Part 107, Remote ID, TRUST, waivers, and the rulemaking that shapes what every pilot in America is allowed to fly.
Phoenix is on the list. Wing and Walmart named seven new metropolitan areas this week for the largest drone delivery network in the country, and Arizona’s capital sits among them. The rollout is phased, with operations across the new markets targeted by 2027. For Phoenix shoppers, it points toward a near future where a tube…
Transport Canada published Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) 2026-005 on June 8, 2026, the biggest proposed rewrite of Canadian drone rules since Part IX of the Canadian Aviation Regulations took effect in 2019. The proposal would mandate Remote ID for most drone operations, create a formal Community-Based Organization model with permanent flying sites exempt from…
The Federal Aviation Administration will modify all of its FIFA World Cup 2026 drone NOTAMs to add an authorization pathway through the Department of Homeland Security, starting with the Texas locations. The change comes less than two weeks after the tournament’s sweeping flight restrictions took effect on June 1 and began grounding commercial drone operators…
An FAA temporary flight restriction bans drones over downtown Providence until July 21, protecting Ghana's World Cup base camp. Penalties reach $100,000.
Matternet closed a $33 million private placement and went public last week through a reverse merger with shell company Los Altos Ventures Corp., now renamed Matternet Inc. The deal makes Matternet the first pure play drone delivery company on U.S. public markets, a milestone the company has been positioning for since landing FAA type certification…
The FAA has switched on more than 100 drone-only Temporary Flight Restrictions for FIFA World Cup 2026 team hotels and training camps, and a large share of them sit in cities that are not hosting a single match. Boise, Idaho. Louisville, Kentucky. Indianapolis. Sandy, Utah. None of these places appears on the list of 11…
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 now check against their own calendars. Eleven U.S. stadiums get the largest treatment: a three-nautical-mile…
The Orange County Fire Authority says it can find the private drone operators buzzing the Garden Grove chemical tank emergency, and it is reading their Remote ID to do it. OCFA Capt. Brian Yau said the agency has counter-UAS gear that detects a drone in flight, pulls its registration, and traces the operator through that…
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