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In recent years, the development of fiber-optic drones has followed a clear trajectory: the pursuit of more powerful jammers and more complex systems. They are driven by a very clear goal: to control the spectrum, and thereby take to the skies. 2026 has been unusually effective at destroying that assumption. A growing number of battlefield […]

Currently, many people have a major misconception about cargo drones; they believe they are simply smaller versions of the delivery drones that drop off packages at suburban homes. People are paying a heavy price for their own cognitive biases. While media attention keeps circling around consumer drone experiments, a different segment of the industry has

Many people believe that the competition in the cleaning drone market is about who can fly more stably and clean more efficiently. But what’s truly interesting about this market is that in the future, the deciding factor may not be the drones themselves, but rather who can truly complete the entire cleaning process. For years,

A few years ago, during a routine logistics transport test, I watched a heavy-duty drone “crash.” According to the specs, it was supposed to be able to lift 40 kilograms. With its high-power motor, oversized propellers, and carbon-fiber body, the promotional materials made it sound like it could do anything. But once we got to

While everyone was still focused on the price of fiber optic transceivers, the defense industry was quietly carrying out a major overhaul to bring fiber optics back into the market. As part of this, traditional radio links have been gradually phased out without fanfare. That’s the real story hiding behind SEDI-ATI’s February 2026 launch of

Let’s start with the uncomfortable number. 2%. That’s the actual penetration rate of drone-based facade cleaning in 2024. Not 20%. Not “rapidly scaling.” Two. Percent. And yet, companies are already talking about owning over 90% of the future market. Look, that’s not confidence—that’s a signal. A very loud one. The pitch behind cleaning drones for

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: most “cargo drones for sale” are engineered for brochures, not for logistics. That sounds harsh. It’s also accurate. Because once you step outside controlled demos—no wind, flat terrain, predictable payloads—the problem changes shape. Fast. What looks like a payload problem becomes a stability problem. What looks like a range problem becomes

You’d expect a cutting-edge drone to get cheaper over time. Fiber optic drones are doing the opposite. That’s the puzzle. And it’s not just a pricing anomaly—it’s a signal. A messy, battlefield-forged signal about where drone economics break, reset, and quietly rebuild around constraints most people ignore. Let’s talk about fiber optic drone cost—not as

The global drone market hits $69 billion in 2026 and is forecast to reach $147.8 billion by 2036, growing at a CAGR of 7.9% . Everyone’s arguing about autonomy stacks, swarm AI, and BVLOS regulations. Fine. But here’s the thing — none of that matters if the video feed turns to pixelated garbage the moment

Let me kill a myth right now: the sticker price on a drone thermal camera is not the cost of the system. Not even close. Every month, someone in a procurement meeting waves around a spec sheet and announces they’ve found a “budget thermal solution” for search and rescue or infrastructure inspection. They’ve bought a $400 single-band