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A Commercial UAV Expo 2026 attendee badge for Haye Kesteloo of DroneXL on a desk beside a drone controller.

Day 1

DJI Sets Up At Booth 903 With $1.56 Billion Stuck At The FCC

Commercial UAV Expo opens in Las Vegas with an FCC Covered List panel while DJI works booth 903, no keynote, and a Ninth Circuit case worth $1.56 billion.

Haye KestelooSep 1

Drone camera view of a lost dog and a search dog meeting in deep snow in northern New York during a thermal drone pet search.

Drones For Good

FCC Wants To Ban The Lost-Pet Drone CBS News Just Celebrated

CBS Evening News showed a $17,000 thermal drone finding lost dogs in Mission Viejo. The FCC wants that drone class off the market. Comments close Sept 2.

Haye KestelooAug 30

DJI Mini 5 Pro hovering in front of blooming goldenrod with its forward-facing LiDAR and vision sensors pointed at the camera

Deal

DJI Mini 5 Pro Drops To $683 As The FCC Targets Its LiDAR Sensor

The DJI Mini 5 Pro is $683 at Amazon. Its LiDAR sits inside the FCC category that closes September 2, and a 25% drone tariff lands September 3.

Haye KestelooAug 26

Aerial view of a red crawler crane lowering a steel deck section at the tip of the unfinished Gordie Howe International Bridge cable-stayed span over the Detroit River

DJI

DJI Is 97% Of US Contractor Drone Fleets Despite FCC Ban, ABC Finds

An ABC survey of construction contractors finds DJI is the primary drone for 97.1% of members who fly, months after the FCC blocked new foreign models.

Haye KestelooAug 24

Hundreds of illuminated drones form glowing purple clusters in the night sky above the treeline of Central Park in New York, with rows of lit launch pads and spectators in the foreground.

FCC BAN

FCC Labels Drone Light Shows Military-Grade While US Operators Fly Korean And Chinese Fleets

The FCC's swarm rule names drone light shows as military-grade. The US industry flies Korean and Chinese hardware. Comments close September 2.

Haye KestelooAug 22

DJI Air 3 drone behind a red prohibition symbol under a pink BANNED? banner

FAA

The FCC's 'Military-Grade' Drone Definition Is Broad Enough to Catch Your DJI Neo 2

The FCC wants to redefine 'military-grade' drones so broadly it could stop sales of thermal, LiDAR, and dock-equipped models already on the market — including the LiDAR sensor in a 151-gram DJI Neo 2. Pilot Institute's Greg Reverdiau breaks down all seven categories and how to file a comment before September 2.

Greg ReverdiauAug 22

FCC BAN

FCC Drone Ban Comment Window Closes September 2, Putting LiDAR Drones On The Line

The FCC's proposal to pull previously approved foreign drones covers seven capability categories, not four, and comments close September 2, not September 3.

Haye KestelooAug 16