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FlyGuys Backs Elevate Scholarship for Second Year
FlyGuys is returning as a partner for the Elevate Scholarship Program, joining the National Center for Autonomous Technologies to offer 300 scholarships that cover the $175 FAA Part 107 remote pilot test fee, as sUAS News reports. The program targets…
Chula Vista PD’s DFR Drone Program Crosses 25,000 Missions
The Chula Vista Police Department announced this week that its Drone as First Responder (DFR) program has surpassed 25,000 missions since launch, making the agency that pioneered the entire model in 2018 the clearest proof yet that drone-led emergency response…
FCC Extends Foreign Drone Firmware Waiver to 2029, FAA Locks Down World Cup Airspace, Pierce Aerospace Builds Remote ID Network for NASA
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I have three stories for you this week. First up, the FCC extends the firmware waiver for foreign drones. That’s kind of an interesting one. The FAA announces some strict no drone zones…
DJI Debuts Osmo Pocket 4P at Cannes Film Festival, Press Release Holds Back Specs and US Availability
DJI unveiled the Osmo Pocket 4P at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival today, positioning the handheld gimbal camera as the company’s cinema-tier consumer device. The reveal landed at 2:00 PM Eastern, 8:00 PM CEST, on day three of the 79th…
Michigan House Passes 2 Of 15 SHIELD Drone Bills, Both Aimed At Chinese-Made Aircraft Procurement
The Michigan House on Tuesday passed two of the 15 bills in the SHIELD Michigan drone package, sending procurement restrictions on Chinese-made drones to the Senate while leaving the most legally contested provisions stalled in the House. House Bills 5329…
Fresno’s Skydio X10 Drones Catch Dick’s Sporting Goods Thieves
Fresno Police arrested two suspects last week after a Skydio X10 drone tracked their getaway car from a Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Northwest Fresno, marking another high-visibility win for the city’s recently launched Drone as First Responder program, as…
German Researchers Fire Steel Chains to Down Drones
Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has proposed something that sounds like medieval warfare with a modern twist. Their answer to the country’s growing drone problem? Fire steel chains at quadcopters from a 40mm launcher and let physics do the…
Robinson Unmanned At XPONENTIAL: Spirit Modular Demo Impresses; Helius Pre-Orders Wait Another Six Months
On the outdoor demo pad in front of Huntington Place at XPONENTIAL 2026 Detroit, Robinson Unmanned Head of Flight Operations Matt Donofrio set a black Spirit coaxial drone on its carbon fiber landing legs while a colleague hand-launched the pocket-sized…
Manna Air Delivery’s Healy At XPONENTIAL: Manufacturing Moving From Dublin To Tulsa
Six weeks ago, in a press release issued through the Irish government’s Enterprise Ireland agency, Manna Air Delivery CEO Bobby Healy called Ireland “the foundation of everything we do” and committed to designing and building drones in Dublin. On Tuesday…
AUVSI’s Robbins Defends Broader-Than-Asked FCC Drone Ban; Pentagon’s Cadenazzi Sets 2026 Section 805 Pilot Timeline
AUVSI President and CEO Michael Robbins opened the association’s XPONENTIAL Detroit conference Tuesday morning, May 12, by reframing how the largest drone industry lobby in the United States talks about the FCC’s December 22, 2025 sweep of all foreign-made drones…
HYFIX Launches U.S.-Made H1P Chip Module for Small Drones
HYFIX Spatial Intelligence is rolling out its H1P Positioning, Navigation, and Open-Compute Module for small unmanned systems, with samples and evaluation kits available immediately. The Santa Clara, California company is showcasing the H1P at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2026 in Detroit this…
Solar Impulse 2 Crashes Into Gulf After Skydweller Conversion
The aircraft that once made aviation history by circumnavigating the globe on sunlight alone is now at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Solar Impulse 2, the record-setting solar plane built by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, crashed during…