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Policy & Regulation
FAA Doubles Down on BEYOND, Pushing Drone Testing Into Longer, Higher, More Complex Airspace
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Phase 2 of the FAA's BEYOND program on August 27, doubling its lead-participant roster to test bigger cargo drones, longer BVLOS routes, and on-airport operations through 2029.
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Policy & Regulation
Wing's Bid to Fly Groceries Over Atlanta Clears a Key FAA Hurdle as Comment Window Closes
The FAA's 30-day comment period on Wing Aviation's Draft Environmental Assessment for expanded Atlanta-metro drone delivery closed August 1, 2026, moving the company a step closer to scaling beyond its six-store Walmart-anchored footprint.
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Policy & Regulation
Global Regulators Converge on Drone Operator Fatigue as BVLOS Oversight Enters a New Phase
A DroneLife survey of FAA, EASA, UK CAA, CASA, MLIT and ICAO rules on operator fatigue lands the same week as an ICAO counter-UAS push and a Commercial UAV Expo keynote comparing FAA-EASA BVLOS approaches.
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Policy & Regulation
The BVLOS Rule Is at the White House — and Nobody Agrees on Which Rule It Is
The FAA's Part 108 BVLOS rule reached OIRA on July 10, 2026, and trade press called it a proposed rule moving forward. The live review record says otherwise: Stage — Final Rule. The difference is roughly a year of your operating plans.
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Policy & Regulation
Can You Legally Shoot Down a Drone Over Your Property? What the Case Law Actually Says
The Kentucky 'drone slayer' case never settled the law, and two 2024 Florida prosecutions show real consequences. Here's what the case law and stalled state bills actually say about shooting down a drone.
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Policy & Regulation
DHS and DOJ Issue Interim Final Rule Letting State and Local Police Detect, Track and Take Down Drones
A new joint DHS/DOJ interim final rule, effective July 1, 2026, hands state, local, Tribal and territorial police and correctional agencies detection and — for the first time — drone mitigation authority, with public comment open through September 4.
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Policy & Regulation
Florida's Vertiport Funding Law Takes Effect, Fueling State's Advanced Air Mobility Push
Florida's HB 1093 took effect July 1, 2026, letting FDOT fund up to 100% of vertiport projects and granting eVTOL tax breaks as the state races to become a leading U.S. test bed for air taxis.
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Policy & Regulation
FAA's Critical-Infrastructure Drone-Restriction Rule Closes Its Public Comment Window
The FAA's first formal process letting critical-infrastructure operators petition for drone flight restrictions closed for public comment this week, setting up two new tiers of no-fly zones covering 16 sectors from energy to defense plants.
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Policy & Regulation
Idaho Becomes First State to Ban Drone Flights Over Prison Airspace
Idaho's House Bill 522 takes effect July 1, 2026, making it a misdemeanor to fly a drone up to 400 feet over any state correctional facility and empowering officials to detect, track, and disable offending aircraft.
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Policy & Regulation
Nearly 1 Million Comments Force FAA to Push Back Its Critical-Infrastructure Drone Rule Deadline
Swamped with nearly 900,000 public comments, the FAA has extended the deadline on its Section 2209 critical-infrastructure drone rule from July 6 to August 5, 2026.
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Policy & Regulation
The FAA Remote ID Rule for Drones, Explained
A plain-English guide to 14 CFR Part 89, the FAA's Remote ID rule: what it requires, the three compliance paths, key deadlines, and how it differs from a manned-aircraft transponder.
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Policy & Regulation
Fourth Strike in Four Days: A Drone Hits a JetBlue Jet Over JFK as U.S. Airports Still Have No Legal Way to Stop It
A drone struck JetBlue Flight 948 above the cockpit at ~3,000 feet on approach to JFK on June 29 — the fourth NYC-area drone incident in four days — exposing that civil airports and local police still have no legal authority to detect or interdict drones in real time.
