Pentagon Offers Neros Up to $450M to Make Drone Parts
The loan is conditional and nothing is drawn yet. Neros adds $165M of its own and plans to sell motors and radios to other drone makers.
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Polish Army Units Buy 3D Printers to Build Their Own Drones
One 3D-printer dealer in Pomerania won 69% of the 3.56 million złoty signed so far. More than a third of the parts tendered ended with no contract.
FCC Votes to Stop Recognising Test Labs in China From 2028
By the FCC's count, 82% of device testing last year happened in one country. From December 2028, a drone's radio will need a lab elsewhere.
China's Police Are Buying Counter-Drone Lasers and FPVs
Police placed 31 of 132 drone purchases on China's national procurement site in one week. One expressway tender failed because every bid was DJI.
DJI's Dock 4 Drone Gets EU Marks for Beyond-Sight Flights
Europe's C6 mark lets operators fly the Matrice 5TD out of sight on a declaration. New DJI models still cannot get US approval.
Taiwan Fire Agency Tenders NT$361.5M for Search Drones
A three-year framework other agencies can order from, flagged as a national-security buy. Taiwan's fire services shelved their DJI drones after 2020.
FCC Adds Sealed Pentagon Letters to DJI's Covered List Case
The FCC says it did not rely on the letters when it listed DJI and Autel. The senator behind the law wrote the next day to back the listing.
Pentagon Plans $450M Order for 60,000 Jam-Resistant Drones
Prices are fixed at $3,000 and $5,000 a drone, plus the warhead. Every bidder must fly through jamming, and fibre-optic links are encouraged.
Dallas Man Faces 8 Years for Drone Flights at Two Airports
Prosecutors say his drone crossed an active runway at Love Field one night and entered DFW's restricted airspace the next.
EASA Proposes Drone Registration and Remote ID From 100 g
Model-flying clubs objected. EASA kept the line anyway, saying security officials set it rather than its own safety assessment.