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Iranian Operative Nabbed at LAX Over $70M Sudan Drone Deal
Federal agents arrested 44-year-old Shamim Mafi at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday night as she tried to board a flight to Turkey. Prosecutors say the Woodland Hills resident spent years brokering Iranian weapons deals, including a $70 million contract…
Pentagon Requests $75 Billion For Drones In FY27, With DAWG Getting The Largest Year-Over-Year Boost Of Any Defense Program
Pentagon’s FY27 budget earmarks $75B for drones, with $54.6B for DAWG, the largest year-over-year boost of any defense program. Full analysis and what’s next.
UK’s Biggest Drone Package Yet: 120,000 UAVs for Ukraine
The UK Ministry of Defence announced on April 15 that Britain will deliver at least 120,000 drones to Ukraine by the end of 2026. Defence Secretary John Healey made the announcement ahead of the 34th Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting…
DJI Books NAB Show 2026 Booth While Americans Can’t Buy The Pocket 4
DJI will occupy Booth C6719 at the Las Vegas Convention Center when NAB Show 2026 opens April 19, showing off its Ronin and Osmo product lines to the broadcast industry for four days straight. The company confirmed its attendance in…
FAA Clears Military to Use Anti-Drone Lasers in U.S. Airspace After Two-Month Standoff
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the U.S. military formal clearance on Friday to use high-energy lasers against suspected drones in U.S. airspace, ending a two-month interagency dispute that twice shut down commercial flight operations over the Texas-Mexico border. FAA…
Colorado Springs Drones First on Scene 61% of Calls
The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is telling the full story of what seven drones stationed across the city are actually doing, and the numbers are hard to argue with. In an interview with KKTV published April 6, 2026, CSPD…
Harvard Students Build Fixed-Wing VTOL Drone to Track Sperm Whales in Dominica
Two Harvard mechanical engineering seniors have built a fixed-wing VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) drone from scratch to help marine biologists locate sperm whales tagged with VHF (very high frequency) transmitters off the coast of Dominica, according to a project…
Drone Catches Fleeing Driver in Beaverton Backyards
A hit-and-run suspect who crashed into two cars and ran through residential yards in Beaverton, Oregon, didn’t get far. Washington County’s new Drone as First Responder program tracked him from above and guided deputies straight to him. The arrest on…
WSJ exposes Chinese parts inside America’s humanoid robots, and Congress is already running the DJI playbook
The Wall Street Journal published an investigation this week revealing that America’s most prominent humanoid robots, including Tesla’s Optimus and products from Figure AI, depend heavily on Chinese-manufactured components for their most basic physical functions. The WSJ report (paywall) by…
Oregon Tells FCC: Build Drone Test Sites in Mountains, Not Just Labs
The Oregon Department of Aviation (ODAV) has drafted an eight-point response to the Federal Communications Commission’s April 1 public notice on “Unleashing American Drone Dominance” (GN Docket No. 26-74), and it reads less like a bureaucratic comment filing and more…
FCC Opens Public Comment on Spectrum and Licensing Reforms to Advance U.S. Drone Industry
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released Public Notice DA 26-314 on April 1, 2026, asking the drone industry, investors, and defense stakeholders what the agency needs to fix to help the United States lead the global drone race. Comments are…
China built the world’s drone industry, now it’s grounding its own pilots
China is imposing some of the harshest drone restrictions on the planet, even as its government pours billions into building a “low-altitude economy” around the same technology. The New York Times reports that new regulations taking effect in May will…