DJI Launches First VTOL Fixed-Wing Cargo Drone EV50, Says It Set Everest Altitude Record · TechNode

DJI launches first VTOL fixed-wing cargo drone EV50, says it set Everest altitude record · TechNode

DJI on Thursday unveiled the DJI EV50, its first vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing cargo drone designed for long-range regional transport. The company said the aircraft reached an operating altitude of 8,861 meters during a Mount Everest scientific expedition earlier this year, exceeding the mountain’s summit by 12 meters and setting a new record for high-altitude operations by a VTOL drone. During the 12-day expedition, the EV50 co…

DJI drones are saving Mount Everest from being the 'world's highest garbage dump' — FlyCart 100 removes over 10,000kg of waste to save Sherpas from an eight-hour trek across a hazardous icefall

DJI announces completion of three drone missions on EverestFlyCart 100 transports supplies one way and garbage the otherDJI Matrice 4E and DJI EV50 involved in other tasks on the mountainMount Everest has a trash problem. Decades of expeditions have left the world's highest mountain strewn with discarded oxygen canisters, abandoned tents, food packaging and worse — so much of it that the peak has earned the unflattering nickname of the "world's …

DJI Puts Drones to the Test on the World's Highest Peak, Advancing Critical High-Altitude Delivery, Mapping, and Climate Research Applications

SHENZHEN, China, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, today announced the successful completion of three missions on Mount Qomolangma (also known as Mount Everest), advancing breakthroughs in high-altitude delivery,...

DJI EV50 Debuts As Company’s First EVTOL Delivery Drone With A 29,072-Foot Everest Flight And No Word On When You Can Buy One

DJI revealed its first eVTOL delivery drone today, the DJI EV50, and it announced the aircraft’s existence by disclosing that it already flew to 29,072 feet (8,861 meters) on the north side of Mount Everest. The fixed-wing cargo aircraft carried ozone-measuring equipment for Peking University researchers over a 12-day campaign in the Qomolangma National Nature Reserve in China, completing 12 transport flights through some of the harshest flying …

DJI unveils EV50 drone after setting Everest altitude record

Chinese drone maker DJI last Thursday unveiled its EV50 VTOL drone after it reached a record altitude of 8,861 meters, the highest ever achieved by an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) drone, during a scientific expedition on Mount Everest.