Australian drone mapping company Emesent has secured $17 million in new funding to accelerate its push into AI-powered autonomous operations, betting that smarter software — not just better hardware — will drive the next phase of industrial drone adoption.

When an avalanche strikes in the French Alps, rescuers are racing against a brutal clock. Survival rates fall sharply after about 20 minutes, making every second between the emergency call and locating a victim incredibly valuable.

DJI is preparing to close the chapter on another batch of legacy enterprise hardware, giving drone operators one final reminder that support for four older products will officially end on September 1, 2026.

Everyone loves a tool that just makes your job easier. Technology can takeover plenty of little things in life like taking notes, scheduling meetings, and well, you get the point. But what about counting extremely expensive herds of cattle? Don’t worry, DJI’s Mavic 3 Enterprise is here.

Just one year after shipping its first production Dock system, Skydio says it has crossed an important milestone for autonomous drone operations: more than 1,000 Dock installations are now deployed in the field.

For years, the Mexican city of Celaya was known for all the wrong reasons. Once ranked among the country’s most dangerous cities, it struggled with violent crime and an emergency response system that often left police reacting instead of preventing incidents. Now, city officials say a combination of autonomous drone technology and integrated command-and-control systems is helping rewrite that story.

DJI has announced an important certification update for its Matrice 4D drone series in Europe. The company’s enterprise drones are now covered by C6 certification even when operated directly with the DJI RC Plus 2 Enterprise controller, rather than exclusively through the DJI Dock 3.

DJI is expanding its precision agriculture lineup with the global debut of two new farming drones: the Agras T55 and the Agras T100 Dual Battery Spraying System. Designed for everything from orchards and small farms to large-scale field operations, the new aircraft build on more than a decade of DJI Agriculture’s research and aim to make aerial spraying, spreading, and lifting more efficient while improving safety.

For years, getting a drone into the air during an emergency usually meant waiting for a pilot to arrive, unpack equipment, and launch. That approach proved drones could be valuable for public safety, but it also exposed one major limitation: speed. Now, as more agencies shift toward permanently installed “drone-in-a-box” systems that can launch automatically, DJI Enterprise wants to help them avoid the growing pains that come with scaling those operations.

When a critical incident unfolds, every minute counts. In Uruguay’s capital city of Montevideo, authorities are now turning to autonomous drones to shave precious minutes off emergency response times, and potentially give police a clearer picture of what they’re walking into before they even arrive.

DJI is rolling out a new firmware update for its DJI Dock 3 and Matrice 4D series ecosystem, bringing one particularly notable addition: support for the recently launched DJI O4 Ground Station, a new signal-enhancement solution designed to push remote drone operations farther than before.

DJI is taking aim at one of the biggest challenges drone pilots face: maintaining a strong, reliable connection when flying in difficult environments. The company has unveiled the DJI O4 Ground Station, a new transmission system designed to dramatically extend drone communications while improving reliability in areas where signal interference, obstacles, or distance can disrupt operations.

The future of drone-powered railway inspections may not involve a pilot standing trackside at all. UK drone solutions provider Heliguy has secured a significant Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) authorization from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), allowing it to conduct remote drone operations for rail infrastructure giant Network Rail.

For drone survey teams working across sprawling mines, oil pipelines, and remote geological sites, one frustrating problem has lingered for years: breaking huge survey areas into manageable flight sections without creating alignment issues that can ruin data quality. Now, SPH Engineering says it has solved that challenge with the launch of UgCS 6.0, a major update to its popular enterprise drone flight planning platform.

The City of Dallas is officially putting drones on the front lines of emergency response, and in some cases, they may arrive before police officers or firefighters do.

As Australia moves closer to broader beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations, two companies are teaming up to help enterprises navigate what could become the country’s next major aviation shift. FlytBase and Yarra Drones have announced a partnership focused on helping businesses deploy compliant, scalable, and hardware-flexible autonomous drone programs across Australia.

DJI is continuing its rapid push into enterprise drone software with another update to DJI Terra, and while version 5.2.5 may look modest at first glance, it actually addresses several workflow frustrations that professional drone operators deal with every day.

When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added DJI and Autel equipment to its Covered List, many drone operators feared the move could eventually turn thousands of perfectly functional aircraft into outdated, unsupported hardware. But in a decision released earlier this month, the agency quietly hit pause on what could have become a major operational and cybersecurity headache for the US drone industry.

For years, scaling drone operations has largely meant one thing: buying more docks. Whether it’s public safety agencies launching Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs or utility companies inspecting power lines, the formula has been fairly straightforward, with each drone typically needing its own dedicated dock. But according to California-based drone company SiFly Aviation, that approach becomes expensive and inefficient pretty quickly once operations start growing. Now, the company says it has a better idea.

As governments and enterprise customers across North America continue searching for alternatives to Chinese-made drones, Canadian drone company Draganfly and Japanese drone maker ACSL are teaming up to bring a new NDAA-compliant drone option to Canada.

Drones have gotten incredibly good at flying, but out at sea, landing them is still a gamble. Constantly shifting decks, unpredictable waves, and slippery surfaces mean even experienced pilots can struggle, forcing most offshore operators to limit flights to calm conditions. Now, a young maritime tech company thinks it has finally cracked the code.

Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions (AVSS) is pushing drone utility into an explosive new territory, literally. The Canadian drone safety company has just wrapped up real-world testing of a system designed to trigger avalanches remotely, using drones to drop explosives in controlled conditions.

DJI has rolled out a new update to DJI Modify, introducing workflow improvements that aim to make large-scale 3D models easier to process, edit, and share.

UK drone solutions provider Coptrz is teaming up with Amsterdam-based drone maker Avy for emergency services and defense sectors. The deal is designed to unlock long-endurance, Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations — something governments worldwide are racing to scale.