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FCC Files Pentagon's Sealed DJI Letters, Says Ban Didn't Rely on Them
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday placed eight letters from the Pentagon to Congress into the record of DJI’s Covered List proceeding, and the only part anyone outside the government...
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nuWay Ag's Yoder Takes FAA Drone Suspension Over Deer and Sled Lifts
Mike Yoder, co-owner of Ohio agricultural drone company nuWay Ag, says he has agreed to a 180-day FAA suspension of his remote pilot certificate. He announced the settlement in a video posted October...
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Missouri Fire Drone Caught a 200-Acre Blaze Jumping Its Line
A drone from the Logan-Rogersville Fire Protection District showed Highlandville firefighters on Monday, October 12, that a 200-acre fire in Stone County, Missouri, had jumped across a river. The fire...
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CBP Logged 37,000 Border Drone Flights In FY2026, Down From 42,000
U.S. Customs and Border Protection detected more than 37,000 drone flights near the border in fiscal 2026, down from more than 42,000 the year before, a CBP spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a...
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DJI Osmo Pocket 4P In Pearl White Launches October 20, US Gets A 404
DJI will launch the Osmo Pocket 4P in Pearl White on October 20, 2026, at 12 PM GMT (8 AM EDT). The company posted a 14-second teaser to its main YouTube channel this morning, titled “See More. Tell...
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DeLorean Joins Flying-Car Racing in a Series That Says 'Remote Today'
DeLorean Motor Company will field the United States team in the Airspeeder International Series, an electric flying-car racing championship, when its 2026-27 season opens in November. The company...
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Skydio Says ISR Command Can Send X10D Target Grids to F-16s
Skydio launched ISR Command on October 13, software that lets one soldier fly two X10D drones from a single controller and share target tracks across the Army’s tactical networks. Skydio says it also...
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Amazon's Westborough Drones Need Own FAA Review, Markey and Warren Say
Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Representatives Jim McGovern and Lori Trahan asked Amazon and the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday, October 14, to put Prime Air’s proposed drone...
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DJI Dock 4 Swaps Batteries in 25 Seconds, but Its Specs Skip the FCC
DJI Enterprise launched Dock 4 and the Matrice 5TD on October 14, 2026, and the dock is the first DJI has built that swaps the aircraft’s battery automatically. Every earlier DJI dock could only charge...
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MI5 Chief: Iran Hasn't Shown the UK Drone Reach That Sent B-1s Home
MI5 Director General Sir Ken McCallum said on Tuesday that the Iranian operations Britain has seen in recent years have “not been anywhere near the level of capability” for a sophisticated drone attack...
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Drone Pilots Who Don't Adapt Won't Last Two Years: A 90-Day Plan
The drone industry is changing fast, and the drone pilots who don’t adapt will not be here in two years. It’s about strategy. It’s about staying ahead of regulation and making the right decisions. I...
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Flock Bets on Police Drones as San Francisco Weighs Drone Limits
Flock Safety, the Atlanta company whose license plate cameras have been banned by cities and blacked out or painted over across the country, now calls police drones its fastest-growing business. CEO...
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DJI Curbs Hit Police Budgets: $10,500 Matrice vs. $21,000 US Rival
The drone kit one Ocean County Sheriff’s Office deputy carries in his vehicle costs $29,427.99. It is built around a DJI Matrice 300 RTK carrying a thermal camera. Section 232 tariffs now tax imported...
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DJI Mini 5 Pro Stays at a Record-Low $679 After Prime Big Deal Days
The DJI Mini 5 Pro is $679 at Amazon, $80 under its $759 list price and the lowest the standalone drone has sold for. The cut arrived on October 6 with Prime Big Deal Days. That event ended on...
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Amazon Drone Pad Appeal Set for Nov. 2 as Westborough Drafts Bylaw
Westborough’s Zoning Board of Appeals will hear the residents’ appeal against Amazon’s Prime Air drone launch pad on Monday, November 2, at 7:05 p.m. in the Forbes Municipal Building, according to an...
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Drug Traffickers Could Become Africa's Drone Arms Dealers, Paper Warns
Robi Sen, who has been a senior partner at Department 13, the company behind the MESMER counter-drone system, published a paper on LinkedIn on October 10 warning that drug-trafficking networks could...
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Gastonia Tells Residents Why Walmart Drones Will Be Over Their Homes
Walmart has finished a drone delivery site at its Supercenter at 223 N. Myrtle School Road in Gastonia, North Carolina, and the City of Gastonia has put out a notice so residents know why delivery...
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Harmattan AI's 2,000 km Drone Doesn't Need GPS, and Morocco Wants It
Harmattan AI, the Paris defense startup that Dassault Aviation backed with $200 million in January, unveiled IRIFI on October 6. It is a one-way attack drone the company says can hit targets up to...
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DJI Ends Phantom 4 Pro V2 Repairs Oct. 31 and Tells Owners to Buy New
DJI will stop servicing the Phantom 4 Pro V2 on October 31, 2026. From that date the company will no longer answer product inquiries, provide technical support or repair the aircraft and its...
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DroneXL Adds 20 Drone Delivery Town Guides as Local Votes Pile Up
DroneXL published 20 new resident guides on its Drone Delivery Tracker today, one for each town or metro where Amazon Prime Air, Wing or Zipline is flying, has filed paperwork, or has named the area....
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