New products from DJI usually come with plenty of hype and fireworks. But Storm, the manufacturer’s custom aerial cinematography service already live in China, has gone completely unde... Read more
The drone industry in 2019 has seen a number of ambitious delivery services take flight and generally make progress. Zipline recently launched a delivery network in Ghana, Google’s Pro... Read more
Not all is well on home soil for Chinese drone manufacturer and industry leader DJI. The company has discovered a devastating level of internal corruption that in turn has caused 2018 losses... Read more
A smuggling ring has been using DJI drones to enable the transport of refurbished iPhones into Shenzhen, China. According to customs officials in the city, those responsible were caught afte... Read more
Agricultural drones can literally save the lives of diseased or parched crops thanks to new sensor arrays and more advanced software. In China, farmers are reaping new subsidies from the gov... Read more
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It’s no secret that China is the top manufacturer of drones in the world. DJI, Yuneec, MMC, and even US-based drone company 3DR now run their manufacturing operations in China. What... Read more
The likes of DJI and Yuneec have been dominating the consumer drone market for several years now. But it looks as though another rival could be rising in China. Xiaomi, more famous across co... Read more
From traffic control to crime scene investigation, police agencies around the world are bolstering deployment of public-security drones. China In China’s Jiangsu Province, police use quadcop... Read more
New research published by International Data Corp (IDC) shows the Chinese camera drone market is exploding. IDC recently introduced the “China Quarterly Camera Drone Tracker Q3 2015”. The r... Read more
The past several months have seen a lot of firsts for the drone industry. In December, the FAA registered the first drones under its new (albeit controversial) system. In that same month, th... Read more
Drones are helping police forces across China break up drug rings, stamp out terrorist threats and fight official corruption. In Kashgar, a western region, police deploy the UAV AT-100 by Ch... Read more
An unmanned aircraft crashed into power lines and caused a massive blackout in Sichuan, the English version of China Central Television, CCTV reports. The crash comes as China’s Civil... Read more
With a cluster of drone manufacturers and a flood of new investment, is China poised to dominate the drone market? From today’s perspective, that depends on which segment of the drone... Read more
Why the US Army DJI Ban is Probably Justified
After news broke last week that the US Army wanted to halt the use of DJI drones, plenty were jumping to the conclusion that something serious was up with DJI’s software from a data se... Read more