Haye Kesteloo is the Editor in Chief and Founder of DroneXL.co, where he covers all drone-related news, DJI rumors and writes drone reviews, and of EVXL.co, for all electric vehicle news. Haye can be reached at haye @ dronexl.co or @hayekesteloo.
Thales agreed on Monday to buy the Gorgé family’s 35.51% stake in Exail Technologies for €134 per share ($153), the first step in a full takeover of the French maritime drone maker at an enterprise value of €3.9 billion ($4.45 billion). The agreement lands three days after rival Safran abandoned its own exclusive talks for…
Ukraine plans to sign drone agreements with at least seven NATO countries before the end of 2026, and some signatures could come as soon as this week’s alliance summit in Ankara. Davyd Aloian, deputy secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, set the target in an interview published Monday. Six countries have already signed:…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation broke ground on June 25 on the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Procedures and Analysis Range, or V-PAR, at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City. The roughly $8.3 million facility gives the agency its first dedicated range for studying how electric and hybrid vertical…
The FBI said Saturday it has seized more than 600 drones flying in restricted airspace around FIFA World Cup 2026 venues since the tournament opened on June 11, with confiscations recorded in all 11 U.S. host cities. Miami leads the tally at 99 seized drones, followed by Atlanta at 77 and Dallas at 63. The…
The Dutch Ministry of Defense will invest more than €30 million in Intelic, the Amsterdam company whose NEXUS command-and-control software lets drones from competing manufacturers fly inside a single operational picture. The three-year strategic partnership, announced Friday, makes the Netherlands what Intelic says is the first country in the world to formally fund a Software-First…
The Federal Communications Commission prohibited the continued importation and marketing of previously authorized equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua on June 26, 2026, closing a nearly four-year window in which older, pre-approved models from Covered List companies could keep entering the United States legally. The decision does not touch drones. DJI and Autel…
Autel Intelligent Technology, the Shenzhen company that shares its founder and brand name with drone maker Autel Robotics, has refiled for a Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing. The Shanghai-listed firm (688208.SH) submitted its application to the HKEX Main Board on June 30, 2026, with CICC as sole sponsor, after its first attempt, filed December 19,…
Hoverfly Technologies has launched Hoverfly Elements, a new business division selling NDAA-compliant drone components built for defense and commercial UAS manufacturers. The Sanford, Florida-based company unveiled the line at Xponential 2026, and its first products are drone motors and electronic speed controllers built with Korea Robot Manufacturing, plus GPS modules developed with Septentrio, a
One email with the drone news that matters — DJI, FAA, public safety, and everything in between, straight from the newsroom. No spam, no fluff.
