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DJI Ban Debate Forces Police and Fire Agencies to Build Drone Programs That Can Survive Washington
A detailed governance framework published by Police1 makes the case that the central challenge for U.S. public safety agencies is no longer whether DJI belongs on a federal watchlist — it’s whether agencies have built drone programs capable of surviving…
Ukrainian FPV Drone Takes Down $16M Russian Ka-52 Near Pokrovsk, Killing Both Pilots
A Ukrainian FPV drone shot down a Russian Ka-52 “Alligator” attack helicopter in the Pokrovsk sector on March 20, 2026, according to Ukrainian civil society activist Serhii Sternenko, who posted documentation and video to his Telegram channel. The strike was…
ShadowBreak Intl’s “Flying Sword” Drone Is a 450 km/h Kinetic Projectile With No Warhead Required
Samuel Cardillo, CEO of ShadowBreak Intl and former CTO of RTFKT Studios (acquired by Nike), is publicly testing a high-speed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) he calls the “Flying Sword,” a platform designed to destroy targets through kinetic impact alone, with…
Swarmer’s IPO Soars 950% as Investors Bet on Ukraine-Proven Drone Swarm Software
Swarmer (SWMR), an Austin, Texas-based company whose drone coordination software has run more than 100,000 combat missions in Ukraine, became the best-performing IPO of the year after its shares surged roughly 950% above their $5 offering price in just two…
Ukraine Brings $35–50 Billion Drone Deal Back To US Talks As Trump Insists Washington Doesn’t Need Kyiv’s Help
Ukraine’s negotiating team will push a long-stalled drone production deal when it meets with US officials on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Friday, March 20. According to Bloomberg, Zelenskyy said he remains ready to sign the agreement whenever Trump…
Barksdale Air Force Base Hit by Coordinated Drone Swarm at America’s Nuclear Bomber Hub
A confidential military briefing leaked to ABC News reveals that what looked like a single drone sighting at Barksdale Air Force Base on March 9 was actually the opening act of a week-long coordinated intrusion campaign. Between March 9 and…
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…
FAA Eliminates Warning Letters for Invisible DHS TFR Violations — What Drone Pilots Need to Know
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. The FAA is escalating enforcement on the controversial DHS TFR, that same TFR is getting its first federal court challenge, and the Forest Service is…
DJI Revokes Operator’s Certificate After Agricultural Drone Used to Lift Person 10 Meters Into the Air
An agricultural drone built to spray citrus trees got used to hoist a person more than 10 meters off the ground in Fengjie County, Chongqing. DJI identified the violation through its own inspection process and responded accordingly: the operator, identified…
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FCC Exempts Four Foreign Drone Models From Import Ban as DJI Court Battle Continues
Our earlier report today confirmed the news: the FCC has removed the first four drone systems from its “Covered List.” What that report didn’t have space to unpack is the regulatory logic behind the timing and the specific manufacturers chosen.…
America Keeps Buying Expensive Drones. China Keeps Building Millions of Cheap Ones.
A Substack analysis by Kate McKenna has been circulating hard in defense circles this week, and the numbers inside deserve a wider audience. Eleven MQ-9 Reapers downed in under two weeks. $330 million gone, lost to Iranian surface-to-air missiles and…
This FPV Pilot Fixed the DJI Neo 2 With Tape
Tom Palmaers is a Belgian FPV pilot, firefighter, and tactical drone instructor at BSSHOLLAND who has built a quiet but serious reputation in the global FPV community for doing something most pilots don’t bother with: actually understanding what’s happening inside…