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One of the biggest questions circulating before the upcoming announcement of the Air 3 is the focal lengths that the cameras will feature. Especially now that it appears it will have a dual camera setup, we might finally have the answer to what we can expect whenever DJI reveals its latest creation.

Airspace Link, an FAA-approved UAS Service Supplier for low-altitude airspace authorization, has exciting news for drone operators. The Detroit-based company has released an API that would enable developers to incorporate FAA LAANC approvals within their flight and mission planners.

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developers Joby and Lilium have announced completion of important steps in their respective work to obtain air taxi certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Canadian drone and systems company Draganfly is continuing its energetic business development and scaling activities with the creation of a new production facility that will allow the firm to keep pace with rising demand – the second manufacturing expansion it has undertaken in less than five months.

We are getting closer to the release of the DJI Air 3, as evidenced by the recent FCC filings early on Thursday morning. Additionally, we have seen some new details about the potential features that may be included when the drone is finally launched.

After keeping the rumor mill in overdrive these last couple of weeks, the highly anticipated DJI Air 3 showed up in regulatory filings today. And accompanying the new DJI drone in the FCC database are two yet-to-be-announced remote controllers, DJI RC 2 and DJI RC-N2.

If certain politicians in Australia are as intent as they appear to obtain permanent bans on all DJI drones used by government and police agencies, a new audit indicates they’ll be aided by a considerably smaller fleet of targeted UAVs involved than their anti-China peers in the US.

The UK Army is preparing to supply combat soldiers with a specially made counter-drone sight known as SMASH, which is designed to considerably increase a fighter’s ability to take out enemy mini- and micro-UAVs while in flight.

This week on the Weekly Buzz discussion, we delve into the recent surge of unexpected leaks. We finally have some details about the Air 3, and there’s even a peculiar rumor circulating about a Mini 4.

DJI has upgraded its popular Osmo Mobile 6 smartphone stabilizer with all-new ActiveTrack 6.0 subject-tracking technology. The tech giant has further introduced a new Platinum Gray color option for its best gimbal yet.

As DroneDJ readers casting even furtive glances at headlines over the weekend will have noticed, mainstream new outlets have finally – and, it seems, all at once – discovered the existence and spreading popularity of choreographed UAV performances challenging the lock fireworks long held on nighttime celestial celebrations. Drone show specialist Sky Elements added another notable item to that amassing July 4^th coverage by staging a series of spectacles across the US, including one setting what it says is a world spell-out record.

A UK court has handed a total of 31 years in jail time to a seven people who operated drone deliveries of banned items to a Manchester area prison, including drugs that a testifying expert estimated were worth as much as £1.7 million ($2.16 million). 

DJI has released new firmware updates for its popular commercial drone series, Mavic 3 Enterprise. At the same time, a new software package is also available to download for DJI’s compact agricultural and environmental monitoring drone Mavic 3 Multispectral.

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is deploying another aerial drone to monitor boat activity in France’s English Channel waters, expanding the number of UAVs the organization has scouring shipping lanes for – among other things – emissions violations.

Insta360, the company that makes highly versatile and portable 360-degree cameras, has released the GO 3. The much-awaited 2.7K tiny action camera measures smaller than a thumb and weighs only 35g. But how does it compare against its predecessor, the extremely popular GO 2? Let’s find out…

Do you fly a DJI Mavic Air 2, Mavic 2 Zoom, or a Mavic 2 Pro drone? Listen up, because DJI has an important update for you regarding compliance with the US FAA Remote ID rules.

Up-and-coming drone delivery company RigiTech has followed breakthrough successes in France and its domestic market of Switzerland with a new achievement in Denmark, developing a specialized payload lowering system that enables fast and precise transportation of parts to offshore wind farms.

As a reflection of just how strong public sentiment in France remains against police use of drones to monitor people, officials waited well into the nation’s six-straight nights of rioting before giving law enforcement agencies the green light to fly UAVs for security purposes in response to the unrest.

China has presented a list of new rules applying to drone flight by civilian users, whose objectives for protecting public safety and national security – particularly, it would appear, the latter – don’t exactly strengthen individual liberties in the skies.

Researchers at the UK’s Imperial College London have created a prototype drone specially designed to withstand intense heat, and which through continued development may be produced as a vital data gathering tool for firefighters to minimize risk factors in various blaze-battling scenarios.