October 2026

171 articles published on DroneXL in October 2026.

Oct 27 Wing Wants Seven St. Louis Drone Hubs Live at Once. Manchester Is Next
Oct 27 Alibaba Says a Pentagon Law Cost It Every Lobbyist. DJI Kept Two Firms
Oct 27 SFPD's Proposed Drone Rules Stop Short of Sonoma's Court Settlement
Oct 27 Percepto Opens Its Inspection AI to Rival Drones Under a New CEO
Oct 26 Amazon Drones Fly Over Chicago Suburbs. The FAA Still Shows a Draft
Oct 26 China's 48-Volt Drone Motor Rule Is Narrow. Its Propeller Rule Is Not
Oct 26 NATO Needs Drones to Become '32 Ukraines,' Ex-UK Defense Chief Says
Oct 26 Army Apaches Train to Kill Shaheds, but the Newest Ones Outrun Them
Oct 26 FEMA's Olympic Counter-Drone Money Gives Host California 46% Less
Oct 26 Tekever Sells Drones to US Special Operations but Won't Say Which
Oct 26 BA's 'Four Toasters' Drone Is an Unknown Object in the Airprox Report
Oct 26 Army Calls Its Drone Demand 'Artificial.' Makers Want A Year Of Orders
Oct 26 Antigravity A1 on a Watch and Ring, Plus the New RC the US Can't Buy
Oct 26 Unusual Machines' New Battery Unit May Use Cells From China's Tenpower
Oct 26 Purdue's "From Scratch" Drone Flies on a Hong Kong Lab's Planner
Oct 26 FAA Vertiport Draft Flattens Air Taxi Approaches It Won't Protect
Oct 26 DJI Matrice 5TD's Native 1280 Thermal Has a US Drone Maker Alarmed
Oct 26 Michigan Medicine Will Test Drone Organ Flights in $1.7M State Round
Oct 26 White County's New Rescue Drone Is a DJI Matrice 4TD It Didn't Name
Oct 26 Sweden Pays Saildrone for Baltic Sea Data, Not the Boats Collecting It
Oct 26 Helsing Prices Jet-Drone Interceptors Under €100,000, None Before 2027
Oct 26 Sky Elements Flies 10,183-Drone Dragon, Lands Two Guinness Records
Oct 25 Drone LiDAR Finds Three Aboriginal Shelters Missing From NSW Register
Oct 25 DJI Avata 360 Waypoints Arrive, and the RC Pro 2 Needs Its Own Update
Oct 25 DJI Avata Firmware Returns After Nearly 3 Years to Fix 'Known Issues'
Oct 25 Grand Teton Butte in Deleted DJ Drone Video Sits in Airport Airspace
Oct 24 Barksdale Indictment Alleges DJI Air 3 Flights After the Incursions
Oct 23 New York's Hobby Drone Exemption Stops Just Short of DJI's Mini 5 Pro
Oct 23 Drone Meth Drop in a Fake Crow Earns Texas Woman 70 Months in Prison
Oct 23 DJI Neo Is $169 on Amazon, $30 Off List but $30 Over Its Prime Low
Oct 23 Spray Drone Group Seeks FCC Carve-Out as Westborough Votes to Ban Pads
Oct 22 Engineless RC Glider Hits 474 MPH, Then Plows Into A California Hill
Oct 22 FCC Catches Huawei Surveillance Chips in Its First Parts Ban Case
Oct 22 MassDOT Says Amazon Hasn't Applied for the Drone Pad Permit It Needs
Oct 22 Healey Weighs a Drone Delivery Permit Freeze Aimed at Amazon's Hub
Oct 22 Wentzville Started Writing Drone Rules After Wing's June Walmart Pitch
Oct 22 Insta360 Mic Undercuts the Mic Pro by $80 and Runs Three Hours Longer
Oct 22 Evolver DFR Offers Police a Parrot Drone and Dock With No Subscription
Oct 21 DJI Avata 360 Firmware Adds RC Pro 2 Support and Waypoint Missions
Oct 21 Antigravity A1 Follow Me Bundle: I Left the Goggles at Home
Oct 21 Amazon Targets Mid-November Tallahassee Drones. A Permit Is Pending
Oct 21 Wing and Walmart Now Fly Drones From 7 Charlotte Stores, 2 More Due
