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European Commission Opens EU Aviation Strategy Consultation, And Drone Operators Have Until May 21 To Weigh In
The European Commission opened public consultation on a new EU Aviation and Aeronautics Strategy on April 24, 2026, starting work on a framework that will replace the 2015 Aviation Strategy for Europe. Comments close May 21, 2026. For drone operators,…
DJI Agricultural Drone Fleet Hits 600,000 As EU Moves To Lift Aerial Spray Ban; Italy’s Implementation Decree Stalls
DJI Agriculture announced Wednesday at Agrishow 2026 in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, that its global agricultural drone fleet has crossed 600,000 units, a 50% jump from the 400,000 the company reported at last year’s Agrishow. The fifth annual Agricultural Drone Industry…
Florida Signs Vertiport Funding Law, Setting Up December 2026 Commercial Air Taxi Target
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1093 into law on April 20, 2026, authorizing the Florida Department of Transportation to fund up to 100 percent of public vertiport construction costs where federal funds are unavailable. The legislation, formally titled…
LAPD Drones Challenge a 70-Year Helicopter Monopoly Above LA
The Los Angeles Police Department flew its drone-as-first-responder fleet more than 3,500 times in the program’s first year, according to a report headed to the Police Commission this week, as reported by Govtech. The fleet now plans to nearly triple,…
United Walks Back San Diego “Drone Strike” After Boeing 737 Inspection Shows No Damage
A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 on final approach to San Diego International Airport reported hitting a drone at roughly 3,000 feet on the morning of April 29, 2026. Hours later, that story had quietly fallen apart. United Flight 1980, a…
DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Launch Spot Was Filmed With A Sony FX3 Across South Africa And Hong Kong
South African filmmaker Jacques Crafford published a behind-the-scenes breakdown on April 29 showing how the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 global launch commercial was actually produced. The shoot ran 8 days across South Africa and Hong Kong with a skeleton crew.…
US Marines Deploy AI Rifle Scope Against Iranian Drones
Strip away the press release language. What the Marine Corps just fielded is a rifle scope that decides when to pull the trigger so the Marine doesn’t have to get it wrong. The SMASH 2000L, built by Israeli defense firm…
Eurovision 2026 Opens With Europe’s Largest Drone Show
Vienna didn’t open the 70th Eurovision Song Contest with fireworks. It opened with 3,000 drones, as ESCXTRA reported. On the evening of April 27, Dubai-based production company Cyberdrone launched what organizers are calling the largest drone show ever staged in…
After Lahaina, Hawaiian Electric Bets on Drone Inspections
Two and a half years after a downed power line sparked the fire that killed 102 people and erased most of Lahaina, Hawaiian Electric is flying drones over every island it serves, as Maui News reported. The utility has contracted…
An-28 Becomes World’s First Drone-Launching Drone Hunter
Ukraine just did something no military has done before. On April 23, footage from Ukrainian pilot Tymur Fatkullin showed an Antonov An-28 turboprop firing P1-SUN interceptor drones from underwing pylons in combat, then watching them ram Russian Shaheds out of…
Minneapolis Drone Journalist Rob Levine Forces FAA To Pull No-Fly Zones That Followed Invisible ICE Vehicles Across America
In January 2026, as Minneapolis was still processing the death of 37-year-old Renee Good at the hands of a federal agent, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a flight restriction that created roving 3,000-foot no-fly zones around every Department of…
Russia Builds Shahed Drones With Teen Labor at Alabuga
A 16-year-old named Darina stares into a YouTube camera and announces she’ll soon earn 150,000 rubles a month, roughly $2,000, assembling drones at what her recruiters call the world’s largest drone factory. Her parents are proud. She wants other teenagers…
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