Space Force Adds Lasers at Cape Canaveral After 500 Port Drone Flights
Space Force is adding a directed-energy weapon at Cape Canaveral. Next door, Port Canaveral logged 500+ drone incursions in 2025, already a Florida felony.
Space Force is adding a directed-energy weapon at Cape Canaveral. Next door, Port Canaveral logged 500+ drone incursions in 2025, already a Florida felony.
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week: the FCC moves to block DJI and Autel chips on any drone, Amazon delivery drones are overwhelming a Texas suburb, and SkyeBrowse is rolling out new pricing.
Space Force is adding a directed-energy weapon at Cape Canaveral. Next door, Port Canaveral logged 500+ drone incursions in 2025, already a Florida felony.
A Charlotte man flew a drone for a client video from CLT's Airport Overlook, a park between two active runways. He faces up to a year in federal prison.
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Amazon Prime Air launched MK30 drone delivery from North Randall, Ohio, with 21 drones. Cleveland Clinic's Zipline prescription drones fly 3 miles away.
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Amazon showed its Prime Air drone map for west Jacksonville at an airport meeting. The MK30 reads pilots' ADS-B, but a pilot says they can't see it back.
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Towns can't ban Amazon's drones or regulate their noise. Here's what residents can still do: the pad, the record, the complaint and the statehouse.
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