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FCC Opens Public Comment on Spectrum and Licensing Reforms to Advance U.S. Drone Industry
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released Public Notice DA 26-314 on April 1, 2026, asking the drone industry, investors, and defense stakeholders what the agency needs to fix to help the United States lead the global drone race. Comments are…
China built the world’s drone industry, now it’s grounding its own pilots
China is imposing some of the harshest drone restrictions on the planet, even as its government pours billions into building a “low-altitude economy” around the same technology. The New York Times reports that new regulations taking effect in May will…
Your First Drone Under $300. Everything You Need to Know.
So You Want to Fly a Drone Hi, future pilot. My name is Rafa, and for the better part of the last eight years I have been flying, buying, talking about on my youtube channel, crashing, fixing, writing about them,…
Freefly Systems Sets Freefly Fest 2026 for August 19 Near Seattle
Freefly Systems will hold its 5th annual Freefly Fest on August 19, 2026, just outside Seattle, Washington. Chief Revenue Officer Matt Isenbarger announced the date on LinkedIn, describing the event as a day of hands-on demos, BBQ, and tours of…
U.S. Marines and South Korea Just Practiced Shooting Down Suicide Drones
For the first time on public record, American forces have disclosed live-fire drone interception training during a combined exercise with South Korea. U.S. Marine Corps forces deployed from Okinawa, Japan, conducted the training on March 18 at the Daecheon Shooting…
A Flock Drone Now Guards Georgia’s Most Notorious Jail
The Fulton County Jail has been many things over the years: overcrowded, federally scrutinized, the subject of a consent decree, and home to one of the more infamous booking photos in recent American history. Now it’s also the site of…
FCC Bans Foreign Routers Citing Security Risks — The Same Playbook Used To Ground DJI
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on March 23, 2026, banned the import of all new foreign-made consumer wireless routers, adding them to its Covered List after a White House-convened interagency panel determined they pose “a severe cybersecurity risk that could…
New Jersey College Adds Counter-Drone Training to Its Curriculum
Warren County Community College has been quietly building one of the best drone training programs in America from a campus in Washington, New Jersey that most people in the industry couldn’t find on a map. Now it’s adding something no…
Zipline Adds $200M to Series H, Bringing Total to $800M as Repeat Orders Drive Faster-Than-Expected Growth
Zipline has closed an additional $200 million on top of its Series H round, pushing the total to $800 million, TechCrunch reported. The new capital includes participation from crypto investment firm Paradigm and arrives ahead of schedule. “Things have moved…
2nd Cavalry Scouts With Drones, Not Soldiers
In a forest near Grafenwöhr, Germany, the scouts of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment are doing something that would have been science fiction to the cavalrymen who rode these same European roads eighty years ago, as 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment…
Anduril FURY Combat Drone Production Starts at Ohio’s Arsenal-1 as US Military Urgency Grows
Anduril Industries will begin building its FURY “loyal wingman” high-speed combat drone within days at its new Arsenal-1 facility in Pickaway County, south of Columbus, Ohio, according to a Reuters report published March 19, 2026 (paywalled). The nearly $1 billion…
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…