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FAA Authority Challenged by New Drone Bill The Drone Integration and Zoning Act (S.1249), currently under consideration in the US Senate, proposes granting state, local, and tribal governments authority over airspace up to 200 feet above ground level. This shift would allow these entities to...

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A new version of Flight Reader is available. Release 1.7.21 includes the following changes: Added new fields RTK.aircraftGeoidHeight [ft] and RTK.aircraftGeoidHeight [m] to display the geoid height offset at the aircraft’s location based on the EGM2008-1 geoid model. Renamed...

FAA Launches Drone Detection Tests in New Jersey The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting drone-detection testing in Cape May, New Jersey, from April 14 to April 25, 2025. This initiative involves operating several large drones and over 100 commercial off-the-shelf drones during...

Interesting News & Useful Finds Use Flight Reader to extract detailed data from your DJI drone flight logs. Access more data than any other app without uploading your logs. Try it for free here. Last Week's Most Popular Topics Last Week's Most Popular Topics (April 5, 2025) General...

FAA Promotes Safe Flying with Drone Safety Day 2025 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has scheduled its annual Drone Safety Day for April 26, 2025. This event focuses on educating the drone community about safe flying practices and the positive contributions of drones to society...

Interesting News & Useful Finds Use Flight Reader to extract detailed data from your DJI drone flight logs. Access more data than any other app without uploading your logs. Try it for free here. Last Week's Most Popular Topics Rotor Report: Weekly Drone News (March 31, 2025) General...

A new version of Flight Reader is available. Release 1.7.18 includes the following changes: Added support for syncing TXT flight logs from DJI RC remote controllers or Android devices using Dronelink. See the release notes for a complete list of changes.

Drone Nerds Partners with ACSL to Bring Japanese Drones to the US Drone Nerds has announced a strategic partnership with ACSL Inc., the US branch of Japan’s leading drone manufacturer ACSL Ltd., to bring secure, cutting-edge drone technology to the American market. As part of the partnership...

Interesting News & Useful Finds Use Flight Reader to extract detailed data from your DJI drone flight logs. Access more data than any other app without uploading your flight logs to the Internet. Try it for free here. Last Week's Most Popular Topics Rotor Report: Weekly Drone News (March 24...

A new version of Flight Reader is available. Release 1.7.15 includes the following changes: Added a new DETAILS.sha256Hash field. This SHA-256 hash uniquely identifies each flight log file based on its content. Added support for syncing TXT flight logs from Android devices using Litchi Pilot...

A new version of Flight Reader is available. Release 1.7.12 includes the following changes: Added a new OSD.tiltInclination field to display the drone’s overall tilt angle, showing how much it leans relative to a level horizon during flight. Add new fields DETAILS.droneManufacturer...

DJI Mavic 4 Pro Leak Reveals Launch Date, Price, and Key Features A new leak suggests that DJI's highly anticipated Mavic 4 Pro drone will launch on April 24, 2025, with an official teaser video expected a week earlier on April 17. According to trusted sources cited by DroneXL’s Jasper Ellens...

Unidentified Drones Swarm U.S. Military Bases, Raising Security Concerns A new report reveals that mysterious drone sightings over the U.S. date back to 2019, including a 17-day period when dozens of unidentified aircraft hovered over key military sites such as Langley Air Force Base in...

Interesting News & Useful Finds Use Flight Reader to extract detailed data from your DJI drone flight logs. Access more data than any other app without uploading your logs. Try it for free here. Last Week's Most Popular Topics Last Week's Most Popular Topics (March 8, 2025) General...