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The Department of Defense used a high-energy laser to destroy a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone over Fort Hancock, Texas on Thursday, February 26, according to four officials who spoke to The New York Times. The FAA responded by shutting down airspace below 18,000 feet over the area and Democratic lawmakers immediately called…
The United States Air Force just treated combat drone autonomy like an app you can close and reopen, except this app flies at jet speeds. In a recent test, Anduril Industries demonstrated that its YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft can switch between two completely different mission autonomy systems while airborne, no landing, no wrench turning, no…
DJI hired former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar and ex-FCC enforcement chief Travis LeBlanc to fight the drone ban. The court filing reveals new details.
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, and they’re quite interesting. First up, the FAA abruptly shut down the airspace over El Paso, Texas. A former DJI VP has been detained in China. A new bill gives Kansas City police the authority to take down drones. And…
California based startup Swarm Aero has opened an 80,000 square foot Advanced Manufacturing Center at Drake Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas
In a world where minutes can redraw the map of a community, drones are no longer weekend gadgets or delivery pipe dreams. They are becoming airborne lifelines. On March 2, the University of Mississippi will host its second Unmanned Aircraft System Symposium, organized by the Center for Air and Space Law. The event, titled “Unleashing…
Israeli drone maker XTEND is heading to the public markets through a $1.5 billion reverse merger with Florida based JFB Construction Holdings, a Nasdaq listed contractor whose core business until now has had little to do with defense robotics, as Bloomberg reports. The combined company will rebrand as XTEND AI Robotics and trade under the…
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