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BBC’s Secret 950-Drone Titanic Stuns Belfast Harbor
The BBC used 950 drones to recreate the RMS Titanic above the very waters where the original ship was built.
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WSJ exposes Chinese parts inside America’s humanoid robots, and Congress is already running the DJI playbook
WSJ reveals Tesla, Figure AI humanoid robots depend on Chinese parts. Congress is using the same ban strategy it deployed against DJI drones.
FAA
Oregon Tells FCC: Build Drone Test Sites in Mountains, Not Just Labs
Oregon DOA files FCC drone dominance comments proposing three mountain test sites, spectrum reform, and a waiver process for public safety drone operations.
DJI
No Pilot Required: Skyports and HOCHTIEF Are Surveying a German Bridge From Spain
Somewhere in Germany, a massive bridge is being built. Somewhere in Spain, a drone pilot is watching it happen in real time — without leaving the office. That’s not science fiction. That’s the DJI Dock 2 doing its thing, as Heliguy reported. Skyports Drone Services has partnered with construction giant HOCHTIEF to deploy a fully-automated…
Skydio
Skydio Opens Zürich R&D Office, Returning Its Own Alumni to the Lab That Trained Them
Skydio opens a Zürich R&D office focused on GPS-denied navigation and multi-drone coordination, led by a PhD alum of the lab that trained him.
Department of Defense
FCC Opens Public Comment on Spectrum and Licensing Reforms to Advance U.S. Drone Industry
FCC Public Notice DA 26-314 asks the drone industry to fix spectrum access, licensing delays, and Counter-UAS legal barriers before the 2027 exemption cliff.
Drone as First Responder
Mithril Defense Puts Pepper-Gel Drones in High School Hallways — And Two States Are Paying for It
Mithril Defense is deploying Black Arrow drones in Florida high schools to stop active shooters in 15 seconds. Two states are funding it. Here's what the WSJ missed.
China
Chinese Researchers Release Open-Source Flight Control Software for Bamboo Drones
Researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University’s (NPU) School of Civil Aviation in Xi’an, China have published what they describe as the world’s first open-source flight control system built specifically for bamboo-frame unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), releasing the software and hardware configuration files free to any developer worldwide. The paper appeared on February 28 in the journal…
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