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FCC Foreign Drone Ban Could Hit US Farmers Where It Hurts Most

When the FCC quietly added foreign made drones and components to its Covered List last week, the move was framed as a clean national

Rafael SuárezJan 3

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US Army’s 10th Mountain Division Goes All In on Attack Drones

The US Army’s 10th Mountain Division has quietly crossed an important line, moving from simply using drones as flying eyes to treating them as frontline weapons, with the formal activation of a brand new unit dedicated entirely to offensive drone operations, as the Army press release states. On December 16, the division stood up Fox…

Rafael SuárezDec 31

China Floods Russia With 328,000 Miles of Drone Cable While Sending Ukraine Just 72—Fueling Moscow’s Battlefield Edge

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Blue UAS Architects Predict 2026 Drone Attack, Highlight Pentagon’s Mass Production Gap

The two officials who built the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit and helped create the Blue UAS framework are warning that a drone attack on US soil is coming in 2026. Their analysis exposes a fundamental tension in American drone policy: the same security-first approach that justified expensive domestic alternatives may have slowed the mass production…

Haye KestelooDec 28

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FCC Banned Foreign Drone Batteries, But China Makes 99% of Them

Yesterday, I wrote about the FCC’s sweeping ban on all foreign-made drones and critical components. Today, the New York Times published an article that exposes a fundamental problem with the administration’s “American drone dominance” strategy: the batteries don’t exist. The FCC’s National Security Determination explicitly lists “batteries and battery management systems” as covered critical compon

Haye KestelooDec 23

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Texas DPS Quietly Built a Border-Scale Drone Fleet

Texas once flirted with the idea of citizens shooting drones out of the sky. Now the state is operating one of the largest law enforcement drone fleets in the country, irony included at no extra charge. Under Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, the Texas Department of Public Safety has gone from zero drones to…

Rafael SuárezDec 18

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NOAA Trains Drones for Oil Spill First Response

Oil spills do not wait politely for paperwork, daylight, or perfect weather, they move fast, spread faster, and leave responders racing a very messy clock. To tilt that race in their favor, the National Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration has teamed up with the U.S. Coast Guard to turn drones from classroom projects…

Rafael SuárezDec 18

Ohio's DFR Divide: Dublin Chose DJI, Columbus Picked Skydio - What December 23 Really Means

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Ohio’s DFR Gamble: Dublin’s DJI vs. Columbus’s Skydio

Two Ohio police departments, two opposite bets. As the Dec 23 DJI ban deadline looms, Dublin's autonomous DJI fleet faces risks Columbus's Skydio cruisers don't.

Haye KestelooDec 16

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Skydio X10 Drone Nails Shoplifting Suspect on Long Island

To the drone, she was not hidden at all, just another warm shape glowing against a cooler landscape. Officers were guided directly to the location

Rafael SuárezDec 15

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