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FBI Has Seized 300+ Drones At World Cup Stadiums, And The Per-City Numbers Show Who Is Actually Getting Caught
The FBI has intercepted more than 300 unauthorized drones at FIFA World Cup 2026 venues across the United States in the first ten days of the tournament, a figure that converts a year of federal counter-drone spending into a hard…
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…
Providence Drone Ban Locks Down Downtown Until July 21 As World Cup Ghana Base Camp Gets FAA No-Fly Ring
Downtown Providence is closed to drones until July 21. A Federal Aviation Administration temporary flight restriction that took effect June 1 prohibits every unmanned aircraft inside a 1-nautical-mile radius and up to 1,000 feet above ground level around the Graduate…
2026 World Cup TFRs, 23-Day BVLOS Waivers, Flock Safety’s New Camera, and a Walmart Drone Delivery Fight
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. This week I have four stories for you, and they cover a lot of ground: the FAA has published the Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and you should…
FAA Publishes World Cup TFR Venue List, And Part 107 Authorizations Stop At The Stadium Ring
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on May 28 published the actual venue list, dates, and airspace dimensions for its FIFA World Cup 2026 flight restrictions, turning a months-old “No Drone Zone” messaging campaign into a concrete schedule that pilots can…
DSPA Urges FAA To Use Section 2209 NPRM To Preempt 25 State Drone Airspace Laws
The Drone Service Providers Alliance is pressing the FAA to use its long-overdue Section 2209 rule to invalidate the patchwork of critical infrastructure airspace laws that 25 states wrote while the federal rule sat undone for nearly a decade. In…
Olathe Drone Ordinance Pulled, and the ICE NOTAM Shows Why Pilots Have to Fight at Every Level
The Olathe, Kansas City Council was scheduled to vote Tuesday night on an ordinance that would have banned drone takeoffs and landings within one mile of any temporary event in the city drawing 100 or more people. The rule would…
FAA’s No Drone Zone Push Caps A Year Of Counter-Drone Buildup For World Cup 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has designated every FIFA World Cup 2026 stadium and surrounding event space as a strict No Drone Zone, and operators caught flying inside an active Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) face civil penalties up to $75,000,…
FAA publishes FDC 6/2824, scrapping the ‘ICE NOTAM’ blanket drone ban and adopting ‘Department of War’ language
FAA issues FDC 6/2824 replacing the ICE NOTAM: drops blanket drone ban and National Defense Airspace classification, adds Department of War and DOJ to covered agencies.
The U.S. government just gave drone haters a free pass to report you
Imagine if the news media put out an alert saying, “The federal government wants you to keep a watchful eye and report any suspicious red vehicles that you see.” Think about the number of phone calls and messages that authorities…
FAA Eliminates Warning Letters for Invisible DHS TFR Violations — What Drone Pilots Need to Know
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. The FAA is escalating enforcement on the controversial DHS TFR, that same TFR is getting its first federal court challenge, and the Forest Service is…
FAA & Photojournalist Rob Levine: The DHS Drone Ban Just Got Its First Federal Court Challenge
Minneapolis-based photojournalist Rob Levine filed a petition for judicial review Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, directly challenging NOTAM FDC 6/4375 — the FAA security notice that bans all drone flights within 3,000 feet…