2026-10-01
Fifteen states and Harris County, Texas asked the Second Circuit on 28 September 2026 to throw out the FAA finding that lets it approve new Part 135 drone delivery markets from one national study.
2026-09-23
ABZ Innovation has opened a 1,060 m² plant in Szentendre that can build thousands of agricultural spraying drones a year — while its US market access now rests on an onshoring plan.
2026-09-22
An FCC proposal in docket 26-189 would stop imports and sales of foreign-made 'military-grade' drones, even previously approved models. Drones already owned could still fly.
2026-09-21
Nine months after the FCC barred new equipment authorisations for foreign-made drones, DJI's Lito series and HoverAir's Versa have launched everywhere except the United States.
2026-09-18
A German delivery-drone maker has put its tilt-rotor design into a 10 kg reconnaissance aircraft with a 150 km tactical range — and formed a defence business unit to sell it.
2026-09-16
The FAA's draft environmental assessment would let Zipline fly up to 220,000 deliveries a day across five Texas metro areas — more than seven times its Dallas–Fort Worth ceiling. Comments close 11 October 2026.
2026-09-14
From 15 November 2026 it becomes illegal to keep a drone or its key components anywhere in Beijing. Owners can sell at a government buyback point, scrap the aircraft, or move it out of the city.
2026-09-09
Airbus now expects China to need 7,480 new single-aisle jets over 20 years, 470 fewer than a year ago, and attributes the cut to high-speed rail absorbing roughly a tenth of domestic air traffic.
2026-09-09
Elroy Air flew the first uncrewed missions authorized under the FAA's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, and Robinson's unmanned R44 AIRTRUCK landed cargo on a mock offshore deck — both in Louisiana, days apart.
2026-09-09
Up to 100% duties on imported drones took effect on 3 September 2026. Who pays what, why shelf prices have not moved yet, and how the industry is reacting.
2023-08-18
Understand all kinds of Drones The word "drone" has become synonymous with the small helicopter-like devices flown by hobbyists around the world. But, it's puzzling for many when this term also refers to a high-tech battlefield weapon costing millions. Should…
