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Olathe Drone Ordinance Pulled, and the ICE NOTAM Shows Why Pilots Have to Fight at Every Level
The Olathe, Kansas City Council was scheduled to vote Tuesday night on an ordinance that would have banned drone takeoffs and landings within one mile of any temporary event in the city drawing 100 or more people. The rule would…
Purdue Bets Big on AI to Automate the Skies
Purdue University just put its full weight behind a future where one drone pilot coordinates dozens of aircraft at once. The Indiana research powerhouse is expanding a cluster of AI and autonomy programs that could fundamentally reshape how drones operate…
FAA Drops Section 2209 NPRM After Decade-Long Wait, Industry Has 60 Days To Shape The Rule
The Federal Aviation Administration filed its long-overdue Section 2209 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for public inspection this morning, opening a 60-day comment window that will determine how thousands of fixed-site facilities can apply for permanent drone restrictions over their property.…
NC Guard and UK Forces Train Together on Drone Integration
On April 15, 2026, North Carolina National Guard soldiers and airmen conducted a joint unmanned aerial systems exercise alongside the British Army’s 101st Royal Regiment of Artillery in New London, North Carolina, as the ARMY website reported. The training was…
Coast Guard Deploys Saildrone Vessels on Great Lakes This Summer
The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District is putting autonomous sail drones on the water starting this month. Running from May through October 2026, these uncrewed surface vehicles will patrol all five Great Lakes as part of a contract focused…
St. Charles County Clears Path for BRINC Drone Program
St. Charles County, Missouri just passed the ordinance it needed to get drones over emergency calls. The county council approved a measure allowing the St. Charles County Police Department to establish memorandums of understanding with schools, municipal facilities, and other…
North Las Vegas Teens Train for Drone Pilot Careers
A group of ninth and tenth graders at a North Las Vegas charter school are spending their electives doing something most drone enthusiasts wish they’d started earlier: flying, crashing, troubleshooting, and doing it again. They’re not playing. They have a…
China Flies First Bamboo-Composite UAV in Tianjin
A Chinese research team has flown what it calls the world’s first fixed-wing drone built largely from bamboo. The tilt-rotor UAV took off from a field in Tianjin, climbed, transitioned to forward flight, and came back down on its own…
Poland Taps Ukraine’s Combat Drone Know-How for New Armada
Poland is building a national drone armada, and it’s asking Ukraine to design it. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the joint program on April 27 in Rzeszów, standing alongside Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko at a security conference held…
St. Petersburg PD Puts Skydio X10 Drone Hive on Its Rooftop
The St. Petersburg Police Department has activated a rooftop Drone Hive at its headquarters — three Skydio X10 drones docked and ready to launch within seconds of a priority call. Chief Anthony Holloway announced the expansion this week, and the…
Army Flies DJI Mavic 3 During Live-Fire Exercise in Latvia
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment flew DJI Mavic 3 drones for reconnaissance during a live-fire exercise in Selija, Latvia on April 29, 2026 as reported by DVIDS Hub. The training integrated both offensive drone operations…
Wisk Aero Flies Second Gen 6 Autonomous Air Taxi, Doubling Certification Test Rate
Wisk Aero flew its second Generation 6 autonomous air taxi for the first time on May 4 at the company’s flight test facility in Hollister, California, bringing the Boeing subsidiary’s active certification test fleet to two aircraft for the first…