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Commercial & Delivery
DJI Is 97% of US Construction Drone Fleets a Year Into the FCC's Chinese-Drone Squeeze
A new ABC member survey finds 97.1% of construction firms that fly drones still fly DJI as their primary platform, with Skydio at zero, even as the FCC moves to ban imports of already-authorized "military-grade" UAS.
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Commercial & Delivery
USDA Flies Over 1,000 Drone Missions in Texas to Track New World Screwworm
Since June 3, 2026, USDA's APHIS has flown more than 1,000 drone surveillance missions over Texas ranchland, observing 20,000+ animals in a biosecurity response that has pulled in DHS border-surveillance drone assets and personnel.
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Commercial & Delivery
Archer's Halo: The Commercial Twin of Anduril's Thunder Bets on Uncrewed Heavy Cargo VTOL
Archer unveiled Halo, an autonomous hybrid-electric cargo VTOL sharing its airframe and powertrain with Anduril's Thunder attack tiltrotor — but with no published payload or range figures, its credibility rests on Anduril's half-billion in FY2026 contracts, not Archer's $2M federal record.
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Commercial & Delivery
Drone Industry's Next Bottleneck Isn't Airframes — It's Battery Cells, and China Owns Them
A July 7 industry op-ed warns China controls 75-85% of global lithium-ion cell capacity and 99% of spherical graphite anode material, just as FY2024 and FY2026 NDAA bans on six Chinese battery makers begin phasing in against Pentagon drone purchases.
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Commercial & Delivery
Aerial Triage: How Drones Became Essential to Disaster Response—and Where the Gaps Remain
From mapping Turkey earthquake rubble in 17 seconds to delivering supplies in post-cyclone Vanuatu, drones have proven themselves in disaster response. The harder problems—coordination, authorization timing, data handoffs, and privacy—remain partly unsolved.
