DJI have responded to the "misunderstanding" but could a bureaucrat – not a new law – be the end of DJI drones in the USA?

DJI has announced a new October launch event – and recent leaks point to it being a promising new, mid-range Air 3S.

We've seen a lot of rumors – now we're seeing a picture that appears to show two windows onto the world and a very big sensor. Just maybe this is an Air 3S?

DJI fitted the Air 3S with broad suite of sensors to enable nightscape obstacle sensing, including front-facing LiDAR, downward infrared time-of-flight sensors, and a total of six vision sensors; two each on the front, rear, and bottom.

The key upgrades delivered by the Air 3S are its dual-camera array, which now includes a primary 24mm camera that utilizes a larger 1-inch sensor, alongside the secondary camera – a 3x telephoto zoom (70mm approx) for the times you need to get a tighter perspective of your subjects.

DJI has just launched another quadcopter. The Air 3S features 42GB of onboard storage and powerful obstacle avoidance capabilities, and starts at $1,099.