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FCC Cracks Open the Door for Chinese Toy Drones, Walmart and Wing Expand, and a Man Shoots a BB Gun at a DFR Drone
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I have three stories for you this week. The FCC opens the door for Chinese toy drones, but there’s a bit of a catch. Walmart and Wing are expanding their drone delivery operation.…
Manna Points to Trinity Study After Coolmine Refusal
Manna has issued an official response to Fingal County Council’s May 19 refusal of its Coolmine drone delivery hub, anchoring its defence on a Trinity College Dublin acoustic study and on World Health Organization, EU, EASA, ISO, and Irish EPA noise standards. The…
Walmart and Wing Add Seven Markets, Putting Two Drone Operators on a Collision Course in Memphis
Walmart and its drone partner Wing named seven new metro areas for their delivery network on June 10, and one of those cities should sound familiar to anyone who read DroneXL earlier today. Memphis is on the list. So is…
Amazon Brings Prime Air to Memphis With a Meet-and-Greet, Not a Launch Date
Amazon parked an MK-30 delivery drone inside the Renasant Convention Center on Tuesday and invited Memphis residents to meet it. The company calls the service Prime Air, and the pitch was familiar: packages up to five pounds, delivered in two…
Phoenix Joins Walmart’s Drone Delivery Expansion
Phoenix is on the list. Wing and Walmart named seven new metropolitan areas this week for the largest drone delivery network in the country, and Arizona’s capital sits among them. The rollout is phased, with operations across the new markets…
2026 World Cup TFRs, 23-Day BVLOS Waivers, Flock Safety’s New Camera, and a Walmart Drone Delivery Fight
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. This week I have four stories for you, and they cover a lot of ground: the FAA has published the Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and you should…
Amazon Eyes a 176-Square-Mile Drone Zone in N.Y.
Amazon wants to turn 176 square miles of upstate New York into a drone delivery zone. The company is asking the town of Clay, near Syracuse, for permission to fly Prime Air deliveries out of an existing warehouse. If it…
A Walmart Drone Pad Is Now a Zoning Fight in N.C.
Walmart wants to park a drone launchpad in a North Carolina lot. More than 200 neighbors signed a petition to stop it. On Monday night, Lincoln County commissioners weighed whether the future of 23-minute delivery is worth the noise over…
Walmart Hits 1M Drone Deliveries, 40% This Quarter
Walmart announced on May 29, 2026 that it has crossed the 1 million drone delivery mark across its U.S. operations. The headline number is the kind of thing every press release reaches for, but the line buried in the announcement…
Seminole Council Kills Walmart’s Pinellas Drone Hub In 4-3 Vote
The Seminole City Council voted 4-3 on May 12, 2026 to reject Walmart’s proposal for a Wing-operated drone delivery nest at the Walmart Supercenter at 10237 Bay Pines Blvd, blocking what would have been the company’s first launch site in…
Amazon Wants Idaho Sky Next: Nampa Vote May 26
Amazon Prime Air has filed for a conditional use permit in Nampa, Idaho, asking the city to approve a 21,000-square-foot drone delivery center at its existing fulfillment site on East Franklin Road. The Nampa Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled…
Amazon Prime Air Picks Baton Rouge For Summer MK30 Drone Delivery Launch
Amazon will launch Prime Air drone delivery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana this summer, putting between 12 and 20 MK30 drones into operation from a new facility near the company’s Cortana fulfillment warehouse. The service will deliver packages weighing up to…