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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.
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This is the DroneXL news wire: every story we publish, newest first, across consumer drones, DJI launches and rumors, FAA regulation, public safety, delivery, and the drone war reshaping the industry. We publish daily. For a single company’s coverage, jump to its hub from the companies index, or follow the DJI news desk for everything from the biggest drone maker.
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- The full DroneXL wire — every story we publish, newest first, across every beat
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- Daily. Most days carry several stories; launch weeks and regulatory deadlines carry more
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- DJI and the other manufacturers, FAA and drone law, public safety, delivery, counter-drone, FPV, reviews and deals
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- 2020, independently owned and edited
Last updated September 8, 2026 — the feed below updates with every new story.
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.
Department of Homeland Security
Secret Service Saw Drones Near Obama and Sanders, Then Came Butler
GAO finds the Secret Service logged drone incidents in 2015, 2016 and 2021, changed no civilian drone policy and never wrote down why. Then came Butler.
Department of Defense
XTEND CEO Signs $1.5B NYSE Deal Mid-Call, Pentagon Score Still Sealed
Aviv Shapira signed XTEND's JFB closing during a DroneXL interview. XTND trades on the NYSE Friday, Gauntlet II unscored. 'I think we did good,' he says.
DOCKET 26-189
FCC Drone Ban Comments Counted: 3,770 Against, 16 For
Pilot Institute read and coded all 3,824 filings in FCC docket 26-189. 98.6% oppose the military-grade drone ban as written. Sixteen support it.
FCC Ban
DJI Tells FCC Its 'Military-Grade' Drone Ban Was Invented In-House
DJI's 26-page filing, signed by a former U.S. Solicitor General, says no security agency ever endorsed the FCC's seven military-grade drone categories.
Amazon
Amazon's 83-Pound MK30 Heads To 500 Cities: Parachute Shmarachute
Amazon would not put anyone on the record about the MK30 at Commercial UAV Expo. Its 83-pound drone has no parachute and is headed for 500 US cities.
Drones for Good
NSW Shark Drones Log 750 Sightings in 8 Weeks as 51 Nets Go Back In
Surf Life Saving NSW now flies 73 shark drones over 97 beaches after 750 winter sightings. The nets went back in the same day the drone hours grew.
DJI
DJI Osmo 360 II Goes Global at IFA, Skips America a Second Time
DJI priced the Osmo 360 II at €589 and £509 for a September 15 release across Europe. The FCC-cleared camera still has no US price or date.
DOCKET 26-189
Utah SAR Captain To FCC: Your Drone Ban Will Cost American Lives
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.
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