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The company’s first fixed-wing aircraft flies up to 100 mph across a 30-mile radius from a five-aircraft robotic dock, alongside two new industry-specific software platforms. Skydio announced the F10 Lightrunner, its first fixed-wing aircraft, on September 24, 2026 at its annual Ascend conference in Summerlin, Nevada.
The next-generation system pairs a new aircraft, dock and drop-box portal so restaurants, retailers and hospitals can send packages without staff on site, with commercial service targeted for the second half of 2027. Matternet unveiled M3, its next-generation autonomous drone delivery platform, on September 28, 2026. T
Pilot with Wing and DoorDash brings tools, paint products and household essentials to customers near Charlotte in as fast as 20 minutes Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) has launched its first drone delivery service, offering customers a new way to receive small home improvement supplies without making a trip to the store. The retaile
BETA Technologies, Metro Aviation and Washington County EMS test how electric aviation could support disaster response and medical operations in Texas BETA Technologies and Metro Aviation have completed an electric aircraft demonstration with Washington County Emergency Medical Services in Brenham, Texas. The flight ex
SkyfireAI, DBOX, Drone Nerds and XTI Aerospace combine infrastructure, software and integration expertise for U.S. deployment SkyfireAI and Lithuania-based DBOX have formed a new collaboration aimed at advancing integrated autonomous drone operations in the United States. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understand
Commercial drones have made their name by observing the world below. Now a new class of missions is moving the aircraft up into the atmosphere itself. The Utah Division of Water Resources is exploring drone-based cloud seeding to replace the crewed aircraft it tested from 2022 to 2025. That puts unmanned aircraft at th
New Global Mapper subscription brings geospatial tools together as Blue Marble builds deeper connections between drone data, desktop analysis and field operations For drone mapping professionals, collecting data is only one part of the job. Drone imagery and lidar must be processed, positioned, analyzed and turned into
Federal grant will support conversion of an existing EV battery line to produce high-energy-density cells for Group 1, 2 and 3 drones Amprius Technologies (NYSE: AMPX) has received a federal grant of up to $75 million to expand U.S. production of batteries for unmanned aerial systems. The award will support the convers
The Australian-British team met the competition’s 10-minute detection gate during Finals Testing near Nenana, Alaska, linking fixed cameras, AI and drone swarms into a single detect, verify and act chain. Fire Foresight, a Tasmanian wildfire intelligence company, received a $500,000 award in the Autonomous Wildfire Res
New features bring vehicle damage measurements, collision review and estimated headcounts into the company’s mapping platform. SkyeBrowse has introduced tools for reviewing vehicle crashes and estimating crowd size from drone images. The update adds Impact, a multi-vehicle collision review tool, and brings Crowd Counte
The Fremont cell maker makes its European debut in London with an NDAA-compliant tabless 21700 cell rated for 100A continuous discharge and already shipping to drone manufacturers. Rincell, a U.S. battery cell manufacturer headquartered in Fremont, California, will unveil the RC50T at DroneX, held September 29-30, 2026
House committee advances a proposal to put safety information in front of operators when they set up a new drone. More than 700 unauthorized drones were seized in restricted airspace during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to the FAA. The agency had established nearly 250 temporary flight restrictions and warned oper
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