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Super Bowl weekend: 1,000-strong drone show to light up Vegas sky

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Heading to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL) this Sunday? Then you should know that Visit Newport Beach, a destination-marketing agency for the city of Newport Beach in California, has planned a post-game drone light show extravaganza at the Super Bowl venue.

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Mini 2 pilot facing up to four years for illegal drone flight over NFL game

A Pennsylvania man has been charged with illegally flying a DJI Mini 2 drone over Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium during the recent National Football League (NFL) AFC Championship game. The incursion of an unidentified and unapproved drone during the Jan. 28 playoff was deemed a serious enough threat that security temporarily suspended the game.

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As NFL Super Bowl nears, Dedrone reveals scope of drone threats to stadium airspaces

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Counter-UAV detection and mitigation specialist Dedrone offers a pretty compelling argument for why the National Football League (NFL) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have created a week-long no-flight zone ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas: Over 4,000 illegal drone flights around stadiums were registered in 2023, an increase of 20% over the previous year before.

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How to use DJI Avata drone for indoor mapping with SkyeBrowse

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Indoor 3D models can come in handy in various scenarios such as during real estate showcases or construction planning. But mapping interiors with a drone is easier said than done, especially because not all drones can be flown safely indoors. DJI Avata is one of the few readily available, off-the-shelf consumer drones in the market that can be flown both indoors and outdoors. And, now, you can use it to create accurate and detailed 3D models of indoor spaces, leveraging a free account on SkyeBrowse.

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Week long FAA Super Bowl no-flight drone ban in Las Vegas begins today

It should go without saying, the area around Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII will be a strictly enforced no-fly zone, but recent drone intrusions of National Football League (NFL) games has led the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to announce not only a broad flight ban in host city Las Vegas – but also a multi-day order starting today.

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After air taxi certification in China, EHang reveals remarkably low eVTOL sticker price

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China’s top air taxi developer, EHang, not only beat its international rivals to become the world’s first startup to secure certification of its electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (eVTOL), but it went a step further this month in becoming one of the very few manufacturers in the sector to reveal the list price of its craft – and an exceptionally low one, at that.

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Lame in death as in life: Pixy selfie camera ‘drone’ is recalled as potential fire hazard

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It’s poor form to speak badly of the dead, but we’re not Mary Poppins, so hard cheese: Pixy, arguably the dumbest product idea ever – and definitely the most egregious bastardization of drone tech – may well be quite logically no more, bereft of life, resting in peace, pushing up the daisies, off the twig, kicked the bucket, shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleeding choir invisible; but it’s now being yanked from its well deserved early grave by a recall for posing a potential threat to the people who made the shameful error of buying one in the first place.

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DJI Goggles 2 bring FPV sights to your drone flights at $450 (New low, Reg. $649)

Amazon is offering the DJI Goggles 2 for $449.99 shipped. This is $199 off the usual $649 price tag and marking a new all-time low. Also matched directly from DJI. It’s already one of the first price cuts so far in the first place, but now it drops to $50 below the previous mention from last fall. DJI Goggles 2 bring first person views to your drone flights thanks to a pair of 1080p micro-OLED screens with 100Hz refresh rates. You can expect 2 hours of use per charge, with ultra-low latency for real time visuals of where your drone is speeding around to. You can get some more info about the pair of FPV goggles over at DroneDJ.

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Meteomatic’s hyper-local drone weather forecasting gets Lockheed Martin funding boost

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Swiss specialized local weather forecasting company Meteomatics is set to get a boost from aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, which is reportedly moving to provide funding to scale the startup’s drone-based meteorological activities, which in turn may help fill a gap in the US group’s own climatic monitoring profile.

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Wingcopter-backed drone delivery project to German villages expands. Amazon beware (or at least applaud)

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It may not be ready to rival Amazon as a teaming marketplace where virtually any legal product can be bought and transported rapidly, but Germany’s LieferMichel drone delivery project spiriting goods to remote communities is starting to attract an impressive array of participating retailers.

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Mini 4 Pro vs. Mini 3 Pro: DJI drones compared

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DJI’s Mini drones are easily one the most popular consumer drones in the market because they are affordable, portable, easy to fly, and can capture unique aerial perspectives. But while DJI has several budget-friendly options for beginners exploring aerial photography and videography, the top three products where you wouldn’t have to compromise on flight time, camera quality, and stability are the Mini 4 Pro, Mini 3 Pro, and Mini 3. Let’s find out how they compare to each other…

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DJI’s Mini 3 Pro folding drone shoots vertical video at $600 (Save $159), with DJI RC at $730

Amazon now offers the DJI Mini 3 Pro folding quadcopter for $599.99 shipped. This is the first drop we’ve seen from the usual $759 price tag and marking a new all-time low at $159 off. We’ve only ever seen bundles on sale in the past, and now anyone who just wants to score the drone with its companion remote can score the best discount ever. You can also step up to the Mini 3 Pro with one of the DJI RC screen remotes at $729.99 over at Best Buy, down from $910 and matching the all-time low. Take a look at the full specs in our coverage at DroneDJ and then head below for more.

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This portable drone platform can collect aerial data across any terrain

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Sphere Drones, one of Australia’s largest drone service providers, has developed a mobile drone platform that can collect aerial data with a click of a button. The solution, called HubX, comes with its own internet connection and solar battery system so it can work across any terrain, even in very remote areas.

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Open Skies Cornwall trials flights to prepare ship-to-shore drone activities

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A barrage of aerial and ground infrastructure trials have been held this month by the UK’s Open Skies Cornwall consortium, which is seeking to organize airspace into which regular UAV activities – including ship-to-shore operations – can be integrated above and around Falmouth Harbour, and enable future ship-to-shore and other operations. 

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