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DJI Mini 5 Pro sitting on a glass kitchen scale whose display reads 253 grams

Safer Skies Act · Legal

New York's Hobby Drone Exemption Stops Just Short of DJI's Mini 5 Pro

New York made flying near schools and police stations a misdemeanor. Part 107 pilots are exempt; hobby drones over 0.55 pounds are not.

Haye KestelooOct 235 min read

Counter-Drone

29 Governors Ask DOJ for a Prison Drone Course Its Rule Already Offers

29 governors want more FBI counter-drone seats, a prison course and Guard training. The federal rule already offers the prison course and allows new sites.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Entrance canopy of the FBI campus at Redstone Arsenal with large blue lettering reading Federal Bureau of Investigation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, above five guard booths

Counter-Drone

FBI Drone School to Double Capacity After 700 World Cup Seizures

DOJ's No. 3 says the FBI's Redstone Arsenal counter-drone school will more than double capacity. It is the only gate to new police drone takedown powers.

Haye KestelooOct 5

A blue, white and gold VISA hot air balloon floats in a clear blue sky above a multi-lane road and roadside businesses in Albuquerque.

FAA

FBI's Balloon Fiesta No Drone Zone Runs On A Clock: 10.5 Hours A Day

FBI counter-drone teams are enforcing the Balloon Fiesta TFR, but the FAA's two NOTAMs run 5:30 a.m. to noon and 4 to 8 p.m. daily, not around the clock.

Haye KestelooOct 4

Wild Hornets Sting interceptor drone closing in on a Russian Shahed / Geran attack drone over an industrial area

Energy Warfare

Drones Repriced Global Energy And The Math Favors The Attacker

A $20,000 drone against a $4 million interceptor: how strikes on refineries and tankers pushed oil past $100 and made drone defense an energy policy problem.

Haye KestelooJul 28