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Hoverfly Technologies has launched Hoverfly Elements, a new business division selling NDAA-compliant drone components built for defense and commercial UAS manufacturers. The Sanford, Florida-based company unveiled the line at Xponential 2026, and its first products are drone motors and electronic speed controllers built with Korea Robot Manufacturing, plus GPS modules developed with Septentrio, a
After almost 10 years of waiting, the FAA finally dropped its proposed rule for Section 2209. So if you fly drones, whether recreationally or commercially, this one kind of matters for you. The window to do anything about it closes on August 5th after it was extended from the original deadline of July 6th. Stick…
An El Paso County Sheriff’s Office drone spotted people fleeing a Colorado Springs-area home and hiding in the backyard before deputies ever arrived on scene, leading to the arrest of a 44-year-old woman wanted on two active warrants. The Sheriff’s Office Regional Communications Center received a disturbance call around 8:00 AM on June 26, 2026,…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum on June 29 creating a single Pentagon office with authority over nearly every unmanned systems program in the U.S. military. The Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Unmanned Systems, or DRPM-UxS, reports straight to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg and absorbs the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group along with the…
A JetBlue pilot approaching John F. Kennedy International Airport reported hitting a drone at roughly 3,000 feet on Monday, June 29, and within hours the story was everywhere: a plane, a drone, a collision over New York. Then the aircraft landed, mechanics inspected it, and they found no damage. None. No dented leading edge, no…
Secret Service counter-drone teams join the National Mall’s first-ever July 4 NSSE, backed by the same federal buildout funding World Cup security.
Jake Sloan tests the SkyRover X1 against the DJI Mini 4 Pro in Alaska: tracking, obstacle avoidance, log video, wind, battery life, and a Remote ID edge.
The Department of Homeland Security wants to route its own money into the FBI’s counter-drone training center because demand for seats has outrun capacity in the middle of the FIFA World Cup, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told the House Appropriations Committee on June 26. The admission is the candid part of a hearing that was…
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