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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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Airlogix Seeks $100M At $2B Valuation As Russia Bombs Its Factories

Airlogix, the Kyiv drone maker whose strike aircraft are now built in Germany, is in talks to raise $100 million at a valuation above $2 billion, Forbes reported on October 9, citing two sources...

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Round Rock Says It Has No Zoning Rule for Zipline's Drone Hub

Zipline’s first Austin-area drone hub sits outside Round Rock’s city limits, and the City of Round Rock says its zoning code has no rule for drone hubs at all. The hub at 3000 E. Palm Valley Blvd. is...

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Belvedere Votes on Drone Delivery Monday. Here Is the Residents' Guide

Belvedere, a city of 2,126 people on two islands in Richardson Bay, takes its final vote Monday, October 12, on the first drone delivery ordinance in Marin County. DroneXL has published a...

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Wingtra Ran 180 Simulations in Six Months to Design the RAY Drone

Swiss drone maker Wingtra ran 180 aerodynamic computer simulations in six months to get from the WingtraOne to the WingtraRAY, according to a video AirShaper published on October 7, 2026. AirShaper is...

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FCC Vote Would Shut Out Chinese Labs That Test 82% of US Devices

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on October 29, 2026 on an order that ends FCC recognition of every test lab in mainland China on December 1, 2028. Chairman Brendan Carr announced...

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FAA Lets Tower Inspection Drones Fly Above LAANC Grids, No Tower Call

The Federal Aviation Administration has rewritten the internal order that decides what drone pilots get back from FAADroneZone. Order JO 7200.23E, Processing of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Requests, is...

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