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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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What this page is: The full DroneXL wire — every story we publish, newest first, across every beat
How often it updates: Daily. Most days carry several stories; launch weeks and regulatory deadlines carry more
The beats: DJI and the other manufacturers, FAA and drone law, public safety, delivery, counter-drone, FPV, reviews and deals
Publishing since: 2020, independently owned and edited

Last updated October 30, 2026 — the feed below updates with every new story.

Close-up of the black DJI Osmo Pocket 4P gimbal head, its 3x telephoto lens beside a second lens marked 1-inch, against a dark background

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China Vows More Countermeasures as FCC Cuts Off Chinese Test Labs

China opposes the FCC vote ending recognition of mainland test labs from December 2028, says the US stalled talks, and threatens further countermeasures.

Haye KestelooOct 303 min read

White and blue Joby air taxi with tail number N545JX parked on a helipad beside the East River as a crowd takes photos

eVTOL

Joby Flies Florida's 1914 Airline Route, Still Without a Fare

Joby flew St. Petersburg to Tampa International on October 30 to open Florida's eIPP week, retracing the 1914 airline route with no fare set.

Haye KestelooOct 30

Night view of the DJI and Hasselblad store front in Tokyo, a lit DJI | Hasselblad sign under a glass-walled second floor, with a wet sidewalk in front

DJI Store

DJI's First Japan Concept Store Opens With Gear the US Never Got

DJI and Hasselblad open a two-floor concept store in Tokyo's Omotesando on October 31, with a flight cage and Mavic 4 Pro and Osmo Pocket 4P posters.

Haye KestelooOct 30

Six people holding a yellow Wisk ribbon on a vertiport landing pad, two of them cutting it with gold scissors, in front of a yellow Wisk air taxi

eVTOL

Wisk Opens Its Hollister Vertiport as the FAA Rewrites Pad Rules

Wisk opened its 100-foot Hollister vertiport on October 29, a week after the FAA posted a draft standard that would replace the one it used.

Haye KestelooOct 30

DJI Matrice 5TD drone seen from below in flight beside a steel transmission tower against a blue sky

EXPLAINER

DJI's 1280 Thermal Drones Skip the US. Economists Saw This Coming

DJI's Matrice 5TD and a November 5 folding thermal drone can't be sold in the US. Research says the ban removes US drone makers' reason to improve.

Haye KestelooOct 30

Pilot Institute

Zipline Claims 68% Less Noise, Alibaba Wins Ruling, MI Organ Flights

Zipline says its drones got quieter, Alibaba wins a ruling on a Pentagon lobbying law that also reaches DJI's lobbyists, and Michigan funds organ flights.

Greg ReverdiauOct 30

Front view of a dark gray DJI drone gimbal with a large telephoto lens top left, a round thermal lens with a greenish coating below it, and three smaller camera windows stacked on the right, on a drone with folding arms

TEASER

DJI Teases a Folding Thermal Drone for November 5 With the 5TD Gimbal

DJI Enterprise's November 5 teaser opens on a thermal sensor and shows the Matrice 5TD's gimbal under a drone with folding arms. The 5TD doesn't fold.

Haye KestelooOct 29

REVIEW

DJI Pocket 4P at 100 Days: A US Owner's eBay Unit Has No US Warranty

A US filmmaker calls the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P a go-to camera after 100 days. Bought on eBay, it falls outside DJI's North America warranty rule.

Haye KestelooOct 29

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in a dark suit speaks into a microphone from an armchair on a stage lined with American flags while a moderator reads her notes

POLICY

AUVSI Gives the FCC as Many Speakers as the FAA at Its DC Drone Forum

AUVSI's Nov. 9-10 symposium lists four FCC officials, enforcement chief Hunter Deeley among them, and four from the FAA, with Part 108 still unpublished.

Haye KestelooOct 29

White fixed-wing drone marked Rantizo 100M on a launch rail, propeller spinning, a camera turret under its nose, orchards and mountains behind

Industry

Rantizo Prototype Pairs GPS With LORAN, Which the US Shut Off in 2010

Two weeks after its Nasdaq debut, Rantizo unveiled a surveillance drone prototype with two range targets and GPS/LORAN navigation.

Haye KestelooOct 29

Close-up of a gray Skydio X10 drone in flight, its square camera module with three lenses facing the viewer, trees and rocks blurred behind it

FCC Filing

FCC Opens 800 MHz to Drones, but BVLOS Still Waits on FAA Part 108

The FCC voted 3-0 to end a 1991 airborne ban and open 50 MHz of 800 MHz cellular spectrum to drones. The FAA's Part 108 BVLOS rule is due December 7.

