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Titan Batteries Opens UAV Pack Line At Bosch Site In Tilburg As Europe’s Drone Buildout Reaches The Battery Layer
Titan Batteries opened a UAV battery production facility in Tilburg, the Netherlands, on May 2, 2026. The Idaho-headquartered company says the launch makes it the first dedicated drone battery supplier with full-scale assembly lines on two continents. The new line…
DJI Osmo Mobile 8P Launches Globally With FrameTap Remote, Skips U.S. Market Again
DJI launched the Osmo Mobile 8P globally today, May 7, 2026, introducing a detachable touchscreen remote called the Osmo FrameTap that lets creators direct shots from up to 10 meters away. The gimbal ships immediately from store.dji.com and authorized retailers…
K-State Salina Trains Kansas Farmers to Fly Spray Drones
Kansas State University Salina is putting agricultural drone spray operations directly in farmers’ hands. The university’s UAS program is offering a two-day in-person course covering everything from regulatory compliance to live spray missions, with the next session scheduled for May…
New DIRT Program Trains Personnel on Grounded Drones
A Virginia-based counter-UAS training company has launched a program built around the part of a drone incident that most training programs skip entirely: what to do after the aircraft is on the ground. 38 Sierra announced Drone Incident Response Training,…
Olathe Drone Ordinance Pulled, and the ICE NOTAM Shows Why Pilots Have to Fight at Every Level
The Olathe, Kansas City Council was scheduled to vote Tuesday night on an ordinance that would have banned drone takeoffs and landings within one mile of any temporary event in the city drawing 100 or more people. The rule would…
Purdue Bets Big on AI to Automate the Skies
Purdue University just put its full weight behind a future where one drone pilot coordinates dozens of aircraft at once. The Indiana research powerhouse is expanding a cluster of AI and autonomy programs that could fundamentally reshape how drones operate…
FAA Drops Section 2209 NPRM After Decade-Long Wait, Industry Has 60 Days To Shape The Rule
The Federal Aviation Administration filed its long-overdue Section 2209 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for public inspection this morning, opening a 60-day comment window that will determine how thousands of fixed-site facilities can apply for permanent drone restrictions over their property.…
Wisk Aero Flies Second Gen 6 Autonomous Air Taxi, Doubling Certification Test Rate
Wisk Aero flew its second Generation 6 autonomous air taxi for the first time on May 4 at the company’s flight test facility in Hollister, California, bringing the Boeing subsidiary’s active certification test fleet to two aircraft for the first…
FAA’s No Drone Zone Push Caps A Year Of Counter-Drone Buildup For World Cup 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has designated every FIFA World Cup 2026 stadium and surrounding event space as a strict No Drone Zone, and operators caught flying inside an active Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) face civil penalties up to $75,000,…
California Homeowner Solves Delivery Problem With Drone Show
Tom BetGeorge has tried everything. He updated his pin on Google Maps. He put up a sign on the street. He explained the driveway situation to anyone who would listen. Nothing worked. So last week, the Linden, California homeowner did…
DJI Faces $1.56 Billion Loss as FCC Ban Sidelines 39 Products in 2026
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. DJI reveals that 25 unreleased products are stuck in regulatory limbo right now. Reliable Robotics has raised $160 million for what you’ll see is a…
218 Wildfire Drone Incursions Last Year, Most Ever Recorded
The U.S. Forest Service reported 218 drone sightings over active wildfires in 2025, more than the previous seven years combined. Most happened during the Eaton and Palisades fires in Los Angeles, where 184 drones entered restricted airspace, as the Rogue…