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Part 135
World Cup Drone TFRs Get DHS Authorization Path, Moab Helicopter Dodges Drone, And AirData Teams Up With LeoSight
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. First up, the FAA adds a new DHS authorization path for World Cup NOTAMs. A firefighting helicopter in Utah dodges an unauthorized drone. And AirData…
Phoenix Joins Walmart’s Drone Delivery Expansion
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…
FAA Adds DHS Drone Authorization Path To World Cup NOTAMs, Texas Locations First
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…
Matternet Goes Public With $33M Reverse Merger
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.…
Flytrex Sky2 Doubles Past Rivals With 8.8-Pound Payload
Flytrex unveiled its new Sky2 delivery drone on Thursday, and the headline number is the payload: 8.8 pounds (4 kg), enough to carry two large pizzas, bread bites, and sodas in a single trip. That is roughly enough food for…
Amazon Prime Air Targets Central New York With 176-Square-Mile Drone Delivery Zone Around Clay
Amazon plans to operate Prime Air drone deliveries across a 176-square-mile (456 km²) area of Central New York from its Clay fulfillment center, the company told residents at a public information session in Syracuse on Wednesday evening. The proposed coverage…
FAA Drops Section 2209 NPRM After Decade-Long Wait, Industry Has 60 Days To Shape The Rule
The Federal Aviation Administration filed its long-overdue Section 2209 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for public inspection this morning, opening a 60-day comment window that will determine how thousands of fixed-site facilities can apply for permanent drone restrictions over their property.…
Reliable Robotics Raises $160 Million As SpaceX Alum Pushes FAA For First Commercial Uncrewed Cargo Cert
Reliable Robotics closed a $160M round led by Nimble Partners, pushing valuation near $1B as the SpaceX alum-led startup races toward FAA uncrewed cargo cert.
Wing Sets the Record Straight on Five Drone Delivery Myths
Wing, Alphabet’s drone delivery subsidiary, published a five-point myth-busting campaign on LinkedIn this week, pushing back on the most common misconceptions about commercial drone delivery. The post drew over 100 reactions and arrived the same week Wing sponsored the networking…
DOT & FAA Launch eVTOL Pilot Program in 26 States — Autonomous Cargo Flights Could Start This Summer
The same executive order that unleashed drone dominance last June is now sending electric air taxis into live commercial airspace. On March 9, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the FAA named eight projects under the eVTOL Integration Pilot Program…
Amazon Prime Air hosts community meet-and-greet in Tinley Park ahead of Chicago suburbs drone delivery launch
Amazon is bringing its Prime Air drone delivery service to Chicago’s south suburbs this summer, and the company wants to introduce itself to the neighbors first. As Patch reports, a free community meet-and-greet is scheduled for Monday, March 2 at…
Dexa pushes drone delivery forward in Dayton
Dexa Drone in Dayton, Ohio, believes the future of delivery looks very different from what we know today. Instead of waiting days for a package, Dexa imagines a world where a single item arrives at your exact GPS location in…