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At INTERGEO, attention has shifted from individual platforms to complete geospatial workflows. One of the clearest drone industry trends at INTERGEO 2026 is not a new aircraft or sensor. It is how fully drones have entered the wider geospatial workflow. In earlier years, drones occupied their own category and their own space on the show The post The Drone Is No Longer the Point appeared first on DRONELIFE.

The TrueView 550 Advances the 500 Series with Dual Mapping Cameras, Providing a Larger FOV,

Unifly today announced that EuroUSC-Benelux has become Unifly Compliance, marking the next step following its

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has updated its Airspace Change Process to reflect Government changes

Projects spanning six prefectures reinforce Skyports’ position as Japan’s go-to vertiport and AAM network planning

Temporary waiver will allow DOT to measure airborne wireless coverage for command and control, detect and avoid, Remote ID and other aviation applications. The Federal Communications Commission has removed a regulatory obstacle to nationwide testing of commercial wireless networks aboard drones and general aviation aircraft. The FCC order, effective September 11, supports the Department of The post FCC Clears Nationwide Test of Cellular Networks for Drone Safety appeared first on DRONELIFE.

UAV maker turns to auto industry as source of domestic components By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill While Silicon Valley is well-known as a mecca for the launch of flashy high-tech firms, and Detroit as the home of the older, more staid and much less exciting automotive industry, for one autonomous security drone startup the The post From Cars to Drones: Birdstop Taps Detroit’s Auto Supply Chain to Scale U.S. Manufacturing appeared first on DRONELIFE.

Wingcopter is something of a recurring name on The Drone Girl, known for its humanitarian work in the drone delivery space. The German startup has delivered vaccines to remote Pacific islands in Vanuatu, participated in the African Drone Forum and the Lake Kivu Challenge in Rwanda and whisked blood samples between cities in Japan using its The post From medical delivery to battlefield recon: Wingcopter launches the W262 (and joins the defense pivot) appeared first on The Drone Girl.

A South African father and son have won $750,000 (£570,000) at the Darpa Heavy Lift Challenge in Ohio, after designing a 13kg hexacopter drone guided by a CubePilot Cube autopilot that lifted nearly four times its own weight over 2.8 nautical miles. Their aircraft is now set to join the National Museum of the US Air Force.

Collaboration with AIM Defence brings high-power laser technology into DroneShield’s layered counter-drone ecosystem, expanding customer

The Wingcopter 262 offers a tactical range of 150 kilometres and a flight time of

Aaronia AG looks back on a successful MSPO 2026. At the center of the company’s

Premised on Installation in the Ministry of Defense’s “General-Purpose Defense Drone,” Terra Drone Achieves Domestic

Dayton-based drone delivery company selected for TechCrunch’s elite 2026 startup competition, bringing its technology to

The all-electric Wingcopter 262 carries a 262-centimeter (103-inch) wingspan, a 150-kilometer (93-mile) tactical range and a 10-kilogram (22-pound) maximum takeoff weight. Wingcopter introduced the Wingcopter 262 on September 14, 2026 from Düsseldorf. The all-electric, vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing aircraft targets defense and security users. Tactical range reaches 150 kilometers (93 miles). Flight endurance runs The post Wingcopter 262 Debuts as All-Electric Tactical Reconnaissance eVTOL for Defense Users appeared first on DRONELIFE.

Sovereign Five Eyes aligned production of the KITE autonomous logistics aircraft moves to Sykes’ composite facility as the company builds toward a 100-unit pipeline. Kite Aerospace Pty Ltd started production of its KITE uncrewed aerial vehicle on September 14, 2026. The company partners with Sykes Advanced Manufacturing for the build. The announcement came from Geelong The post Kite Aero Commences KITE UAS Production in Geelong appeared first on DRONELIFE.

It’s been a decade since Central New York launched what would become the world’s largest business accelerator for uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and robotics. And now, we have the names of the five startups selected by Empire State Development (ESD) for Round 10 of GENIUS NY. These five finalists will move to downtown Syracuse later The post GENIUS NY Round 10: Meet the 5 drone startups competing for $3 million appeared first on The Drone Girl.

In 2016, Michael Mazur and Adam Wiśniewski helped author one of the drone industry’s most widely cited forecasts, putting the addressable market for drone-powered solutions at $127.3 billion. A decade later, the AI Clearing co-founders revisit that prediction, examining where the industry developed as expected, where it surprised them, and why the next wave of The post They Predicted a $127 Billion Drone Market. Ten Years Later, Here’s What They Got Right. appeared first on DRONELIFE.

DRONELIFE heads to INTERGEO for a look at the mapping, lidar, photogrammetry, AI and digital twin technologies shaping the next generation of drone operations. INTERGEO 2026 takes place September 15–17 at Messe München, bringing together the international geospatial community for three days of exhibits, technical sessions and industry discussion. For commercial drone professionals, INTERGEO offers The post Beyond the Drone: What to See at INTERGEO 2026 in Munich appeared first on DRONELIFE.

SkyeBrowse CEO Bobby Ouyang says growing drone programs face a new challenge: making sophisticated capabilities simple enough to use across an organization. For many organizations, launching a drone program is no longer the hardest part. The bigger challenge may come after the program proves its value. A police department might begin with a few trained The post Can Your Drone Program Survive Success? Why Simplicity Matters at Scale appeared first on DRONELIFE.

If your phone or desktop background is due for an aesthetic refresh, I have a freebie for you! Free downloadable drone wallpapers, created exclusively for you and the rest of The Drone Girl community. And perhaps the best part? These were NOT generated by an AI prompt. These wallpapers were designed by a real artist The post Brighten your screens with free drone wallpapers designed by a real artist! appeared first on The Drone Girl.

