DJI
DJI Spinoff Livox Halves Point Rate to Cut Robot LiDAR Cost
Livox's Mid-360L halves the Mid-360's point rate and trades 15° of vertical view for a cheaper robot LiDAR. Livox has not published a price.
Haye Kesteloo
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. Also on LinkedIn, Muck Rack, Instagram and YouTube.
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ABZ Opens Hungary Drone Plant, Its FCC Pass Hinges on a US Factory
ABZ Innovation opened a €7M drone factory in Hungary and says US production starts next year. Its FCC exemption for the L50 sprayer rides on that plan.
Department of Defense
Air Force Loses Shahed Clone Off Eglin, Fishing Charter Reels It In
A Pensacola charter hauled a US Air Force Shahed-136 clone out of the Gulf near Eglin. The base confirms a test article went down but won't name it.
Amazon
Amazon Wants Drones Over 6 Massachusetts Towns. Not All Have Been Told
Amazon wants a Westborough, Mass., drone pad serving six towns within 7.5 miles. Shrewsbury heard via police, Southborough not at all. Forum Sept. 23.
Amazon
Amazon Drones Overwhelm Texas Suburb, NYT Says. FAA Signed Off In July
The New York Times counted 52 Amazon drones over one Richardson yard in a day. The FAA ruled that noise not significant in July. Here is the paper trail.
FPV
Ben Biggs Built The 626 km/h Blackbird On 14-Cell Packs Few Pilots Use
Benjamin Biggs has published the full build story of the Blackbird drone that took the Guinness quadcopter speed record at 626 km/h in December 2025.
Drone Delivery
Belvedere Puts Drone Delivery on the Books Before Wing Names a City
A 2,126-person Marin town voted 3-2 to regulate where delivery drones land, stage and drop packages. The only fight was over the hours.
FPV
Quadmovr Flies A Drone On 3D Printed Impellers Instead Of Propellers
FPV builder quadmovr flew a quad on four PETG centrifugal impellers straight off the print bed. The files are free on MakerWorld, and a racer already flew them.
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