DJI Matrice 30 drones during practice matches to analyze their movements from above.

Axon, the company that invented Taser stun guns, has scooped up Belgium-based Sky-Hero to add NDAA-compliant indoor tactical drones to its portfolio. Sky-Hero’s products will integrate over time into the Axon Air powered by the DroneSense software platform.

DJI is offering incredible discounts on some of its most popular camera drones so you capture your outdoor adventures from unique angles before kissing summer goodbye. Limited-time deals are available right now on the Mini 3 Pro (DJI RC), Mini 3 Fly More Combo (DJI RC), Air 2S, and DJI FPV drones.

Texas-based drone operation and management software specialist SkyGrid has announced the release of its automated, one-stop-shopping UAV flight planning and navigation app, SkyGrid Drone Central, for users of Android devices worldwide.

After first appearing aloft last week in unauthorized photos during public workouts, a pair of developmental drones purportedly from DJI’s new Mini 4 product line have resurfaced again in a new flurry of leaked images.

DJI has officially entered the delivery and logistics market with the launch of a new drone in China today. The just-released FlyCart 30 is the tech giant’s first-ever carrier drone and it comes with two modes of delivery: a cargo box and a winch crane system.

Ukraine will be getting reinforcements to its broadening patchwork of counter-drone assets with the delivery of Cortex Typhon systems from Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, estimated to be worth around £56 million ($70 million).

Google’s corporate drone delivery cousin Wing is continuing to expand its international network with the planned launch of medical services in Dublin – a somewhat unconventional yet pragmatic first step in aerial transport in a nation where local hero Manna has established itself as an early leader in food conveyance.

ParaZero, an Israel-based company that builds drone safety systems for commercial aircraft and urban air mobility vehicles, has released a new parachute system. ParaZero’s SafeAir M350 Pro, which is designed for DJI’s latest enterprise drone M350 RTK, is now available to buy for advanced operations.

Events this week in Ukraine have demonstrated the nation’s increasing commitment to small, quasi-consumer-grade first-person view drones (FPV) as vital assets in the nation’s battle to defeat invading Russian forces.

The North Carolina Department of Transport (NCDOT) has earned its second Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waiver to operate routine drone inspection missions in beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) mode, and will use that with craft from docked stations it plans to deploy near construction sites around the state.

Drone flights around areas designated as “protected aerodromes” in the United Kingdom are restricted. If you want to fly a drone around London Heliport, London’s only licensed heliport, you need to submit an authorization request. Here’s how to do it…

Police in France have conducted the nation’s first known drone surveillance of a pro soccer match, with flights of UAVs above Paris’s Parc des Princes stadium Saturday in what may be the first step toward regular deployment of publicly opposed aerial tech.