The shift toward a more secure domestic drone supply chain is forcing manufacturers to rethink components they once took for granted. In this guest post, Howard Alt, CEO of Micantis, argues that changing battery requirements present drone OEMs with more than a compliance challenge: they offer an opportunity to take greater control of battery design, The post Batteries Were Boring. That Was a Feature. It’s Gone. appeared first on DRONELIFE.

Cornish Lithium says lithium hydroxide produced and refined in Cornwall performed in line with, and in some areas better than, established commercial materials. Cornish Lithium has successfully demonstrated the use of lithium mined and refined in the UK to manufacture lithium-ion battery cells. The milestone comes as the UK, United States and other countries work The post UK-Mined Lithium Passes Battery Test as Nations Push to Secure Critical Mineral Supply Chains appeared first on DRONELIFE.

Mark your calendars, as the 12th annual Girls in Aviation Day (GIAD) is coming up on Saturday, September 19, 2026. Hosted by Women in Aviation International (WAI) chapters and corporate members across the globe, the annual celebration introduces youth ages 8 to 18 (and their chaperones) to the world of aviation and aerospace through hands-on The post Girls in Aviation Day 2026 set for Sept. 19: How to get involved appeared first on The Drone Girl.

Between strict federal supply chain mandates, tariffs, and the push to replace foreign hardware, Western drone manufacturers have struggled to balance software sophistication with manufacturing scale. But XTEND is making a huge splash this year with massive growth in the U.S. and a merger that just last week put it on Wall Street. XTEND is The post From gaming origins to high-stakes defense: Why XTEND is the drone company to watch appeared first on The Drone Girl.

The public comment window has officially closed on one of the most consequential regulatory proposals facing the U.S. drone industry to date. PS Docket No. 26-189 (Public Notice DA 26-758), the Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) and Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) proposes to prohibit the continued importation and The post Industry pushes back: Public comments flood the FCC over proposed “military-grade” foreign drone ban appeared first on The Drone Girl.

Next up in our “Ask Drone Girl” series, we’re stepping inside the gymnasium to tackle indoor sports filming! If you have a question for Drone Girl, contact her here. I have a question for you about max indoor altitudes. I currently use a DJI Mini 3 to film our football practices, which are generally held The post Ask Drone Girl: Why is my DJI drone stuck at a 15-foot ceiling indoors? appeared first on The Drone Girl.

The autonomous flights were conducted under a DOT and FAA program.

When I first got my start in the drone industry well over a decade ago, I was almost always the only woman in the room, whether that was a drone conference, flight field or other industry meetup. Unsurprisingly, it often felt a little lonely. That’s why the creation of drone women’s group Amelia Dronehart back The post Amelia Dronehart is back(!), offering connections for women in the drone industry appeared first on The Drone Girl.

If you need a fully compliant, NDAA-approved drone setup, you can now officially pre-order three brand-new, Blue UAS-cleared camera gimbals from Gremsy USA and Teledyne FLIR OEM: the VIO F1, ORUS L NDAA, and LYNX NDAA. Between state-level government bans, FCC crackdowns, and strict federal procurement rules, everyone (not just government buyers!) is talking about The post New NDAA compliant gimbals from Gremsy hit the market appeared first on The Drone Girl.

When most people think of police or security drones, they picture an outdoor quadcopter flying high above a parking lot or monitoring a outdoor event. So, what if a drone lived inside a building where it docked silently on a hallway ceiling for months at a time, waiting to launch automatically the moment an emergency The post XTEND wants to put indoor security drones in schools to prevent school shootings appeared first on The Drone Girl.

The drones were found to rely on Nvidia technology.

The U.S. is determined to keep you from buying a consumer drone.

We’re sure that only good will come of this.

The Trump administration claims wind turbines pose a national security threat. The industry says it's pure politics.

Think of it like the Roomba of Death for planet Earth’s deadliest—and most annoying—animal.

The curious copaganda clip is being used to claim drones are the future of policing, but is this how they'll really be employed?

SpaceX and the Pentagon reportedly argued over pricing for Starlink services used during the Iran war.

China's prototype orbital solar plant can now beam 143 watts of power to a drone cruising in mid-flight.

The DJI Lito 1 and Lito X1 are like a DJI Mini, but for less. Good luck finding it in the U.S.

"The story of Apple and many of the world’s top companies began the same way," Zelenskyy said of Ukraine's bootstrapped war industry.

The drone has a 360-degree camera bolted to it, but once again Americans are being left out.

This breakthrough in precision timing is about the size of your fingernail and only loses one second every 30,000 years.

Maintaining the structural integrity of offshore oil platforms requires regular and detailed underwater inspections.

It's all about cost.

Powerus plans to go public through a merger with a Trump-linked golf course company.

For mobile network operators, digital twins have shifted from being an engineering aid to becoming a strategic operating layer. As networks densify, spectrum evolves, and ... Read more

FAA initially ordered the closure of airspace over El Paso for 10 days before backtracking.

A Peter Thiel-backed drone maker is also in the contracts.

Welcome to the future nobody asked for.

ED-209 to the rescue.

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You want a professional remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that fits your budget and still works when the water turns brown and silty.

This review will be an in-depth look at the ATOM 2, its features, available combos, and who this drone is best suited for.

This article is a a step-by-step guide showing how to update the DJI FlySafe Databases and firmware on the DJI Flip and DJI RC 2 remote controller.

This setup guide and included video will help any new DJI Flip owner to get up in the air quickly.

This comprehensive guide, with screenshots, will walk through downloading DJI Neo photos and videos.

This article will be a step-by-step tutorial showing how to remove the DJI Neo's propeller guards and change the propellers, should the need arise. We'll also examine why one might want to remove the propeller guards.

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After reading this setup guide, with included video, you will have all of the tools needed to get your DJI Neo up in the air quickly.