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Oakland County’s Board of Commissioners voted 13-4 on April 8 to approve a nine-month pilot program that puts Flock Safety drones in the hands of the county Sheriff’s Office, as M Live reports. The decision came over loud protests from residents who packed the meeting in Pontiac and warned of mass surveillance. Seven Flock drones…
EASA releases Revision 24 of the Easy Access Rules for Air Operations, introducing machine-readable XML formats, gyroplane licensing, and stricter Flight Data Monitoring. Discover why these crewed aviation updates are a roadmap for future drone and UAM regulations.
DJI posted a second product teaser to its official X account on April 14, 2026, pointing to a launch on April 28 at 8 AM EDT. The post carries the tagline “More Than Sound” and features a colorful butterfly graphic built from layered, petal-shaped sound waves. The DJI app icon appears in one frame. DJI’s…
DJI announced a new drone launching on April 23, 2026 at 12 PM GMT (8 AM ET / 5 AM PT). The company posted the DJI Lito teaser on April 14
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The Department of Defense filed a memorandum with the Federal Communications Commission opposing DJI’s petition to be removed from the agency’s Covered List, as first reported by Broadband Breakfast on April 7. The filing’s most consequential detail is what it doesn’t fully reveal: according to the DoD’s memo, the national security determination that led to…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the U.S. military formal clearance on Friday to use high-energy lasers against suspected drones in U.S. airspace, ending a two-month interagency dispute that twice shut down commercial flight operations over the Texas-Mexico border. FAA administrator Bryan Bedford said in a joint statement with the Defense Department that the agency…
The FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) is now doing something U.S. aviation regulators have never done: letting companies fly commercial missions with uncertified aircraft, then using the data to write the rules afterward. A detailed report from Aviation International News published March 31 breaks down how the eight selected projects, spanning 26 states, will…
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