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Jack Demmer Ford in Wayne, Michigan flew its first commercial drone delivery on August 25, 2026, launching a $740,000 state-funded autonomous parts corridor using blueflite's Cobalt 461 tiltrotor and Airspace Link's AirHub platform.
Read the story →A new ABC member survey finds 97.1% of construction firms that fly drones still fly DJI as their primary platform, with Skydio at zero, even as the FCC moves to ban imports of already-authorized "military-grade" UAS.
The FCC formally opened a 30-day comment window on banning sale and import of foreign UAS and components tied to its Covered List, with a disclosed May 2026 probe into US-based Anzu and warnings from DJI that farm drones could get caught in the net.
Trump's new proclamation sets a 100% tariff on large or thermal-equipped drones, 25% on smaller models, and preferential rates for allies — and drone stocks like Unusual Machines jumped on the news.
The FCC issued its first-ever national-security revocation of drone equipment authorizations on August 11, pulling Odyssey Robot's approvals after its claimed Texas assembler denied any connection to the company.
A pending FCC decision expected the first week of September could bar sale and import of DJI's LiDAR, thermal, agricultural and FlyCart delivery drones under a "military-grade" Covered List expansion DJI says is written far too broadly.
DJI is rallying its US customer base against FCC proposal DA 26-758, which would bar importing and marketing already-authorized drones in seven "military-grade" categories — from thermal imagers to docking stations — ahead of a September 2 comment deadline.
The FCC added Chinese-made humanoid and quadruped robots to its national-security Covered List on July 28, using the same authorization-blocking mechanism it built for foreign drones — a signal for where UAS rules go next.
The FCC quietly removed the 2026 sunset date on Conditional Approval exemptions from its Covered List, turning what was billed as a temporary bridge for foreign-made drones into an open-ended compliance regime.
The FCC has granted Conditional Approvals to two more foreign-produced drones — Exedy Globalparts' Ayre CX and Parallel Flight Technologies' Firefly — letting them sidestep the Covered List ban if they follow onshoring plans and keep passing government vetting.
The FCC is seeking comment on prohibiting the import, marketing, and sale of certain foreign military-grade drones on its Covered List, while extending Blue UAS and Buy-America exemptions to 2028 and opening its first equipment-authorization revocation against DJI-linked Odyssey Robot.
Motorola Solutions led a $125M round for public-safety drone maker Brinc on July 14, 2026, nearly doubling its valuation as a December 2025 FCC ruling froze DJI out of the U.S. market it's racing to capture.
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