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New Jersey Drones: Your comprehensive source for drone regulations, news, and events in the Garden State. From FAA restrictions and commercial operations to recreational flying, we cover the latest developments affecting drone pilots in New Jersey. Stay informed about temporary flight restrictions (TFRs), local ordinances, and industry updates that impact both commercial operators and hobbyists. Our coverage includes key areas like Newark, Atlantic City, Jersey City, and the Jersey Shore’s unique drone operation requirements.
Connecticut Mystery Drones Land On Norwich Rooftops As Police Investigate And World Cup Airspace Tightens
Residents of Norwich, Connecticut say large drones have been hovering just above their homes after dark, shining a spotlight into a backyard and, in one account, landing on a rooftop. Norwich police opened an investigation after an officer watched one…
The New York Times Spent 10 Minutes On AI Farming And Forgot The Drones Spraying The Fields
The New York Times Magazine published a feature on June 5 about the technology rewiring American agriculture, and the one machine actually flying over these fields barely made the cut. Robotic milkers, laser weeders, and driverless tractors each got a…
NYPD Spends $6.5M To Stand Up Counter-Drone Unit Built To Outlast The World Cup
The New York City Police Department now has trained officers and certified equipment to electronically disable hostile drones in city airspace, a capability reserved until December for a small group of federal agencies. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed the department…
FBI Counter-Drone Force For World Cup 2026 Will Run Just 60 Officers Across 11 Host Cities
The FBI will field roughly 60 specially trained state and local police officers across FIFA World Cup 2026 venues to detect and electronically disable hostile drones, according to a Bloomberg report published May 15. The bureau takes direct command of…
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.…
Joby Aviation’s Manhattan Demo Closes Quieter Than I Expected: A Witness Account From Blade Lounge East
Joby Aviation closed its New York City flight campaign on Friday afternoon with a final piloted demonstration into Blade Lounge East at the East 34th Street Heliport, and I was on the pad when N545JX touched down. The aircraft came…
United Walks Back San Diego “Drone Strike” After Boeing 737 Inspection Shows No Damage
A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 on final approach to San Diego International Airport reported hitting a drone at roughly 3,000 feet on the morning of April 29, 2026. Hours later, that story had quietly fallen apart. United Flight 1980, a…
New Jersey Spray Drone Theft Ends With Recovery, But No Arrests as Federal Investigation Stays Open
New Jersey State Police have recovered all fifteen agricultural spray drones stolen from a Harrison warehouse last month, but the investigation is far from closed. The drones were found April 27 inside Prudent Corporation‘s storage facility in Dover, roughly 30…
Skyports Begins Year-Long East River Medical Drone Run Between Manhattan and Brooklyn
Skyports Drone Services starts a 12-month commercial drone trial today, flying light pharmaceuticals across New York’s East River between Manhattan’s Downtown Skyport and the Brooklyn Marine Terminal under contract with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The…
Joby Aviation Flies JFK to Manhattan in NYC’s First Point-to-Point eVTOL Demos
Joby Aviation completed New York City’s first point-to-point electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi demonstration flights this past weekend, the company announced this morning. The aircraft, tail number N545JX, departed John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and landed…
FBI Probes Theft Of 15 Agricultural Spray Drones In New Jersey As Iran War Heightens Bioterror Fears
Fifteen agricultural spray drones were stolen from a New Jersey location last month in what the FBI is treating as a sophisticated, possibly coordinated theft, according to reporting by national security journalists Jack Murphy and Sean D. Naylor at The…
Drone Delivery Could Unlock $16B in Profits, Barclays Says
Barclays published research on Wednesday arguing that autonomous food delivery, driven by sidewalk robots and drones, could cut per-order costs to roughly $1 in the long term. The British bank sees about $16 billion in unlocked annual profit across the…
