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Michigan Becomes National Drone War Lab
Michigan is no longer just talking about drones. It just secured the airspace to prove it. The U.S. Department of Defense has officially designated Michigan’s National All Domain Warfighting Center as a National Range for Deep Uncrewed Aerial Systems training,…
Amazon Prime Air launches in Kansas City, its seventh US market, days after Texas drone crash
Amazon activated Prime Air drone delivery in Kansas City, Kansas today, February 9, making it the seventh metropolitan area in the United States to receive the service, as reported by KCTV5. The launch comes just five days after an MK30 drone crashed into a Richardson, Texas…
Dearborn Launches Michigan’s First DFR Program
Dearborn is officially airborne. As of February 2, 2026, the City of Dearborn has rolled out a full scale Drone as First Responder program, making it the first city in Michigan to deploy drones as an integrated, citywide emergency response…
Battle Creek Builds BVLOS Backbone for Drone Flights
Battle Creek, Michigan is quietly laying the groundwork to become one of the most advanced drone and autonomous aviation hubs in the United States, as Second Wave Media reports. The city is not focused on flashy demos or short term…
Michigan Proposes Massive 15-Bill Drone Regulation Package, New Unofficial Speed Record Set, and Super Bowl No-Fly Zone
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week. Michigan proposes a controversial 15-bill drone regulation package. A new unofficial drone speed record has been set. Police use a thermal drone to track down…
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…
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…
JBER warns Alaska drone pilots: fly here and you risk an F-22 collision
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, is home to F-22 Raptors and C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft. It is also surrounded by some of the most photogenic terrain on the planet. That combination creates a problem the base’s counter-drone team…
Michigan’s 15-Bill SHIELD Drone Package Collides With Federal Law It Claims to Respect
Michigan legislators just introduced the most ambitious state drone regulation package in the country. It also has the most obvious federal preemption problems of any state drone package in the country. The 15-bill SHIELD legislation, sponsored by state Rep. William…
Agri Spray Drones and WinField United Team Up
Agri Spray Drones and WinField United have entered a new co marketing agreement aimed squarely at accelerating the adoption of spray drones across modern agriculture, blending hardware, chemistry, and agronomic know how into a single, more polished pitch for growers,…
Finnish Police Shoot Suspect Who Downed Their Drone In Nurmijärvi Standoff
A suspect in Nurmijärvi, Finland shot down a police surveillance drone during a standoff at a private residence. He then tried to leave the cordoned area while still armed. Police shot him. The suspect survived with non-life-threatening injuries. The drone…
ABZ Innovation Raises €7M as European Ag Drone Maker Bets on Post-DJI Ban Opportunity
The day after Drone Nerds added Hungarian-made agricultural drones to its US product lineup, the manufacturer behind them announced a €7 million funding round. The timing is not coincidental. ABZ Innovation, a Budapest-based heavy-duty agricultural drone manufacturer, closed the round…