Oct 21 3D Printed Helicopter Rotor Lifts 140 Grams, Steered by One Motor
Oct 21 DJI Keeps the Mavic Air 2 and Air 2S Alive With Oct. 20 Firmware
Oct 21 DJI Mini 3 Pro Gets New Firmware, but Its Last New Feature Was in 2023
Oct 21 DJI Mini 2 Gets Its First Update Since 2023, Under an FCC Waiver
Oct 21 Amazon Has Lobbied Washington on Drones for 52 Straight Quarters
Oct 21 Rick Scott Backs DJI Ban. Florida Idled an Estimated $200M Fleet
Oct 21 Spray Drone Sales Fell 59%, and Dealers Want an FCC Carve-Out
Oct 21 Birmingham's $500 Drone Fine Spares Pilots Who Follow FAA Rules
Oct 20 Joshua Bird's One-Motor Drone Flies, but Only in His Bedroom
Oct 20 WSJ Says Musk Ordered Ukraine's Starlink Cap. Musk Said POTUS Decides
Oct 20 Antigravity A1 on a Watch and Ring Tracked Me Through a Dense Forest
Oct 20 DJI Dock 4 Demoed for Belgian First Responders. US Teams Can't Buy It
Oct 20 Antigravity A1 Hits $799 Without Goggles. New Controller Skips the US
Oct 20 Intel Asks FCC to Spare Its Fab Robots From the Drone-Ban Playbook
Oct 20 Apian Drones Flew 13,000 NHS Items. One Render Shows the Blood Route
Oct 20 Westborough Votes 510-13 to Ban Amazon Drone Pads and Drop Zones
Oct 20 Inquirer Calls Police Drones 'Cheaper.' Lower Merion Asked $375,000
Oct 20 DJI Osmo Pocket 4P Video Lists ActiveTrack 9.0, Press Release Says 8.0
Oct 19 Iowa Sheriff's Thermal Drone Finds Crash Driver Unhurt in a Field
Oct 19 Carolina Rescue Team Flies New DJI M4T, Calls the Ban Overreach
Oct 19 Kirkwood Killed Walmart's Drone Nest in 40 Seconds Without a Vote
Oct 19 Manna Rates Tulsa Bases at 24 an Hour. Restaurants See 3 to 20 a Day
Oct 19 Ørsted's Turbine Drone Looks Like a DJI Heavy Lifter the US Taxes 100%
Oct 19 DJI Neo 2 Reads 492 Feet Below Takeoff, Nears Auto-Return at 71%
Oct 19 Red Cat Bids €205M for Its Drone Boat Engine Maker After Walking Away
Oct 19 China Puts Big Drone Motors and Props on Its Export License List
Oct 19 Archer Flies Midnight Over San Francisco Bay, Runway to Runway
Oct 19 29 Governors Ask DOJ for a Prison Drone Course Its Rule Already Offers
Oct 19 Wing Demos Walmart Drones in New Jersey Before Naming Philly Stores
Oct 19 Anduril's Ghost Shark Drone Sub Gets 12 Sea Mines and Altius Swarms
Oct 19 US Army's Own Enemy Force Now Flies Ukrainian-Designed Stork Drone
Oct 19 Foldable DJI Matrice 5 Slips Into a Polish Dealer's Dock 4 Post
Oct 19 Ukraine's Fourth Law: Jamming Fails Once a Drone Picks Its Own Target
Oct 19 China Reads Ukraine's Drone War in 4 Months and Shops DJI, CSIS Finds
Oct 19 Ukraine Flies Wounded Soldier Out of Kill Zone Under a Bomber Drone
Oct 18 Zipline Flies Teriyaki Madness in Denton, the Chain's Only DFW Shop
Oct 17 Suspected DJI Shell Jovistar Kills Its Own FCC Drone Approval
Oct 16 Skydio: Dominion Adds 100 Docked Drones and Turns Linemen Into Pilots
Oct 16 Zipline Turns 10: The Bouncy Castle Years Behind 3 Million Deliveries
Oct 16 FAA Bans Drones Along Entire US-Mexico Border Until October 2027
Oct 16 Starshield Cap Hit Ukraine's Interceptors, Not Its Refinery Strikes
Oct 16 SkyFall Sends Its $50,000 StarGate Medevac Drone to the Front Line
Oct 16 FCC Moves to Shut Out Chinese Labs, DroneSense Adds LAANC, DJI Dock 4
