Part 107, Remote ID, TRUST, waivers, and the rulemaking that shapes what every pilot in America is allowed to fly.
The Department of Homeland Security has closed Chicago’s airspace to drones until October 12th as federal agents use military-style tactics including drones and helicopters in a controversial immigration crackdown. The FAA Temporary Flight Restriction effectively grounds all civilian drone operations across the city while government drones conduct surveillance in the Trump administration’s operati
Two Amazon Prime Air delivery drones collided with a construction crane in Tolleson, Arizona on Wednesday morning, prompting the e-commerce giant to temporarily pause its drone delivery operations for the second time this year. No injuries were reported, but the incident has triggered investigations by both the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation…
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week: Part 108 NPRM updates, Skydio unveiling two new drones for specialized operations, Auterion securing $130 million in funding, and an update to last week’s story on the SuperScooper mid-air collision. Let’s get to it. Part 108 NPRM: Deadline Approaching First…
Akemann’s drone collided with the firefighting plane, punching a football-sized hole in its wing. The plane, one of only two available to fight the blaze
While most high school teams are practicing on the football field, a new kind of team in Peninsula School District is practicing in the night
A mysterious drone hovering over the Meadow Lane Apartments playground in Strongsville, Ohio, on August 23, 2025, sparked a police investigation after a resident reported suspicious activity. The drone left before police arrived, no suspects have been identified, and Strongsville authorities confirm the case is under active investigation, according to Cleveland.com. Strongsville Mysterious Drone U
A Culver City man has been sentenced for flying a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, causing significant damage and temporarily grounding the critical water-dropping plane, according to NBC LA. Peter Tripp Akemann, 57, a computer game developer, pleaded guilty in February to a federal class-A misdemeanor…
Rainmaker Technology’s plan to use small drones with cloud‑seeding flares is under fire from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which urged the FAA to deny the exemption unless stricter safety conditions are met, signaling a high‑stakes test of how regulators will treat weather modification by unmanned aircraft systems going forward, per TechCrunch’s report. The…
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