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Robinson Unmanned's Helius pocket drone, originally promised Q4 2025 delivery at $4,499, is still a prototype with production now slipping to mid-2026.
Manna Air Delivery CEO Bobby Healy tells XPONENTIAL Detroit he is moving Manna's manufacturing from Dublin to Tulsa and targeting 2,000-3,000 US jobs.
FAA ATO COO McIntosh at XPONENTIAL Detroit: drones treated as aircraft, operators as pilots; new radar data sharing test program coming in two weeks.
AUVSI's Robbins defends the broader-than-asked FCC drone ban at XPONENTIAL Detroit; Pentagon's Cadenazzi confirms Section 805 enforcement pilots for 2026.
Paladin Drones is offering public safety agencies a 30-day pilot of its Drone as First Responder system for $8,000, with the entry fee credited back against a full contract for up to three consecutive 30-day periods. The Houston company announced the offer on X Monday, telling agencies to book a demo before June 30 to…
A Ukrainian drone operator says his unit is now paying more than eight times what it used to for the fiber optic spools that feed their jam-proof FPV drones. Dimko Zhluktenko, co-founder of the Dzyga’s Paw charity fund and now serving with Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, said in a May 10 post on X that…
The DJI Air 4 has surfaced inside a Chinese drone flight-reporting app, sitting in a dropdown menu of selectable aircraft alongside the already-shipping Insta360 Antigravity A1. The screenshot, posted Monday by drone leaker Igor Bogdanov on X with the caption “Caught…Air 4,” is the first known appearance of the unannounced model in a regulatory-adjacent piece…
The Federal Communications Commission‘s Office of Engineering and Technology released Public Notice DA 26-454 on Friday, May 8, 2026, extending its waiver for software and firmware updates to previously authorized foreign-made drones, UAS critical components, and consumer routers until at least January 1, 2029. The earlier deadlines were January 1, 2027 for drones and March…
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