The defense bill that decides which drones American agencies may fly — Section 1709, the Covered List, and the compliance fight.
Neros Technologies is planting a serious flag on British soil. The Los Angeles-based FPV drone manufacturer — best known for its NDAA-compliant platforms including the Archer Fiber, the first NDAA-compliant fiber-optic FPV drone — has announced the formation of Neros Technologies UK Ltd, a new subsidiary headquartered in the Swindon area of southwest England. The…
Neros Technologies is planting a serious flag on British soil. The Los Angeles-based FPV drone manufacturer — best known for its NDAA-compliant platforms including the Archer Fiber, the first NDAA-compliant fiber-optic FPV drone — has announced the formation of Neros Technologies UK Ltd, a new subsidiary headquartered in the Swindon area of southwest England. The…
Swindon has quietly become one of the more consequential defense drone addresses in Europe. The latest arrival: Neros Technologies, the Los Angeles-based manufacturer best known for its NDAA-compliant Archer fiber-optic FPV drone, has confirmed it is opening its first UK base in the town. That brings the confirmed count to five military drone companies in…
DJI is done waiting for Washington to play fair. Two months after the FCC added all foreign-made drones to its Covered List, the world’s largest drone manufacturer has taken the fight to federal court, filing a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging the December 22, 2025, decision that blocked…
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week. The FAA has issued several large fines for drone pilots, Paladin Drones launches a new NDAA-compliant drone, a new GAO report flags major safety gaps for BVLOS integration, and an Amazon delivery drone has crashed in Texas yet again. Let’s…
Paladin Drones, the Houston-based Drone as First Responder company that built much of its business on modified DJI hardware, just revealed the Knighthawk 2.0 at the World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The new drone is NDAA-compliant, built in partnership with Portuguese NATO-certified manufacturer Beyond Vision, and clearly designed to open doors that DJI-based…
The U.S. Marine Corps has quietly crossed an important threshold in military drone development by creating its first fully NDAA compliant
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr revealed three new drone exemption pathways at CES 2026, including Blue UAS list approval, 65% domestic content threshold, and a case-by-case petition process. Here's what commercial operators need to know about avoiding Covered List restrictions.
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