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Last updated September 23, 2026 — the feed below updates with every new story.
Amazon
Amazon Preps Tallahassee Drone Hub. Florida Law Gives City Little Say
Amazon is hiring Prime Air drone handlers in Tallahassee and a drone unit is filed for its warehouse lot. Florida law keeps the city out of the flights.
H.R. 10304
House Bill Moves FAA Drone Rules From The Box To Your First Power-On
H.R. 10304 would make drone makers show new pilots an FAA-defined safety statement at first activation and require a sign-off, replacing a 2016 law.
Department of Defense
Orqa, KEF And Blue Arrow Beat GPS Jamming In Front Of Green Berets
Orqa drones running KEF Robotics navigation and Blue Arrow's RII software flew recon and payload missions under GPS and radio jamming in Alabama.
Insta360
Insta360 Luna Pro Review: 8K Gimbal Camera Tested in Alaska Wind
Jake Sloan takes the Insta360 Luna Pro to an Alaska glacier valley to test its 8K sensor, 2x lossless zoom, detachable face plate, built-in mics and low light.
Zipline
Zipline Promises Ivory Coast A 300% Return, Not What It Costs
Côte d'Ivoire approved an eight-year Zipline deal for 10 drone hubs serving 12 million people, backed by a $150M US award. The price is unpublished.
DJI
DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Hits $572 on Amazon, a Price DJI Never Set
The Osmo Pocket 4 Standard Combo is $572 on Amazon, 18% off, and undercuts the thinner Essential Combo by $26. DJI never set a US price for it.
COVERED LIST
FCC Bars DJI Chips From New US-Built Drones on October 13
The FCC's drone ban now reaches inside the airframe. From October 13, no new US-built drone can be authorized with a DJI-made logic-bearing part.
LEAK
DJI Neo 3 Leak Is Recycled Box Art, and the Vents Gave It Away
The DJI Neo 3 image going round on X is the render printed on the drone's retail box. Jasper Ellens found the tell in the battery vents.
Europe
Dolomites Parks Ban Hobby Drones, DJI Mini 5 Pro Included
Dolomites drone rules for the DJI Mini 5 Pro and Mavic 4 Pro: which parks ban flights, what Italy requires by weight class, and where you can still fly.
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.
Europe
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.
Police
Cleveland Police Drone Policy Bans What Ohio's New Law Still Allows
Ohio's HB 251 police drone law starts Oct. 6. Cleveland's Skydio X10 rules already ban facial recognition, protest surveillance and all weapons.
Amazon
Amazon Wants 1,000 Drone Flights a Day in CT. Comments Close Oct. 1
Connecticut takes public comment on Amazon's North Haven drone hub until Oct. 1. The FAA filing asks for 1,000 MK30 flights a day, Amazon's usual ceiling.
Drone Delivery
Amazon Drones Drop Packages Where State Law Calls It a Crime
Ten states restrict dropping objects from aircraft more tightly than the FAA. Amazon's MK30 is the only delivery drone that releases packages in flight.
Industry
Army Has 40,000 Drones and Too Few Pilots. FAA Data Shows Why
The Army has drones for every squad but too few trained pilots. FAA data shows the hobbyist pipeline that produces them has been shrinking since 2023.
DJI
DJI Neo 3 Box Lists Nine Items. The Neo 2's Transceiver Isn't One
New DJI Neo 3 box photos show a Fly More Combo with no Digital Transceiver and China's new Remote ID standards, shot beside a Neo 2 display in a store.
Amazon
Amazon Plans Portland Drone Hub in a State That Fought FAA Review
Amazon asked Portland, Oregon to review a Prime Air drone hub at its Schmeer Road warehouse for early 2027, under a national FAA review Oregon's AG fought.
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