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White House Drone List: Three Trump-Family Firms In, Ten Winners Out
The White House list for its Drone Dominance event names 40 entries. All three Trump-family drone firms made it. Ten of eleven Gauntlet I winners did not.
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St. Paul Pulls $200K Police Drone Grant. There Was No Plan B
St. Paul's council withdrew a $200,000 grant request for more police drones a week after the deputy chief said there was no other money to expand.
Counter-Drone
1,500 US Agencies Are About To Get Counter-Drone Powers
A new federal rule lets certified local agencies detect and disable drones. The government expects about 1,500 of them to sign up within two years.
Drones for Good
2,977 Drones Rebuild New York's Twin Towers for 9/11
A 2,977-drone tribute rebuilt the Twin Towers at full architectural scale over New York Harbor, one light for every life lost on 9/11.
DOCKET 26-189
I Scored Every FCC Drone Ban Comment. On the Money Question It Was 1,701 to One.
Pilot Institute coded all 3,824 readable filings in FCC docket 26-189 against the 11 questions the Commission actually asked. Here is what the record says.
Amazon
Amazon Says Quieter Than a Truck. Its FAA Filing Says 92 Decibels
Amazon told Baton Rouge its delivery drones beat an idling truck. Its own FAA noise filing puts the delivery hover at 92.1 decibels.
UKRAINE
Norway's PM Says A Drone Nearly Hit Zelenskyy's Plane. Kyiv Balks
Norway's prime minister says a drone almost hit Zelenskyy's plane leaving Moldova. A source in Zelenskyy's own office calls that account exaggerated.
DFR
St. Paul Votes on Police Drones Two Days After Pond Rescue
St. Paul's council decides Wednesday whether police can chase a $200,000 federal grant for more drones. Two members have already said no.
Drone Delivery
Amazon Wants 500 Drone Cities. Washington Cleared the Runway
Amazon promises drone delivery in nearly 500 US cities by December. An FAA approval run and one national document explain how it got there this fast.
Drone Delivery
DroneXL Asked All Three Delivery Drone Giants the Same 15 Questions
Every US drone delivery operator with an FAA authorization, every hub, every incident and every open question, on one page. Here is why we built it and what happens next.
Industry
Infinite Electronics: Counter-Drone Demand Now Outpaces Drones
Infinite Electronics VP Gabriel Guglielmi on NDAA parts, anti-jamming antennas, and why counter-drone demand now outpaces drones, from Commercial UAV Expo 2026.
DJI
DJI Mini 3 Drops To $315 For Labor Day. Skip The Other Two Bundles
Amazon has the DJI Mini 3 at $315 for Labor Day, $104 off list. The base package is a real discount. The DJI RC and Fly More bundles are not.
Counter-Drone
Army's $3-a-Shot Laser Cuts Cartel Drone Flights 75%, Military Says
Military officials say cartel drone flights over the Rio Grande Valley fell about 75% after an Army laser began downing them. The baseline is undisclosed.
DJI
DJI Neo 2 After One Year: The Drone I Fly More Than Any Other
Shawn from Air Photography looks back on a year with the DJI Neo 2: why it gets more airtime than his bigger drones and what a Neo 3 needs to fix.
Leipzig Drone Bomb
Germany Plans To Let Utilities Fight Off Drones After Leipzig Bomb
Germany plans nine-city counter-drone units and a law letting power and water companies actively fend off drones, five weeks after the Leipzig bomb.
Amazon
Amazon Had Two Days To Answer 8 MK30 Safety Questions. It Didn't
DroneXL sent Amazon Prime Air eight written questions about its 83-pound MK30 drone. Saturday's deadline passed with no answers as Amazon plans 500 cities.
Zipline
Zipline Drone Ends Flight On Houston Highway The Way Amazon's Can't
A Zipline delivery drone came down under its parachute onto Highway 6 in Cypress on Friday. No injuries, no damage, no calls to police, and no cause yet.
DJI
DJI Mavic 4 Pro Shot Down in Alabama, GoPro Sells 90% of Itself, UAS Sentry Launches Nexus Observer: This Week in Drone News
A real estate photographer's DJI Mavic 4 Pro is shot out of the sky in Athens, Alabama, GoPro hands 90% of the company to Starman Optical, and UAS Sentry unveils the $1,595 Nexus Observer portable Remote ID detector.
Drone Delivery
Wing Claims Largest US Drone Network As Amazon Promises 500 Cities
Wing says it flies thousands of Walmart drone deliveries a day. Walmart's own quarter backs the rate. Amazon's 500-city map is the counterclaim.
DJI Power
DJI Power 2000 Now Plugs Into Your Wall Socket. Not in America
DJI put the Power 2000 on stage at IFA 2026 as a grid-tied home battery with its first balcony solar kit. US buyers get none of it.
BVLOS
TSA Plans Closed-Door Part 108 Security Talks After the Rule Lands
TSA is recruiting hand-picked operators for closed BVLOS security roundtables that run only after the Part 108 final rule publishes. Deadline October 19.
DJI
DJI Fixes Pocket 4P FrameTap And Mic Conflict, Users Find It First
Pocket 4P owners in Japan discovered DJI's latest firmware lets the FrameTap remote and DJI Mic 3 connect at once. DJI's changelog never mentioned it.
DJI
DJI Takes Pocket 4P to Venice Film Festival, US Still Shut Out
DJI has booked a September 7 Venice Film Festival panel for the Osmo Pocket 4P, its fourth European stage for a camera Americans still cannot buy.
Industry
GoPro CEO Promises 'More Cameras' After Merger, Names None
Woodman's letter says GoPro will keep building cameras after the Starman merger. It names no product, and GoPro's filings say details wait for closing.
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