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FAA Administrator Bedford visits Manna’s Dublin HQ, signals US-EU alignment on drone delivery rules
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford traveled to Dublin last week to meet with Manna drone delivery founder Bobby Healy at the company’s headquarters. The visit, which also included Avtrain CEO Julie Garland and representatives from the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), centered…
Choctaw Nation lands $2M federal grant to fly medical supplies across Oklahoma’s rural reservation
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) just received a $2 million SMART (Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build out a drone-based medical delivery network across its 10,923-square-mile reservation in southeastern Oklahoma. The…
China’s PLA Demos 200-Drone Swarm Controlled by Single Soldier, Revealing the Pentagon’s Worst Nightmare
The People’s Liberation Army broadcast footage this week of a single operator directing 200 fixed-wing drones launched simultaneously from multiple vehicles. The test, conducted by the PLA-affiliated National University of Defence Technology (NUDT), aired on Chinese state television Tuesday and…
FAA Adds Two New UAS Test Sites, NOAA Deploys Weather Drones, and SiFly Partners with Taranis for Crop Intelligence
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. The FAA is adding two new UAS test sites. NOAA is officially using drones for daily weather forecasting. And SiFly and Taranis are teaming up…
Georgia Army National Guard Launches State’s First FPV Drone Training Program
The Georgia Army National Guard this month launched its first dedicated drone pilot training program, joining a growing list of state Guard units racing to build FPV drone expertise following lessons learned from Ukraine’s battlefield. The 12-day Unmanned Aerial Systems…
FAA Designates First New Drone Test Sites in Nearly a Decade: What It Means for Part 108
I’ve been following Indiana’s push for test site designation since we covered their bid last month, and today the FAA made it official. But the real story isn’t just that we have two new test sites. It’s that the Trump…
Meet the UAVs Used at the US Department of War’s “Drone School”
When people hear “drone school,” they often imagine a room full of soldiers flying quadcopters into walls like it’s their first time with a PlayStation controller. The reality is far more serious, far more technical, and considerably more expensive. The…
Oklahoma Prisons Step Up Drone Defenses After 6,000 Phones Smuggled In
Drones have become a serious and persistent security threat inside Oklahoma state prisons, fundamentally changing how contraband enters correctional facilities, as Koko 5 ABC reports. According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, drones have been used to deliver illegal items…
DJI Drones Save American Lives: Here’s The Proof Politicians Are Ignoring Before December 23
We have been reporting on the DJI ban for over a year, but today we are publishing something different: a comprehensive, documented record of American lives saved by the very drones that will be banned in nine days. DroneXL reader…
DJI Ends Support, Matrice 30 Rescue, Shots Fired at Police Drone, 374 mph FPV Drone!
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week. DJI is ending support for certain drones and payloads, and we’re going to talk about which ones. We have a drone that helps rescue a…
DJI Drone Helps Find Missing Elderly Man in the Cold
A DJI drone helped rescue a missing 90-year-old Atoka County man who spent nearly 12 hours lost in freezing temperatures. Wagoner County Emergency Management deployed its team after Oklahoma officials called for help. Ground crews, horses, and even the National…
How SHARK Uses Drones To Fight Animal Cruelty
Cockfighting is illegal in every state, yet the events continue in hidden barns, remote fields and behind fences built to block curious eyes. But these fences are no match for drones. Showing Animals Respect and Kindness, better known as SHARK,…