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Michigan House Passes 2 Of 15 SHIELD Drone Bills, Both Aimed At Chinese-Made Aircraft Procurement

Michigan House passed just 2 of 15 SHIELD drone bills, both restricting state purchases of Chinese-made drones. The other 13 stay behind.

Haye KestelooMay 14

AUVSI's Robbins Says FCC Covered List Went Broader Than Industry Asked; Pentagon's Cadenazzi Sets 2027 Supply Chain Deadline

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AUVSI’s Robbins Defends Broader-Than-Asked FCC Drone Ban; Pentagon’s Cadenazzi Sets 2026 Section 805 Pilot Timeline

AUVSI's Robbins defends the broader-than-asked FCC drone ban at XPONENTIAL Detroit; Pentagon's Cadenazzi confirms Section 805 enforcement pilots for 2026.

Haye KestelooMay 13

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HYFIX Launches U.S.-Made H1P Chip Module for Small Drones

HYFIX Spatial Intelligence is rolling out its H1P Positioning, Navigation, and Open-Compute Module for small unmanned systems, with samples and evaluation kits available immediately. The Santa Clara, California company is showcasing the H1P at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2026 in Detroit this week, booth 34005. It’s the first product built on the company’s H1 Autonomous Systems Chip,…

Rafael SuárezMay 13

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Knightwerx Leaves California, Plants Flag in Scottsdale

Another defense tech company has made the call on California. Knightwerx, a tactical drone developer that built its name making compact military UAS, has moved its headquarters from Camarillo to Scottsdale, and it’s already hiring, as Hoodline reported. The move drops the company squarely into the Phoenix metro’s expanding defense manufacturing corridor just as it…

Rafael SuárezMay 12

Anduril Launches AI Grand Prix: $500K Autonomous Drone Racing Competition Where Software Engineers Compete For Jobs

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U.S. Marines Get Three Weeks On FPV Drones As Pentagon Volume Gap With China And Russia Widens

The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune has spent three weeks training pilots on first-person-view attack drones, with deployment imminent and adversaries already capable of producing millions of similar systems each year. The New York Times documented the training in a video published May 10, 2026, showing Marines with 3rd Battalion,…

Haye KestelooMay 10

Legal

DJI And Autel Petitions Hit FCC’s May 11 Comment Deadline As Drone Operators Push For Covered List Reversal

The FCC's reply comment window on DJI's and Autel's Covered List petitions closes Monday, May 11. How to file in dockets 26-22 and 26-23.

Haye KestelooMay 7

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Navy Picks Insitu’s ScanEagle and Integrator for ISR

The U.S. Navy has selected Insitu to continue providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services to the Navy, Marine Corps, and other federal customers, as Sea Power Magazine reported. The award covers both the ScanEagle and Integrator platforms under a Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated model, which puts Insitu’s own aircraft and operators on the mission rather than handing…

Rafael SuárezMay 6

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Navy MQ-4C Triton Spies on Cuba in 12-Hour Drone Mission

A US Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone spent more than 12 hours orbiting the coast of Cuba on April 16, tracing a pattern that passed Havana, Guantanamo

Rafael SuárezApr 22

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