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Department of Defense

Feared Iran Drone Attack Sent All 12 US B-1s Home From RAF Fairford

US and British officials say a feared IRGC drone attack, which some liken to Ukraine's Spiderweb raid, led the US to pull all 12 B-1s from RAF Fairford.

Haye KestelooOct 6

Two men signing documents at a table draped in a black Zing Drone Solutions cloth, under a banner reading Oregon Defense Tech Basecamp

Remote ID

Zing Drone Solutions Tests Korean Radios as FCC Bars Foreign Parts

Zing is testing radio modules from Seoul's NUCODE for smaller Remote ID hardware, but the FCC Covered List makes no exception for an ally's parts.

Haye KestelooOct 6

Entrance canopy of the FBI campus at Redstone Arsenal with large blue lettering reading Federal Bureau of Investigation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, above five guard booths

Counter-Drone

FBI Drone School to Double Capacity After 700 World Cup Seizures

DOJ's No. 3 says the FBI's Redstone Arsenal counter-drone school will more than double capacity. It is the only gate to new police drone takedown powers.

Haye KestelooOct 5

Bundeswehr soldier in camouflage and balaclava holding a controller while a gray quadcopter hovers above him over a field

Germany

Germany Builds 600-Soldier Drone Regiment as US Army Scraps Its Own

Germany will stand up a 600-soldier drone regiment in 2027 with a 500 km reach and its own jammers, weeks after the US Army ended a same-size unit nearby.

Haye KestelooOct 5

Federal Aviation Administration headquarters at 800 Independence Avenue SW in Washington, D.C., with the Orville Wright Federal Building sign in front

FAA

FAA Puts $12 Million Into Drone Test Sites as Part 108 Sits Unsigned

The FAA awarded $12 million to 19 drone research projects at its nine test sites. Congress mandated the money in 2024, and Part 108 is still unsigned.

Haye KestelooOct 5

Soldiers in camouflage salute as flag-draped transfer cases sit in the open backs of gray vans on an airfield

Department of Defense

Wounded Port Shuaiba Soldiers Tell AP the Army Left Them to Find Care

Nine soldiers wounded in Iran's March 1 Port Shuaiba strike tell AP the Army sent them to barracks, logged them as not combat wounded and delayed TBI care.

Haye KestelooOct 5

Aerial view of Lumen Field in Seattle lit up at night with the downtown skyline and Elliott Bay behind it

FAA

FAA Warns NFL Drone Pilots After 700 World Cup Seizures Didn't Deter

The FAA is calling every NFL game a No Drone Zone with $100,000 fines. The same warnings ran before the World Cup, and the FBI still seized more than 700 drones.

Haye KestelooOct 5

A blue, white and gold VISA hot air balloon floats in a clear blue sky above a multi-lane road and roadside businesses in Albuquerque.

FAA

FBI's Balloon Fiesta No Drone Zone Runs On A Clock: 10.5 Hours A Day

FBI counter-drone teams are enforcing the Balloon Fiesta TFR, but the FAA's two NOTAMs run 5:30 a.m. to noon and 4 to 8 p.m. daily, not around the clock.

Haye KestelooOct 4

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