22 JUL 2026

July 2026

FCC widens net for DJI bans

The Federal Communications Commission in the USA suspect that Chinese drone maker DJI is trying to game the system by smuggling banned drone…

Published Jul 22, 2026

City-wide first response drones for London

Drones will be part of some 999 call responses across London as part of a major expansion in technology use by the Metropolitan Police. In …

Published Jul 20, 2026

Drones and macadamia production

A precision agriculture expert has declared drone technology as the perfect fit for macadamia farms, pointing out that the longevity and hig…

Published Jul 17, 2026

New parachute for the Matrice 400

Of course, the world’s biggest drone maker could do with less incidents of its drones crashing or going out of control while in the ai…

Published Jul 16, 2026

Drone regulations back in the spotlight

As a drone industry stakeholder, you reckon there may always be this tug of war pitting industry vanguard disruptors looking to push the lim…

Published Jul 10, 2026

DJI launches cargo drone

We guess it was only just a matter of time before DJI threw its hat into the drone logistics market and turn it upside down. Now that time…

Published Jul 9, 2026

600 drones seized at the World Cup

In news that the drone industry can absolutely do without, a drone reportedly hit a police helicopter in Los Angeles, as fire crews battled …

Published Jul 8, 2026

Kenya moots drone-based reforestation

It seems Kenya is getting serious with its drone integration efforts in environmental conservation and restoration; with latest reports from…

Published Jul 8, 2026

Nokia drones get new camera partner

Former telecoms-turned-technology giant Nokia has struck a strategic partnership with Vietnamese drone payload accessory developer Gremsy, w…

Published Jul 7, 2026