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No Replacement for DJI, FCC Opens Public Comments, and Oregon Wants New Drone Test Sites
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week: a report that confirms that, sadly, nobody is coming to replace DJI in the consumer market; the FCC has opened public comments on drone spectrum…
Terra Drone Invests in Ukraine’s Amazing Drones and Launches Terra A1 Interceptor to Target the Global Defense Market
Terra Drone Corporation has announced a strategic investment in Ukraine-based Amazing Drones LLC and the joint launch of a new interceptor drone called the Terra A1, according to a company announcement. The deal was structured through Terra Drone’s subsidiary Terra…
General Cherry and Orqa Sign MoU to Build Counter-Drone Systems on European Soil
Ukraine’s General Cherry and Croatian drone manufacturer Orqa have signed a memorandum of cooperation to jointly develop and manufacture interceptor drones and counter-drone systems in Europe, according to Unmanned Airspace. The agreement pairs General Cherry’s three years of live C-UAS…
Oregon Tells FCC: Build Drone Test Sites in Mountains, Not Just Labs
The Oregon Department of Aviation (ODAV) has drafted an eight-point response to the Federal Communications Commission’s April 1 public notice on “Unleashing American Drone Dominance” (GN Docket No. 26-74), and it reads less like a bureaucratic comment filing and more…
Vancouver Transit Police Deploy Drones to Secure FIFA World Cup 2026
The Metro Vancouver Transit Police are getting drones, and they’re doing it before the biggest sporting event this region has ever hosted. The agency confirmed in a March 25 report to the TransLink board that nine officers are already trained…
Your First Drone Under $300. Everything You Need to Know.
So You Want to Fly a Drone Hi, future pilot. My name is Rafa, and for the better part of the last eight years I have been flying, buying, talking about on my youtube channel, crashing, fixing, writing about them,…
Switzerland Is Testing Drones Where They’re Hardest to Fly
Switzerland’s government-backed Taskforce Drones is preparing its next round of UAS technical trials for autumn 2026, building on a December 2025 campaign that pushed attack drones and counter-drone systems through some of the most challenging terrain in Europe, as JANES…
DJI Ban Debate Forces Police and Fire Agencies to Build Drone Programs That Can Survive Washington
A detailed governance framework published by Police1 makes the case that the central challenge for U.S. public safety agencies is no longer whether DJI belongs on a federal watchlist — it’s whether agencies have built drone programs capable of surviving…
Beyond Drones: How a 7,000-Unit Vacuum Hack is Fueling the DJI Ban
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a hawkish national security think tank with a documented history of opposing Chinese technology in U.S. markets, has filed a formal response with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging the agency to reject…
Kratos Wins $7M Contract to Detect Drones and Cruise Missiles
A classified customer just handed Kratos a production contract for a system that hunts low-profile drones and cruise missiles. Who ordered it and where it deploys stays secret. What it does does not. The Contract Kratos Will Not Talk About…
EU Motors Opens Florida Plant to Build Drone Motors in America
A Polish drone motor manufacturer just opened a production facility in South Florida, and the reason it exists at all tells you everything about where the U.S. drone industry is headed. EU Motors, one of the largest brushless DC motor…
Bristol PD Eyes Drone as First Responder
Chief Mark Morello pitched a $50,000 drone program to the Board of Finance this week, and the most interesting part isn’t the money. It’s the vision. Bristol, Connecticut wants a rooftop-launched autonomous drone that beats cops to the scene of…