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Drone News: FAA DETER Program, DJI Lito Leaks, Two New DJI Drones, SiFly x ADS-B Exchange


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Welcome to your weekly UAS News Update, we have four stories for you this week: The FAA launches the DETER program, pricing and specs leak for the new DJI Lito 1 and Lito X1, DJI releases the massive FlyCart 200 and T200 heavy-lift drones, and SiFly shares aircraft location on ADS-B Exchange. Let's get to it.


And first up this week, the FAA has announced a new drone enforcement program called DETER, which stands for Drone Expedited and Targeted Enforcement Response. This went into effect on April 17th. Under this program, first-time individual violators can get reduced civil penalties or shorter certificate suspensions, but there is a catch. You have to admit liability and completely surrender your right to appeal. If you get a formal notice of violation in the mail, you have just 10 days to sign the acknowledgment, pay the fine, and mail in your Part 107 certificate if you have one. By signing, you waive all your rights to contest the case later. Next up, we have some major leaks regarding the DJI Lito 1 and Lito X1, which reportedly surfaced on an Italian retailer's website just days before their official launch. The entry-level Lito 1 targets the sub-250 gram beginner segment. It features a 1/2-inch sensor that shoots 48-megapixel stills, 4K video, and has a flight time of up to 36 minutes. It also includes omnidirectional obstacle sensing, which is amazing for a drone listed at roughly 400 US dollars. The Lito X1, which steps it up to a 1/1.3-inch sensor for better low-light performance. The really big news here is that the X1 includes forward-facing LIDAR for obstacle avoidance. The leaked price for the X1 with the standard RC-N3 controller is around 500 dollars.DJI has also quietly released two massive new heavy-lift drones in the Chinese market: the DJI FlyCart 200 and the DJI T200. Both drones share the same core airframe and can carry a maximum single-unit payload of 200 kilograms, or about 440 pounds. But it gets crazier, because they support multi-drone collaborative lifting. Two drones can link up to carry up to 360 kilograms, or 794 pounds. And the FlyCart 200 can actually coordinate four drones together to lift up to 600 kilograms, which is over 1,300 pounds! Other features include an 11-sensor intelligent safety system, dual PSDK interfaces, and use the O4 transmission system with a stable connectivity range of up to 40 kilometers, or about 25 miles. The maximum flight range with no load is 36 kilometers. The FlyCart 200 is designed for industrial logistics and construction, with prices starting around 19,700 dollars. The T200 is tailored specifically for agriculture, limited to dual-drone coordination, and starts at a lower price point of about 14,700 dollars. SiFly Aviation and ADS-B Exchange announced a partnership that integrates SiFly's cloud-connected Q12 drones into ADS-B Exchange's live airspace displays. The collaboration aims to provide a unified view of both crewed and uncrewed aircraft operating in shared airspace, a step the companies describe as supporting scalable Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) operations and the broader integration of unmanned aircraft systems into national airspace. Unlike most crewed aircraft, which broadcast ADS-B signals through onboard radios, the Q12 transmits real-time telemetry through a secure cloud connection, which is then surfaced within ADS-B Exchange's airspace views alongside traditional aircraft activity. That’s all for this week, we’ll see you in the premium community for post flight where we share our opinions and on Monday for the live! https://dronexl.co/2026/04/21/dji-lito-1-x1-italian-retailer-pricing-leak/https://dronexl.co/2026/04/21/dji-flycart-200-t200-drones-200kg-payload/https://dronexl.co/2026/04/19/faa-deter-drone-enforcement-program/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sifly-and-ads-b-exchange-debut-first-of-its-kind-shared-airspace-awareness-across-crewed-and-uncrewed-aircraft-302748126.html

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