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UAV EXPO

Pilot Institute Warns Of A Drone Hiring Cliff In Two To Three Years

Greg Reverdiau told Commercial UAV Expo the affordable drone that created this industry is disappearing, and aviation already ran this experiment once.

Haye KestelooSep 1

Matt Collins presents a bar chart titled The Gap Is Skills, Not Headcount on stage at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas.

UAV EXPO SURVEY

FCC Covered List Has 45.8% Of Operators Frozen, Expo Survey Finds

A survey of 885 drone professionals at Commercial UAV Expo found 45.8% in wait-and-see mode on fleet procurement, and only 13.8% actually moving.

Haye KestelooSep 1

AVIDrone Katana unmanned helicopter drone hovering against a clear blue sky, showing its main rotor, long tail boom, tail rotor and four-legged landing gear

Technology

DARPA Doubles Lift Challenge Payload After 5 Of 76 Teams Scored

DARPA brings the Lift Challenge back in summer 2028 with the minimum payload doubled to 220 pounds and the course doubled to 10 nautical miles.

Haye KestelooSep 1

COVERED LIST

FCC Covered List Doesn't Ground Your Drone. Repair Waits Do.

A Commercial UAV Expo panel spent the morning correcting the word ban. What bites operators is parts, repair queues and six to nine week lead times.

Haye KestelooSep 1

Alteon founder Samay Sanghvi seated in front of the company's fixed-wing dynamic-soaring aircraft

India

Alteon Raises $2.5M To Fly A Drone For A Year On Ocean Wind

Bengaluru startup Alteon raised $2.5 million led by Lachy Groom to build a drone that harvests ocean wind shear and stays aloft for over a year.

Haye KestelooSep 1

An XTEND multirotor drone in flight with a multi-sensor payload mounted under the airframe

Department of Defense

XTEND Hits the NYSE Friday Before the Pentagon Scores It

XTEND AI Robotics starts trading on the NYSE as XTND on September 4. The Pentagon has not yet scored the Gauntlet II contest the valuation rests on.

Haye KestelooSep 1

SwissDrones staff in red company shirts pose in rows behind a red and white SDO 50 unmanned helicopter inside the hangar at the company facility in Buchs, Switzerland

Industry

SwissDrones CEO Exits On LinkedIn As Leadership Splits Three Ways

Ulrich Amberg is stepping down as SwissDrones CEO after six years, and the company is dividing his job among three executives as it pushes into the US.

Haye KestelooAug 31

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's former defense minister, photographed against a dark blue backdrop

Defense Tech

Fedorov Offers The US A Drone Fleet For Patriot Missiles

Ukraine's ousted defense minister is in Washington offering drone help for Patriot interceptors, days after taking an unpaid advisory job in Rome.

Haye KestelooAug 31

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