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China’s 570 mph top speed-capable stealthy spy drone completes maiden flight

China's CH-7, a long-endurance stealth UAV, has taken its first flight, validating core systems and aerodynamic design.

This tiny drone tracks, films, and follows you, and it finally has a sane price

If you’ve ever wanted those smooth tracking shots and overhead angles you see in travel vlogs and TikToks but don’t want to ...
Gizmodo

I Flew Insta360’s First Drone With a 360-Degree Camera, and It’s DJI’s Worst Nightmare

Screw merely flying a drone; what if you were the drone? You’re a nimble robot buzzing over those rooted pedestrians far below. Above you is blue sky, below the dry ground, and all around you open ...

UK under 'spy in the sky' surveillance as hundreds of drones deployed across nation

Big Brother Watch warns UK local authorities are creating 'spies in the sky' as councils rapidly expand drone fleets for law ...

Here’s how Denver police fly drones to 911 calls, triggering fears about privacy and surveillance

The people on the street didn’t look up. They didn’t seem to know a police drone was hovering above, recording them as officers a mile away watched.
Gizmodo

The Best 360 Camera Maker Is Making an ‘Immersive’ Drone and DJI Should Be Very Worried

DIY flyers have been slapping 360 cameras onto drones for years now. But what if said 360 camera did more than film sideways, slantways, longways, and backways? Insta360, maker of some of the most ...
EDN

Drone cameras: a unique approach to optical imaging

Beyond consumer use in wireless selfie sticks, sports cameras, and event photography, drone imaging is finding its way into many commercial, government, and public safety applications. More ...

Belarus accuses Lithuania of using drone to spy and drop 'extremist material'

MOSCOW, Dec 1 - Belarus on Monday accused Lithuania of using a drone to spy on it and drop \"extremist material,\" a charge that Vilnius rejected as false. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...