BVLOS

News, deep dives, and analysis — every BVLOS story, newest first.

288

Articles

Beats covered

Reporters on beat

Oct 21

Last updated

Flock Safety Alpha drone lifting off from its white rooftop dock inside a fenced enclosure, city skyline behind

Police

Warwick Police Flock Drone Waits On T.F. Green's Zero-Foot FAA Grids

Warwick, RI's $150,000 Flock Alpha police drone has a BVLOS waiver but no airport airspace approval. FAA facility map grids at T.F. Green read 0 feet.

Haye KestelooOct 5

Federal Aviation Administration headquarters at 800 Independence Avenue SW in Washington, D.C., with the Orville Wright Federal Building sign in front

FAA

FAA Puts $12 Million Into Drone Test Sites as Part 108 Sits Unsigned

The FAA awarded $12 million to 19 drone research projects at its nine test sites. Congress mandated the money in 2024, and Part 108 is still unsigned.

Haye KestelooOct 5

Gray blueflite cargo drone hovering low over a mown field with its winch hooks hanging beneath the fuselage, tree line behind

Drone Delivery

Munson Medical Drones Fly Again Oct. 6, Five Months After DroneUp Quit

Munson Healthcare and blueflite fly phase two of Michigan's medical drone trial Oct. 6 to 30 in Traverse City, five months after operator DroneUp quit.

Haye KestelooOct 5

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue ArcherFRS blood delivery drone on the ground at the Public Safety Operations Complex in Tampa

WHOLE BLOOD

Hillsborough Blood Drones Launch in October, Flown From Sarasota

Hillsborough County approved its whole blood drone program for October. ArcherFRS pilots in Sarasota fly it, and no announcement says what it costs.

Haye KestelooSep 30

Air Upstate and RigiTech team members stand behind a red RigiTech Eiger VTOL drone on the tarmac at Griffiss International Airport

Drone Delivery

Upstate Medical Hires FAA Veteran Behind The First BVLOS Approvals

Upstate Medical named Cliff Sweatte director of UAS operations, months after an FAA waiver opened 50 miles of Central New York airspace to its drones.

Haye KestelooSep 18

Electra EL-2 hybrid-electric demonstrator N301EL banking in flight above clouds, showing its eight wing-mounted propellers

Technology

Electra CEO Keynotes Ohio Air Mobility Forum, EL9 Not Flying Yet

NAAMCE hosts its fifth advanced air mobility forum in Springfield on October 15, with Electra CEO Marc Allen keynoting a day about reaching production.

Haye KestelooSep 15

An Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone on a painted outdoor launch pad at a UK site, with a worker in an orange high-visibility vest walking behind it carrying a yellow handling bar.

Drone Delivery

Amazon Made 500 Drone Flights. Now It Wants a Whole UK Town

Amazon asked the CAA to fly Prime Air across all of Darlington after 500 flights, against a permission that already allows 100 deliveries a weekday.

Haye KestelooSep 13

A DJI Mavic 4 Pro hovering between pine trees, the kind of drone a service provider would fly under Part 108

BVLOS

TSA Plans Closed-Door Part 108 Security Talks After the Rule Lands

TSA is recruiting hand-picked operators for closed BVLOS security roundtables that run only after the Part 108 final rule publishes. Deadline October 19.

Haye KestelooSep 4

BVLOS

The drone industry moves fast. Stay ahead of it.