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A soldier in camouflage stands on a concrete riverbank holding a drone controller as a white quadcopter hovers above tall grass, with an orange buoy barrier in the river behind him.

Department Of War · FAA

FAA Bans Drones Along Entire US-Mexico Border Until October 2027

Three FAA NOTAMs ban drones within one nautical mile of the US-Mexico border from Monday to October 2027. CBP approves only listed missions.

Haye KestelooOct 164 min read

A gray DJI Matrice 4 drone with a speaker module on top and a thermal camera gimbal, on a white display table at a trade show booth beside a second Matrice 4

FCC Ban

FCC Files Pentagon's Sealed DJI Letters, Says Ban Didn't Rely on Them

The FCC filed the Pentagon's Section 1709 letters on DJI under seal and says it did not rely on them. The public pages name DJI and no specific threat.

Haye KestelooOct 15

Illustration of a submarine sail with a welder throwing sparks, set against an American flag and shipyard scaffolding

Anduril

Anduril's $3.7B Maryland Shipyard: Trump Adds Drone Subs, 40% Stake

Anduril's $3.7B Maryland shipyard will build Virginia-class sub parts. Trump promised drone subs and a 40% taxpayer stake neither release mentions.

Haye KestelooOct 7

Two U.S. Marines kneel over a hard case, loading a simulated warhead onto a Neros Archer FPV drone fitted with a fiber-optic spool

Department of Defense

Neros Wins $100M Pentagon Order, Plus 800 Drones Rivals Didn't Deliver

Neros says Gauntlet II brought a 14,000-drone order worth over $100 million, plus 800 Gauntlet I drones taken from rivals that missed their deadline.

Haye KestelooSep 30

Two Amprius silicon-anode pouch cells on a red honeycomb-textured surface

Department of Defense

Amprius Gets $75M Pentagon Drone Battery Grant, Mostly Unfunded

Amprius will turn a U.S. EV battery line into a 12-million-cell drone factory. Its filing shows $22 million of the $75 million grant is funded so far.

Haye KestelooSep 30

United States Drone Dominance Program seal showing a bald eagle clutching arrows in front of a globe with three quadcopters above it

Department of Defense

Pentagon Opens $450M Attack-Drone Round With A 400-Drone Deadline

The Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program opened Phase 3 with $450 million for 60,000 attack drones, but its listed unit prices cover at most $300 million.

Haye KestelooSep 29

Drone Dominance Program seal on a trade show backdrop with two FPV attack drones on the table in front of it

Department of Defense

Neros Makes Both Pentagon Gauntlet II Boards As Skycutter Falls To 4th

Neros is the only company on both Gauntlet II leaderboards, Perennial Autonomy wins deep strike, and March champion Skycutter drops to fourth.

Haye KestelooSep 19

Five attendees in suits stand beside an easel sign reading Welcome to the White House, Drone Dominance Event, in a marble-floored Eisenhower Executive Office Building hallway

US Government

White House Drone List: Three Trump-Family Firms In, Ten Winners Out

The White House list for its Drone Dominance event names 40 entries. All three Trump-family drone firms made it. Ten of eleven Gauntlet I winners did not.

Haye KestelooSep 10

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