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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…
ACLU releases major drone surveillance report, House passes ACERO Act, and South Carolina considers restrictive drone bill
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. The ACLU releases a major report on drone surveillance and airspace restriction. The House passes the ACERO Act for wildfire drone operations. And a questionable…
DRONERESPONDERS SAR Working Group Hosts May 19 Virtual Meetup on Drone Pilot Training
DRONERESPONDERS and the Mountain Rescue Association (MRA) have scheduled their next Search and Rescue (SAR) Working Group virtual roundtable for May 19, 2026. The session focuses on training — specifically how to become a more efficient small Unmanned Aircraft Systems…
House Passes ACERO Act Unanimously, Sending Drone Wildfire Bill to Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 390, the Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) Act, by a unanimous vote on February 24, 2026, sending the bipartisan wildfire drone bill to the Senate. Sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong (R-CA-20)…
Germany Funds 15,000 STRILA Interceptor Drones for Ukraine’s National Guard as Shahed War Enters Industrial Phase
Germany is funding the production of 15,000 Ukrainian-made STRILA interceptor drones for the National Guard of Ukraine, according to an announcement from the German Embassy in Ukraine on March 23. The multimillion-euro agreement — signed in Kyiv in the presence…
Rutgers Built a Drone That Flies Like a Bird and Has No Moving Parts
Engineers at Rutgers University have designed a solid-state ornithopter, a bird-like flying robot with no motors, no gears, and no mechanical linkages of any kind, and proven in simulation that it can fly. The catch is honest and refreshingly so:…
Aurex Opens 65,000 Square Feet of Secure Defense Manufacturing
Aurex, the Huntsville-based aerospace and defense company formerly known as Special Aerospace Services, has formally announced 65,000 square feet of secure manufacturing capacity across two facilities, one in Huntsville, Alabama and one in Denver, Colorado, built and ready now for…
AeroVironment Acquires ESAero in $200M Deal
AeroVironment just announced on a press release that has acquired Empirical Systems Aerospace in a transaction valued at approximately $200 million, adding a certified aerospace prototyping and manufacturing operation to a company that has spent the last twelve months aggressively…
UK Eyes Drones to Unlock Strait of Hormuz
Britain is drawing up plans to send autonomous minesweeping drones to the Strait of Hormuz as Iran’s threat to international shipping pushes oil prices past $100 a barrel. The UK won’t send warships, as Trump demanded over the weekend. Instead,…
Parallel Flight Firefly Clears FAA Hurdle, Heads to Market
California’s Parallel Flight Technologies just received the regulatory green light that changes everything for the company. The FAA has granted the Firefly heavy-lift drone a Section 44807 exemption, authorizing commercial operations in U.S. airspace, as UAVHQ reported. This is not…
Shahed-136 vs. LUCAS: The $35,000 Drone the US Reverse-Engineered From Iran Is Now Being Used Against It
That nasal piston buzz is hard to forget. Anyone who has watched footage from the Gulf over the past week, the kind shot from rooftops in Bahrain and apartment blocks in Dubai, recognizes the Shahed-136’s approach sound before the visual…
NASA’s Dragonfly Enters Full Assembly Phase as $3.35B Budget and Schedule Risks Loom Over 2028 Launch
Full rotorcraft integration on NASA’s Dragonfly octocopter began in early 2026 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland — the same facility where engineers spent the past three years validating rotor performance in simulated Titan conditions.…