Part IV — The Mission, Updated
It used to be the Business of Drones, and waiting 20-years to do things right and for safe integration was plausible. Now, it’s not just economic security, but national security that invalidates the snail’s pace.
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Part IV — The Mission, Updated
QuanSoft Builds Hardened Whisper SDK for Unmanned-System Data Continuity
Global Ordnance Holdings and Sparkz Establish First Fully Domestic-Sourced and Manufactured Drone Battery Production
The Nothing Special Safety Case
Tesla's Flying Roadster and the Engineering We Have Been Building Toward
Part III — Snake Oil, C-UAS, and the Witness Instead of the Cop
ePropelled Strengthens Defense Leadership with Appointment of Harry Petrey as Director of Defense Affairs
Mountain Horse Solutions Receives Second G-TEAD Order for FD-1 Interceptor Under Army Other Transaction Agreement
Robinson Unmanned to Deliver Blue UAS Cleared Spirit UAS to Nepali Army Under Ascent Aerosystems FMS Contract
An FAA Safety Mandate Plus Weather Becomes a Tax Tool: Inside L.A. County's ADS-B Aircraft Discovery Program
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
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The FAA’s Halloween Guidance and the Crystal Ball
Patrick Egan reacts to FAA Order JO 7200.23E with questions about the timing of new UAS guidance, possible DoW friction, and the DARPA Heavy Lift challenge.
Part I — Parrhēsia, Deplatformed
Without an independent voice, the community is left with parroted copy, VIP lounges, and a shrinking piece of the pie.
TB2 Aerospace Introduces Powered, Stackable Fuel and Water Pods for Distributed Military Logistics
Company Delivers 25-Gallon Fuel Pods to the U.S. Marine Corps for Evaluation under the SPDRS Program as a Modern Alternative to Conventional Fuel Containers
Chairman Nehls's September 24 Letter to FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford
In a September 24 letter to FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford, House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Troy E. Nehls requests a parallel evaluation of commercially available authorization-determination capability.
Blue UAS for First Responders Comparative Assessment September 2026
Patrick Egan raises questions about the data collection methods behind DHS’s Blue UAS Comparative Assessment, including participant support and industry access.
DOMINANCE DRONES and the Government Christmas Wish List
Patrick Egan examines the costs and supply-chain questions small companies face in the U.S. Drone Dominance Program gauntlet.
What’s In Your Sandbox
CDA, DSPA (which is affiliated with CDA), and AUVSI were all in on the DJI RID and the repeal of Sec. 336.
Two Drones, One Crane
It has been almost a year now, come October, since Amazon had unscheduled landing events in Tolleson. Undoubtedly, someone is going to get more than just a probing from the NTSB.
Drone NAS Integration, What Really Happened
As we look forward to working with a new FAA administrator, we have to remember some of the past integration mistakes so we do not relieve them on the regulatory wheel of suffering.
Select Committee Hearing Examines Import Controls and Supply Chain Security
The Select Committee on China examines import controls on Chinese products, proposed legislation, and supply-chain security in critical sectors.
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.
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