Oct 16 Portland Votes 11-0 Toward Drone Hub Pause as Amazon Cancels Meeting
Oct 15 FCC Files Pentagon's Sealed DJI Letters, Says Ban Didn't Rely on Them
Oct 15 nuWay Ag's Yoder Takes FAA Drone Suspension Over Deer and Sled Lifts
Oct 15 Missouri Fire Drone Caught a 200-Acre Blaze Jumping Its Line
Oct 15 CBP Logged 37,000 Border Drone Flights In FY2026, Down From 42,000
Oct 15 DJI Osmo Pocket 4P In Pearl White Launches October 20, US Gets A 404
Oct 15 DeLorean Joins Flying-Car Racing in a Series That Says 'Remote Today'
Oct 14 Skydio Says ISR Command Can Send X10D Target Grids to F-16s
Oct 14 Amazon's Westborough Drones Need Own FAA Review, Markey and Warren Say
Oct 14 DJI Dock 4 Swaps Batteries in 25 Seconds, but Its Specs Skip the FCC
Oct 13 MI5 Chief: Iran Hasn't Shown the UK Drone Reach That Sent B-1s Home
Oct 13 Drone Pilots Who Don't Adapt Won't Last Two Years: A 90-Day Plan
Oct 13 Flock Bets on Police Drones as San Francisco Weighs Drone Limits
Oct 13 DJI Curbs Hit Police Budgets: $10,500 Matrice vs. $21,000 US Rival
Oct 12 DJI Mini 5 Pro Stays at a Record-Low $679 After Prime Big Deal Days
Oct 12 Amazon Drone Pad Appeal Set for Nov. 2 as Westborough Drafts Bylaw
Oct 12 Drug Traffickers Could Become Africa's Drone Arms Dealers, Paper Warns
Oct 12 Gastonia Tells Residents Why Walmart Drones Will Be Over Their Homes
Oct 12 Harmattan AI's 2,000 km Drone Doesn't Need GPS, and Morocco Wants It
Oct 12 DJI Ends Phantom 4 Pro V2 Repairs Oct. 31 and Tells Owners to Buy New
Oct 11 DroneXL Adds 20 Drone Delivery Town Guides as Local Votes Pile Up
Oct 11 Airlogix Seeks $100M At $2B Valuation As Russia Bombs Its Factories
Oct 11 Round Rock Says It Has No Zoning Rule for Zipline's Drone Hub
Oct 10 Belvedere Votes on Drone Delivery Monday. Here Is the Residents' Guide
Oct 10 Wingtra Ran 180 Simulations in Six Months to Design the RAY Drone
Oct 10 FCC Vote Would Shut Out Chinese Labs That Test 82% of US Devices
Oct 9 FAA Lets Tower Inspection Drones Fly Above LAANC Grids, No Tower Call
Oct 9 Dallas Drone Pilot Faces 8 Years. The Runway Charge Carries Just One
Oct 9 FCC Oct. 29 Vote Ends 35-Year Ban on Drones in 800 MHz Cellular Band
Oct 9 Zipline Starts Austin Deliveries With FAA Comment Window Still Open
Oct 9 FAA Part 107 Test Adds Chart Questions Oct. 26 Not in the Supplement
Oct 9 DJI Neo 3 Unboxing Leak, 71,207-Drone Record, FAA $12M, FBI School
Oct 8 Amazon Tells North Myrtle Beach: Ask the FAA. FAA: Ask Amazon and City
Oct 8 DJI Teases Dock 4 With Battery Swapping for October 14, Not for the US
Oct 8 DJI Neo 3 Specs and Features: What 23 Days of Leaks Have Settled
Oct 8 DJI Osmo 360 II Beginners Guide: Getting Started With 360
Oct 7 DJI Neo 3 Battery Goes to Three Cells. Neo 2 Owners Buy New Packs
Oct 7 Amazon Prime Air Is Hiring in Australia. The Job: Get CASA to Say Yes
Oct 7 Laredo Police Vow to Take Down Drones at Hotel Fire. FAA Lists No TFR
Oct 7 Worcester Asks If It Can Stop Amazon Drones. Shrewsbury Says It Can't
Oct 7 DJI Neo 3 Flies in First Leaked Video on a Remote With a Scroll Wheel
Oct 7 Upstate Medical's New Drone Port Is Already Cleared To Fly To Utica
Oct 7 Anduril's $3.7B Maryland Shipyard: Trump Adds Drone Subs, 40% Stake
