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Policy & Regulation
FAA Part 107 Explained: The Commercial Drone Certificate That Governs U.S. Airspace
14 CFR Part 107 sets the floor for every commercial UAS operation in the United States — and the FAA evaluates the purpose of your flight, not your intent. Here is what certification requires, what the operating rules permit, and what Part 108 changes next.
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Policy & Regulation
Is DJI Banned in the U.S.? A Precise Map of Six Overlapping Restrictions
"DJI is banned" is both true and false depending on which of six distinct legal instruments you mean. This explainer maps each layer — export controls, federal procurement, the DoD blacklist, the FCC Covered List, state laws, and the BVLOS draft rule — with its exact scope and status as of June 2026.
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Policy & Regulation
Remote ID for Drones, Explained: The License Plate in the Sky
14 CFR Part 89 requires virtually every drone flying in U.S. airspace to broadcast its position, speed, and the pilot's ground location in real time — and the FAA is now building its entire advanced-operations framework on top of that signal.
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Policy & Regulation
FAA Locks Down 11 Cities for the World Cup as DETER Gets Its First Big Test
Starting today, the FAA has activated overlapping TFRs across 11 US host cities through July 19 — an airspace lockdown without obvious precedent — with penalties reaching $100,000 and the new DETER enforcement program facing its first weeks-long, multi-city deployment.
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Policy & Regulation
FAA Part 108 and BVLOS, Explained: The Proposed Rule Reshaping Drone Operations
The FAA's proposed Part 108 would replace a patchwork of case-by-case waivers with a framework for routine beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone operations — but as of June 2026, it remains a proposal, no final rule exists, and the industry fault lines are deep.
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Policy & Regulation
Seven Years Late, FAA Proposes Petition-Based Drone Restrictions Over 9,000 Critical Infrastructure Sites
The FAA's long-overdue Section 2209 NPRM creates a two-tier Unmanned Aircraft Flight Restriction framework covering more than 9,000 facilities across 16 sectors. Comments close July 6, 2026.
