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DoorDash is going airborne with new drone delivery division

DoorDash is launching a new drone delivery program called DoorDash Air. The largest food delivery app in the US said that it has approval from the Federal Aviation Administration that clears the way for drone delivery in the near future. DoorDash said it has received a Part 135 air carrier certification from the FAA that […]

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DJI camera clone company Xtra is halting and refunding all preorders

After selling a barely disguised version of the hit DJI Osmo Pocket 3 in the United States last year, Xtra Technology seemed ready to sneak in its version of the new dual-lens Osmo Pocket 4 Pro, too. But today, Xtra has abruptly removed the new Xtra Muse 2 Pro from its website landing page, is […]

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Drone makers race to build navigation that survives warzone jamming

GPS spoofing and jamming have become standard countermeasures on the battlefield in Ukraine, separating drones from their operators and rendering some guided munitions useless. US-made Excalibur artillery shells fell out of favour after initial successes because their GPS guidance was jammable. Even fibre-optic control wires have been countered by entangling lines strung across fields. The […]

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This AI-piloted fighter jet takes off with no runway. It just cleared a key test.

A fighter jet that needs no runway is a step closer to flight. Shield AI and GE Aerospace say they have completed engine light-off testing for the X-BAT. It is an AI-piloted strike aircraft, built to take off and land vertically. The two firms announced the milestone this week. The nozzle that does the trick […]

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The FCC is planning to retroactively ban disguised DJI gadgets

Last October, we told you how the FCC had given itself the power to retroactively ban gadgets that have already received its approval to be imported and sold in the United States. Now, the FCC’s getting ready to wield that power for the first time, by cracking down on the “DJI front companies” suspected of […]

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The Pentagon froze 155 wind projects in 24 states, claiming drones can hide in wind farms

The Pentagon has frozen the permitting process for at least 155 new wind projects in 24 states for nearly a year, citing concerns that drones can hide among wind turbines and evade radar detection. The affected projects have a combined capacity of 44 gigawatts, four times the generation capacity of the offshore wind projects the […]

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Zipline is launching healthcare drone delivery with Cleveland Clinic. It hired Tesla and Waymo veterans to scale.

Zipline said the number of businesses offering delivery through its app grew 13 times during the first half of 2026. The autonomous drone delivery company has now completed more than 2.5 million commercial deliveries, including one million in the last year alone, and says it operates more flights per day than major US airlines. Roughly […]

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NATO is building an AI ‘Kill Web’ to stop a Russian attack before it starts

NATO is building a vast AI network along its eastern flank, designed to spot an attack early and strike back fast. The plan is called the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative, and internal documents name one adversary outright: Russia. German tabloid BILD obtained the papers and shared them through the Axel Springer network, Business Insider reported. […]

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Irish drone delivery startup Manna is building a 1,000-person US factory in Tulsa to take on Zipline and Wing

Manna Aero, the Ireland-based autonomous drone delivery startup, is setting up a US operations and manufacturing centre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that will employ about 1,000 people over the next several years. Construction is underway, with manufacturing expected to begin in about a year. The expansion is fuelled by the $50 million in venture capital Manna […]

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