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Weekly UAS News: Oregon Exposes FCC Ban Costs, DJI’s 96% Market Share, Export Rule Changes, Illegal Drone Deer Scouting, and a 925-Foot Tower Rescue
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have five stories for you this week. First up, Oregon exposes the real cost of the FCC ban. Second, a very interesting FAA study that reveals drone market shares. Third, the Commerce…
Medford Drone Catches Drive-By Shooter at Walmart
A man suspected of firing multiple rounds into a Medford apartment complex was arrested without incident Tuesday morning. A drone spotted him first. It’s a clean, quiet example of police drone work done exactly right. From Swing Lane to the…
FAA research: DJI accounts for 96% of detected US drone platforms. The FCC banned DJI in December.
New FAA-funded research puts a hard number on what every drone pilot already knows: DJI is the US drone market. Not most of it. Nearly all of it. The ASSURE A83 2025 Annual Report, produced by researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical…
Oregon Exposes the Real Cost of the DJI Ban: 25 States Report 467 Restricted Drones and Up to $2 Billion in National Exposure
The Oregon Department of Aviation (ODAV) just did something no federal agency has bothered to do: it counted the damage. A new white paper compiled by ODAV through the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) surveyed 25 state transportation…
Thermal Drone Pulls Injured Dog From Oregon Pond
A dog named Sweetie spent the night alone, injured, and hidden in a freezing retention pond. A drone found her in minutes. This is exactly why DFR programs exist, as Oregon Live reports. Sweetie’s Long Night in Happy Valley The…
Amazon Prime Air hosts community meet-and-greet in Tinley Park ahead of Chicago suburbs drone delivery launch
Amazon is bringing its Prime Air drone delivery service to Chicago’s south suburbs this summer, and the company wants to introduce itself to the neighbors first. As Patch reports, a free community meet-and-greet is scheduled for Monday, March 2 at…
Amazon Prime Air launches in Kansas City, its seventh US market, days after Texas drone crash
Amazon activated Prime Air drone delivery in Kansas City, Kansas today, February 9, making it the seventh metropolitan area in the United States to receive the service, as reported by KCTV5. The launch comes just five days after an MK30 drone crashed into a Richardson, Texas…
Amazon Delivery Drone Crashes in North Texas
An Amazon Prime Air delivery drone crashed into the side of an apartment complex in Richardson, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon, creating a brief moment of panic, a cloud of smoke, and a reminder that even futuristic delivery dreams still run…
Clark County expands drone-approved parks from 8 to 28 after local pilots lobbied the commission
Clark County, Nevada just gave recreational drone pilots in the Las Vegas area something they rarely get: more places to fly. The county’s Department of Parks and Recreation updated its Drone/UAV Operation Policy on November 10, 2025, expanding the list…
Drone delays LifeFlight helicopter carrying critically ill child at Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah
A surveying drone flying directly above a LifeFlight helicopter at Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi, Utah forced all air operations to halt while a child in critical care waited for emergency transport to another facility. The Lehi City Police Department…
How Windracers’ ULTRA MK2 Drone Will Save Lives in Madagascar
Windracers’ ULTRA MK2 drone is headed to Madagascar on a World Food Programme (WFP) contract, focused on getting supplies to challenging locations that would otherwise take hours, if not days to reach. Madagascar is the kind of environment that exposes…
FCC Confirms Drone Firmware Updates Will Continue Until January 2027
The Federal Communications Commission just answered the question that’s been keeping drone pilots up at night since December. In a new order released yesterday, the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology confirmed that DJI, Autel, and other covered drone manufacturers…