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Specialist drone coverage groups together content organized around a skill, a training partner or a specific creator rather than a country, manufacturer or news category, because that content needs its own home to stay findable.
Air Photography is the largest sub-desk, covering camera drone technique, gear comparisons and hands-on advice, including buyer-focused pieces like DJI Lito X1 vs. Mini 5 Pro for beginners and deal coverage such as the DJI Mini 5 Pro Amazon bundle packing over $100 in free gear. Pilot Institute content covers DroneXL’s Part 107 training partner directly: courses, licensing guidance and discount coverage kept separate from general FAA regulatory news.
Drone Supremacy and PIXL Drone Show coverage lean toward events and entertainment, though the line between entertainment and regulation blurred recently when the FCC labeled drone light shows military-grade equipment even as US operators fly Korean and Chinese fleets for those same shows.
Named contributor beats, including Billy Kyle, 51 Drones and DC Rainmaker, cover specific creators and outlets DroneXL works with directly, kept distinct from staff-written news. Every specialist drone story is in the feed below.
Last updated October 16, 2026 — the feed below updates with every new story.
Greg Reverdiau: the FCC votes Oct. 29 to cut off Chinese test labs, DroneSense adds LAANC through Aloft, and DJI's Dock 4 swaps batteries in 25 seconds.
Part 2 with Amy Wiegand: how drone service providers handle regulation they can't control, build a 30, 60, 90-day plan, and what will separate survivors.
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week: the DJI Neo 3 has a video leak, Sky Elements sets a Guinness World Record, the FAA hands out $12 million to drone test sites, and the FBI doubles its counter-drone school capacity.
My beginner's guide to the DJI Osmo 360 II: the bundles, the buttons, memory, charging, activation, the menus, four ways to record, mics and DJI Mimo.
I flew my DJI Mavic 4 Pro with the RayNeo GT Max AR glasses plugged into the RC Pro 2. Here's what worked, what didn't, and who they're for.
A DHS addendum obtained by DroneXL scores the DJI Matrice 4T at 4.6 and the Matrice 30T at 4.3 at Hudson Yards, above the Skydio X10D at 3.7. The public report left those numbers out. I think we're allowed to ask why.
Kyle Nordfors takes the FCC drone ban fight to The Hill: 25 to 30 lives saved, searches cut from 4.5 hours to under one, no US drone that matches.
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week: DSPA asks Congress to look at the DHS Blue UAS report, 15 states sue the FAA over drone delivery, DJI's next enterprise drone leaks in China, and Skydio unveils a fixed-wing drone and a robotic dock.
Content organized around a skill, a training relationship or a named creator rather than a product line or a news category. Aerial photography gear tests, Pilot Institute's Part 107 training material, and drone light show coverage all live here because they don't fit a geographic or manufacturer desk.
Pilot Institute is DroneXL's Part 107 training partner, and content under this desk covers their courses, discounts and drone licensing guidance directly, distinct from general FAA regulatory news covered on the government desk.
Both, depending on the news. Drone Supremacy and PIXL Drone Show coverage often leans entertainment and event reporting, but recent coverage has also treated light show drones as a regulatory story, after the FCC labeled the swarms military-grade equipment.
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