This week in drone news, Paladin has gotten a BVLOS waiver for class B airspace, Axon stops r&d on a Taser drone, more blue UAS added to the approved list, and a firmware upidate to the Mavic 3!

Paladin Drones has received a class B BVLOS waiver for their Drone as First Responders system

The waiver is for the Elizabeth Police Department in New Jersey

Paladin’s aircraft, the Knighthawk is a 4G LTE quadcopter with a 55 minute endurance designed specifically for first responders.

Paladin’s Watchtower solution also integrates video feeds with other manufacters for maximum situational awareness.

https://paladindrones.io/class-b-beyond-visual-line-of-sight-waiver-granted-to-elizabeth-police-department/

Axon has stopped the plan to create a drone armed with a taser after a majority of its ethics board resigned due to the project.

Axon founder and CEO stated “we are pausing work on this project and refocusing to further engage with key constituencies to fully explore the best path forward,”

The board voted 8-4 against Axon continuing work on the project

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/axon-halts-plans-taser-drone-ethics-board-resign-85211941

More aircraft have been added to the Blue UAS list, including the Wingtra one, Alta x, Spirit, and Ebee Tac

We’ve been critical in the past of the limited aircraft on the blue UAS list, the addition of these aircraft should allow for more competition and more capability 

Previously we reported that the capabilities of Blue UAS are lacking when compared to other manufacturers, such as DJI and Autel.

https://dronexl.co/2022/06/03/wingtraone-altax-spirit-ebee-tac-blue-suas/

The telephoto lens now supports

RAW

Different frame rates for video (4K 25, 30, 50

Manual ISO and Shutter speed

DJI May have also finally fixed the GPS issues!

HLG on the main camera

D-Log and HLG when recording master shots and Quickshots

Check out the full changes on DroneXL! 

https://dronexl.co/2022/06/01/dji-mavic-3-firmware-update-gps/