Part II — The Flight Envelope Shrinks
Section 2209, tariffs, mobile TFRs, Part 108, LAANC reservations, and no-drone zones are not a safety system. They are reactions to the loss of public trust.
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Part II — The Flight Envelope Shrinks
Texas Secretary of State, Nordic Consuls General and Defense-Tech Investors to Headline DRON8 Summit at UT Austin During Austin Tech Week
The FAA’s Halloween Guidance and the Crystal Ball
Part I — Parrhēsia, Deplatformed
TB2 Aerospace Introduces Powered, Stackable Fuel and Water Pods for Distributed Military Logistics
Chairman Nehls's September 24 Letter to FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford
Blue UAS for First Responders Comparative Assessment September 2026
DOMINANCE DRONES and the Government Christmas Wish List
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Two Drones, One Crane
Drone NAS Integration, What Really Happened
Select Committee Hearing Examines Import Controls and Supply Chain Security
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Issues With the New NASA ADA Handoff
Patrick Egan examines the decades-long airspace integration effort, NASA and FAA handoffs, UTM spending, and the unresolved timeline and budget for implementation.
AI, China, and the Reality of Competition
The drone industry was one of America’s first opportunities to put autonomy and intelligent unmanned systems into the hands of ordinary people. We should pay attention to what happened before repeating it with artificial intelligence.
Drone Ecosystem Mass Extinction Event 2.0
Everyone and the cheer squad finally had to come clean about DJI's political numbers.
Airspace Sovereignty Lost
The airspace integration situation is in worse shape than I thought. Folks continue to nakedly pitch their nonstarter "solutions" with engineering based on absurd assumptions.
Commercial UAV Expo 2026 Draws Record Turnout as Industry Seeks Answers at a Regulatory Turning Point
3,800 professionals and more than 250 exhibiting companies convened at Caesars Forum as Part 108, the FCC Covered List, and Section 232 tariffs reshape the U.S. commercial drone market
TB2 Aerospace Introduces Vehicle-Mounted Multi-Mission Autonomous Docking Station for Mobile UAV Operations
Flexible MMAD Docking System Enables Safe, Autonomous Launch, Recovery, and Recharging of Group 1 and 2 UAVs from Any Vehicle
The Crux of the NAS Biscuit
The Congressman is right on target, and I have been saying much of the same. The idea that the United States of America, the World’s only superpower,...
The Best Things at Commercial UAV
Folks asked me what I thought was the most exciting thing I saw at the show. I can say without hesitation that it was the HP MJF 1200 Printer offering...
Harris Aerial, Skyline Nav AI, and UtopiaCompression win “Pitch the Press” at Commercial UAV Expo 2026
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** **Top Products and Solutions Selected by Leading UAV Industry Journalists** Las Vegas, NV, September 3, 2026 - Harris Aeri...
How Are You Going to Put the Luster Back on the Pinto
1. Hire Gary Shapiro from the Consumer Electronics Association - Get him and his team to come up with a flaming-hatchback damage-control PR rebrand...
RP Research Development Test & Evaluation
Stay lean and outsource your research and development, test, and evaluation. Developing innovation and proving new components in-house are very expens...
Part 108 and BVLOS
Double Take Podcast - Episodes 125 Parts 1 & 2 In this episode, we have an in-depth analysis of the highly anticipated new rule from industry expert...
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