North Charleston police demoed a Skydio X10 that reaches crashes in 30 sec. The July 2027 drone-first-responder launch depends on a December budget vote. Cost? Undisclosed. Reason for Skydio over DJI: politics, not performance.
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Last week we said the US door keeps opening for everyone but DJI; this week DJI showed what it's building instead. The teased 'new drone' landed as a safety parachute, a brand-new eVTOL class debuted on top of Everest, the Insta360 X6 leaked wearing the Osmo 360's body — and a mystery model code cleared Chinese certification. Five stories, in priority order, with our take on each.
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Last week DJI answered everywhere but America; this week the asymmetry turned concrete — Insta360's X6 sailed through the exact US FCC certification the Covered List denies DJI's new gear. DJI did what it still can: it widened the Pocket 4 Pro's non-US rollout and teased a third straight enterprise drone, while the World Cup crackdown blew past 500 seizures and reached CNN. Five stories, in priority order, with our take on each.
Many new DJI products are blocked from US sale by the FCC Covered List. Here's the gear you can order today.
The current DJI Air drone — in stock in the US today while the Air 4 stays blocked.
$1,439.00
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Under 250g, so no FAA registration. The budget DJI you can still buy stateside.
$439
Prefer to skip the DJI ban entirely? Autel's Air-class rival ships freely in the US.
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