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Texas DPS Seizes Eight Drones at Houston World Cup TFR
The Texas Department of Public Safety has seized eight drones flown inside the Federal Aviation Administration’s Temporary Flight Restriction zone around Houston 2026 FIFA World Cup venues since the tournament opened. One operator now faces felony charges, per KHOU, after DPS Air Ops tracked the aircraft to roughly 900…
Skydio’s Adam Bry Blasts Big-Drone DFR as Bad Physics
Skydio CEO Adam Bry published a long-form article on X on June 8 making a direct case against the trend of building large quadcopters for Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs. His argument is not marketing. It is a physics-driven…
Skydio CEO Walks Back A No-Weapons Promise On Decoder, Then Argues Drawing Red Lines Is “Dangerously Misguided”
On a June 15 episode of The Verge‘s Decoder podcast, Skydio CEO Adam Bry distanced his company from a no-weapons commitment it published years ago and still has posted online. “This is an area where I’ve gotten some things wrong,”…
FAA Blew Past Its Own Part 108 Deadline, and the Fight Over Who Yields in the Sky Is Why
The headline you keep reading is that drone pilots will fly beyond visual line of sight “within a year or so.” That framing is already out of date. The deadline for a final Part 108 rule was February 1, 2026,…
UK Logs 1,672 BVLOS Flights While US Waits on Part 108
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has published its Test and Evaluation Annual Report 2025-2026, and the numbers inside are the kind of evidence American operators have been asking the FAA to produce for years. CAP 3266 documents 1,672 distinct BVLOS…
Toy Drones Win In Washington While Working Pilots Keep Losing
The Toy Association spent months lobbying the FCC, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of War, and last week it walked the halls of Capitol Hill during its annual Washington fly-in. On Tuesday it got exactly what it…
Lee County Sheriff Releases Drone Footage Of Man Firing A BB Gun At A DFR Aircraft, A Federal Felony
A Lee County Sheriff’s Office drone searching for a bear in southwest Florida recorded a man pointing a BB gun at the aircraft and firing at least twice, and the footage put a federal felony on camera in real time.…
DOJ Charges Five Men In White House UFC Drone Plot, And The Complaints Show A Plan Long On Intent, Short On Drones
The Justice Department charged five men Tuesday over an alleged plot to fly explosive-laden drones at the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House grounds, then shoot fleeing attendees with positioned snipers. The criminal complaints, filed across four federal…
FBI Stops Explosive-Drone Plot At White House UFC Event, And It Lands Mid-World Cup Counter-Drone Buildup
The FBI disrupted an alleged plot to fly explosive-laden drones at the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House South Lawn, arresting five people and identifying at least 23 individuals tied to the conspiracy through encrypted chats, officials said…
Port St. Lucie Skydio X10 Saves Life On Day One
Port St. Lucie’s police department flipped the switch on its new Drone as First Responder program on June 11, and the system did not wait long to prove itself. Within hours, a remotely launched drone located a missing autistic woman…
Toronto Police Tracked Down CBC’s Rogue Test Drone Beside Hotel X Within Minutes
The Toronto Police Service tracked a drone flying over a no-fly zone near Toronto Stadium to its pilot several blocks away beside Hotel X, then sent ground officers to confront the operator, all in a staged exercise built and flown…
Mercedes-Benz Mounts Tytan Drone Interceptors On The G-Class In ILA 2026 Defense Deal
Mercedes-Benz signed a memorandum of understanding with Munich counter-drone startup Tytan Technologies at the ILA 2026 air show in Berlin to develop vehicle-mounted systems that detect and shoot down small drones, built on the military G-Class SUV and the Sprinter…