Funding rounds, partnerships, layoffs, and the market math underneath the drone headlines.
Weber County rescue pilot Kyle Nordfors told the FCC no US-made drone matches what his team flies, and offered to prove it. His full comments, and how to file yours before midnight.
DroneXL filed comments in FCC docket 26-189 today. Read the filing in full, and use the step-by-step guide to submit your own before the window closes.
GoPro says the 197-gram MISSION 1 PRO ILS is now available and pitches it at FPV pilots, one day after agreeing to sell 90% of itself to Starman.
Starman Optical pays $1.14 a share for 90% of GoPro, clears $92 million in debt, and points the camera maker at defense, government, and AI markets.
New US tariffs on imported drones take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on September 3. The duty applies at import, not at checkout, so existing inventory can keep selling at today's prices.
Fewer than 3,000 comments have been filed in PS Docket 26-189 against nearly half a million certificated remote pilots. The window closes September 2.
Greg Reverdiau told Commercial UAV Expo the affordable drone that created this industry is disappearing, and aviation already ran this experiment once.
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.
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