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Drone delays LifeFlight helicopter carrying critically ill child at Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah
A surveying drone flying directly above a LifeFlight helicopter at Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi, Utah forced all air operations to halt while a child in critical care waited for emergency transport to another facility. The Lehi City Police Department…
FAA no-fly zones around ICE vehicles are a First Amendment problem, press groups say
When DHS closed 935 square miles of Chicago’s airspace to civilian drones during immigration raids last October, press freedom organizations called it a First Amendment crisis. NOTAM FDC 6/4375 is the same thing, but permanent and nationwide. Two of the…
FAA Administrator Bedford visits Manna’s Dublin HQ, signals US-EU alignment on drone delivery rules
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford traveled to Dublin last week to meet with Manna drone delivery founder Bobby Healy at the company’s headquarters. The visit, which also included Avtrain CEO Julie Garland and representatives from the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), centered…
Choctaw Nation lands $2M federal grant to fly medical supplies across Oklahoma’s rural reservation
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) just received a $2 million SMART (Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build out a drone-based medical delivery network across its 10,923-square-mile reservation in southeastern Oklahoma. The…
DJI Lito Rumors Hint at a New Lightweight Drone for 2026
DJI usually introduces new drones with glossy trailers, dramatic lighting, and enough slow motion propeller footage to convince you this thing will change your life. DJI Lito did not get that treatment. Instead, it appeared quietly in FCC documents, like…
FAA NOTAM Creates Mobile No-Fly Zones That Could Affect Drone Pilots Nationwide
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I have four stories for you this week. An FAA NOTAM is creating mobile no-fly zones, and it’s a bit of an issue. The FAA has reopened the comment period for BVLOS rulemaking…
FAA Reopens BVLOS Comment Period With Tight Two-Week Deadline
The FAA is reopening the comment period for its Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) rulemaking, but operators have just two weeks to respond. Comments open January 28 and close February 11, 2026. The reopened comment period focuses specifically on…
U-ELCOME and Eurocontrol Publish U-space Handbook: 70 Lessons That Could Accelerate BVLOS Operations Across Europe
After three years and more than 1,000 drone flights across France, Italy, and Spain, the U-ELCOME consortium has distilled its operational experience into a single document that could reshape how European nations approach U-space deployment. The U-space Implementation Handbook arrives…
Zipline reaches $7.6 billion valuation as Valor Equity Partners leads $600 million funding round
Watching Zipline’s trajectory from a Rwanda-based medical delivery startup to America’s largest autonomous delivery network has been one of the defining stories in commercial drone aviation. The company just reached a $7.6 billion valuation with a $600 million funding round…
Dutch Beach Rescue Brigades Adopt DJI Drones for Summer 2026, Following Australia’s Proven Model
Growing up in Noordwijk, I spent countless summers watching the volunteer lifeguards patrol our North Sea beaches. Now, those same rescue brigades are preparing to join a global movement that has already saved lives from Queensland to Coney Island. The…
Why Amazon’s Darlington Drone Flights Are a Calculation, Not Just a Test
Walking through the logistics of Amazon’s latest UK announcement, it’s clear that the selection of Darlington isn’t just about finding a convenient warehouse—it’s about finding the perfect regulatory battleground. While the broader media is buzzing about “packages from the sky,”…
FAA Designates First New Drone Test Sites in Nearly a Decade: What It Means for Part 108
I’ve been following Indiana’s push for test site designation since we covered their bid last month, and today the FAA made it official. But the real story isn’t just that we have two new test sites. It’s that the Trump…