Oct 6 Wing Lists 19 Walmart Metros. Walmart's Hometown Isn't One of Them
Oct 6 RayNeo GT Max Review: Flying a Mavic 4 Pro on a Truck-Sized Screen
Oct 6 FAA Raised Amazon's Omaha Drone Band on Paper. Its Noise Model Didn't
Oct 6 Pentagon Picks 3 Lasers And A Drone-Frying Microwave For US Bases
Oct 6 Bellingham Police Pick Skydio for DFR, 1 Response in 23 Logged Flights
Oct 6 Manna Adds Two East Tulsa Drone Bases Rated for 'Thousands' a Week
Oct 6 DJI Mini 3 Hits $269 for Prime Big Deal Days, Matching Its June Low
Oct 6 Amazon Drones Buzz Cleveland Heights Homes. The Mayor Wants Them Moved
Oct 6 US Military Counts 378 Border Drone Incursions In 30 Days, And Rising
Oct 6 Airspection Drone Skips the Boat on BVLOS Run to UK Wind Farm
Oct 6 Feared Iran Drone Attack Sent All 12 US B-1s Home From RAF Fairford
Oct 6 DJI Neo 3 Unboxing Video Leaks, and the Battery Slots Are Real
Oct 6 Zing Drone Solutions Tests Korean Radios as FCC Bars Foreign Parts
Oct 6 DJI Neo Hits $139 on Amazon While DJI's Own Store Is Sold Out at $169
Oct 5 DJI Certifies First Benelux Dealer for Europe-Only Mapping Training
Oct 5 Lakeland's $22M Axon Deal Adds Drones, Taps Immigration Grant
Oct 5 Quadmovr Flies A 160 Gram 5-Inch Drone By Eye, No Camera, No GPS
Oct 5 FBI Drone School to Double Capacity After 700 World Cup Seizures
Oct 5 Warwick Police Flock Drone Waits On T.F. Green's Zero-Foot FAA Grids
Oct 5 Ramy RC Crashes Five Natilus Horizon Models Before One Finally Lands
Oct 5 Germany Builds 600-Soldier Drone Regiment as US Army Scraps Its Own
Oct 5 FAA Puts $12 Million Into Drone Test Sites as Part 108 Sits Unsigned
Oct 5 Wounded Port Shuaiba Soldiers Tell AP the Army Left Them to Find Care
Oct 5 Munson Medical Drones Fly Again Oct. 6, Five Months After DroneUp Quit
Oct 5 FAA Warns NFL Drone Pilots After 700 World Cup Seizures Didn't Deter
Oct 5 Wing Picks Denver for Walmart Drones. Two Suburbs Already Froze Hubs
Oct 4 FBI's Balloon Fiesta No Drone Zone Runs On A Clock: 10.5 Hours A Day
Oct 4 Estonia's Capital Trains Kids From 8 on Drones, Citing Russia
Oct 4 Germany Funds Jet-Drone Interceptors As Ukraine's Best Hits 30%
Oct 4 Amazon North Haven Drone Hold Disputed as Legislators Meet Oct. 5
Oct 3 FPV Pilot Flies Kinzua Bridge, A Pennsylvania Park That Bans Drones
Oct 3 Mach Initiative Builds 20-Lb RC Jet to Break the 9-Year 465 mph Record
Oct 3 Amazon's Westborough Drone Launch Now Hinges on a Zoning Appeal
Oct 3 DJI Neo 3 Leak Puts the Osmo Action 6 Square Sensor in a 193 g Drone
Oct 2 DHS Tested DJI Against Blue UAS and Hid the Scores. Why Weren't We Told?
Oct 2 North Myrtle Beach Amazon Drone Vote: Staff Ask Oct. 20, Forum Oct. 7
Oct 2 Utah Rescue Captain Tells DC the FCC Drone Ban Will Cost Lives
Oct 2 Amazon Asks Westborough to Delay Drone Pad Vote as Board Says No
Oct 2 Castle Rock Froze Walmart's Drone Hub 7-0. Its Clock Runs Out Jan 21
Oct 2 DSPA Calls Congress Over Blue UAS Report as 15 States Sue FAA and Skydio Unveils the MegaDock
Oct 1 Hegseth Orders Four-Star Drone Command, Congress Has To Build It
Oct 1 Amazon Already Raised Its Texas Drones. 'Drone Warriors' Want Higher
Oct 1 DHS Left DJI's Scores Out of Its Blue UAS Report. Here They Are