Haye KestelooOct 29

Gray Rift Dynamics Wåsp quadcopter with black arms and a mast-mounted antenna puck, hovering against a white background

Technology

ESA Funds Ondas-Backed Drone Maker to Fly 10 Minutes Without GPS

ESA signed Norway's Rift Dynamics, maker of the Ondas-distributed Wåsp, to keep cheap expendable drones navigating for 10 minutes under jamming.

Haye KestelooOct 29

White Wing delivery drone with yellow wingtips and twelve hover propellers flying low past a Walmart store's Pickup sign

Drone Delivery

Wing Says Good Neighbors Fly Quiet. A Texas Yard Saw 52 Amazon Drones

Wing says drone delivery must stay safe and quiet for people who never ordered. Its 43 dBA covers cruise; its delivery hover runs about 62 decibels.

Haye KestelooOct 29

Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, its gold dome lit by low sun above bare trees

Amazon

Amazon North Haven Drone Decision Not Until 2027, Official Says

North Haven's first selectman says no Amazon drone decision comes before 2027. DEEP's federal clock and its own word point to November.

Haye KestelooOct 29

Matternet

Matternet Deal Opens 2,300 Hospitals to a Drone the FAA Hasn't Cleared

Swisslog's TransLogic will sell Matternet's M3 into 2,300 North American hospitals. The M3 has no FAA certificate and no flights before late 2027.

Haye KestelooOct 29

Skydio X10 drone hovering in the dark with its navigation lights on, the thermal and color camera gimbal facing forward

DFR

Utica Names Axon and Skydio for Drone Trial Flock Pitched in June

Utica, N.Y. police and fire begin a 90-day Drone as First Responder trial with Axon and Skydio. In June the city announced a free six-month Flock pilot.

Haye KestelooOct 28

US Army sergeant in camouflage body armor lowering white Fat Shark FPV goggles over his eyes in a field of heather

Department of Defense

Pentagon's 60,000 Attack Drones Hit a 1940s Explosives Bottleneck

The Pentagon is buying 60,000 attack drones, but one 84-year-old Army plant makes all U.S. HMX and RDX. Odin Energetics says it can make a tenth of that.

Haye KestelooOct 28

Yellow FANUC industrial robot arm fitted with a blue welding head and bundled cables on a factory floor, with a second robot arm behind it

US Government

Trump Gives Robots Trade Talks After Drones Got Up to 100% Tariffs

Trump's Section 232 robotics order skips tariffs for now and sets a 180-day check-in. Drones got their own 25% to 100% duties in August.

Haye KestelooOct 28

Tan counter-drone sensor mast with flat Echodyne EchoShield radar panels and a camera head against a cloudy sky

FCC Filing

FCC Nov. 19 Drone Vote Would Rewrite Two Single-Licensee Bands

FCC votes Nov. 19 on 450 MHz drone control links, 24 GHz drone radar and in-flight Wi-Fi power rules. AURA and Gogo each hold one band alone.

Haye KestelooOct 28

Pilot Institute's Greg Reverdiau holding a gray DJI Mini 5 Pro drone toward the camera next to the words Fully Tested

DJI

DJI Mini 5 Pro Long-Term Review: Great Camera, but Some Report 254 g

Greg Reverdiau's long-term DJI Mini 5 Pro review: the 1-inch camera, 4K/120, true vertical video, wind limits and why some owners must register.

Greg ReverdiauOct 28

Zipline

Zipline Says Its Drones Got 68% Quieter. The Number Is Still a Model

Zipline says its fleetwide sound-optimized dynamic flying cuts noise exposure 68% per flight. The figure is modeled, as towns write drone noise rules.

Haye KestelooOct 28

White and yellow Wing delivery drone in flight against a clear blue sky, carrying a yellow package box under its fuselage

Drone Delivery

Wing Picks KDDI for Japan Drone Delivery. KDDI Owns Half the Store

Alphabet's Wing will fly Lawson groceries in Japan from 2027 with KDDI, which has owned half of Lawson since 2024 and runs the network its drones fly on.

Haye KestelooOct 28

TV host in a gray suit swings his leg at a small black quadcopter hovering above a white studio floor while a row of models in sequined outfits watches

Drone Incidents

Mexican TV Host Kicks Drone on Live Show, It Hits Model in the Face

Es Show host Ernesto Chavana kicked a production drone on live TV in Monterrey and it hit model Isabella Rojas in the mouth. He meets his bosses Thursday.

Haye KestelooOct 28

Underside of a white Wing delivery drone with yellow wingtips and twelve hover propellers, carrying a yellow and white package against a deep blue sky

Drone Delivery

Wing Wants Seven St. Louis Drone Hubs Live at Once. Manchester Is Next

Wing plans to open about seven Walmart drone hubs across St. Louis at once, from 12 stores it has not published. Manchester hears the pitch Nov. 2.

Haye KestelooOct 27

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