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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…
DJI AVATA 360 Leak: Low pricing, replaceable lenses, next teaser date
For everyone waiting on the DJI Avata 360; you are in for a surprise and you are going to be spoiled in the coming weeks. DJI is setting things up to absolutely destroy the competition (Antigravity A1) and the prices…
Oklahoma Is Building the Drone Workforce From the Classroom Up
Oklahoma just showed the rest of the country what aerospace education leadership actually looks like. And it started with teachers. Two Days at OSU That Actually Matter On February 27 and 28, the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics teamed…
Gilroy Greenlights Drone as First Responder Pilot
The Gilroy City Council just approved its first Drone as First Responder program. The city gets the whole first year for free, as KSBW reported. That’s not a minor detail. That’s the kind of low-stakes entry point that gets hesitant…
Clearwater Police Launch Skydio Drone Program for Spring Break
One drone. 45 seconds to scene. A 2.5-mile beach packed with tens of thousands of people. Clearwater just made a smart bet, and the aircraft they chose says a lot about where American law enforcement is headed, as WTSP reports.…
Tulsa Deputies Used An Autel EVO II to Disarm a Suicidal Man
No shots fired. No physical confrontation. A deputy spoke through a drone from 200 yards away and a man with a gun laid down and surrendered. This is what de-escalation looks like in 2026. A Crisis Call on the West…
Portland, Maine Police Department Gets Council Approval for Axon-Skydio Drone After Earlier Rejection
When Portland police have needed a drone in the past, they borrowed one. That changes now. The Portland City Council voted Monday night to approve a $45,316 purchase for the Portland Police Department’s first dedicated drone — a Skydio aircraft…
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…
Portland, Maine City Council Votes Again on Police Drone Under Maine’s Strict UAV Law
The $45,000 drone Portland police want has been stuck in political limbo since November 2025, when the council rejected it 4-3. Now, under Order 88-25/26, the Portland City Council faces the same vote again — and the same legal reality:…
Skydio DFR Command Hits 10 Million Calls
Ten million calls for service. Let’s sink that in. 10,000,000 people needing help, reporting an emergency.That’s not a product milestone. That’s a proof of concept that just became undeniable. The Number That Changes the Conversation Skydio just announced that its…
Summerville DFR Launches With Nokia and Motorola Solutions
Correction (March 9, 2026): An earlier version of this article’s headline included BRINC alongside Nokia and Motorola Solutions, which incorrectly implied BRINC was part of the Summerville Police Department deployment. BRINC is a Motorola Solutions portfolio investment referenced in the…
Skydio X10 Drone Finds Missing Alzheimer’s Patient in 24 Minutes
A 76 year old woman with Alzheimer’s walked out of her home into a cold Colorado evening. Within 24 minutes, a drone had found her standing in live traffic. That is not a futuristic concept. It happened last week in…