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Policy & Regulation
FCC Extends Its Foreign-Drone 'Covered List' Playbook to Robots — A Preview for the UAS Market
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.
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Defense & Combat
Russia Pairs Jet-Powered Shaheds With Parodiya Radar Decoys in 80-Drone Barrage on Ukraine
Russia's overnight July 28-29 raid mixed jet-powered Shaheds with warhead-free Parodiya decoys to saturate Ukrainian radar and drain interceptor drones, even as defenders still downed 81% of the 80-UAV package.
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Tech & Builds
A $240,000 Sea Drone Just Proved It Can Shadow a Billion-Dollar Chinese Warship
Seasats says its 12-foot Lightfish USV tracked a Chinese Type 052D destroyer to within a few hundred meters off Luzon on June 15, a Reuters-verified encounter that puts cheap autonomous sea drones on a collision course with contested Indo-Pacific waters.
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Counter-UAS
Air Force's $500M 'Domestic Shield' Program Fields ARGUS-XL Counter-Drone Sensor Platform
AeroVironment and Teledyne FLIR Defense unveiled the ARGUS-XL multi-sensor counter-drone platform on July 29, 2026, fusing radar, EO/IR and command-and-control software to protect US installations under the Air Force-led JIATF-401 Domestic Shield program.
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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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Defense & Combat
New Zealand Moves on Two Fronts: Loitering Munitions and Long-Range Maritime Surveillance Drones
In the same week, New Zealand's defence ministry announced plans to buy loitering munitions and opened market research for a 1,400nm, six-hour endurance uncrewed maritime patrol aircraft covering the South West Pacific.
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Commercial & Delivery
DoorDash Wins FAA Part 135 Certification, Launches In-House Drone Delivery Arm
DoorDash has secured FAA Part 135 air carrier certification for its in-house robotics unit, clearing the way for DoorDash Air to begin first-party drone deliveries this fall alongside its existing Wing and Flytrex partnerships.
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Counter-UAS
Quantum Cyber Builds Its First Mini-Interceptor Drone at New Bridgeport, Connecticut Plant
Twelve days after closing on a $2.3 million Bridgeport, Connecticut plant, Quantum Cyber says it has already assembled its first mini-interceptor — a 220 km/h counter-UAS drone meant to hunt in swarms.
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Defense & Combat
US and Saudi Forces Strike Iran-Backed Militia Sites in Iraq After Drone Attacks on Oil Facilities
CENTCOM and Saudi forces jointly struck Iran-aligned militia sites in Iraq on July 28 after 30+ IRGC-directed drone attacks on U.S. troops and Saudi oil infrastructure, killing at least 20 PMF fighters in the first Saudi-claimed strikes inside Iraq since the US-Iran war began.
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Policy & Regulation
FCC Turns Wartime Drone Import Exemptions Into a Permanent Compliance Framework
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.
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Defense & Combat
Romania Downs String of Suspected Russian Drones in Three-Day NATO Airspace Breach
Romania scrambled F-16s and NATO Eurofighters to shoot down at least three suspected Russian Shahed-type drones over three straight days, prompting a diplomatic expulsion and a stark 2026 tally: 19 incursions and counting.
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Commercial & Delivery
Amazon's Prime Air Drone Deliveries Hit Turbulence in Baton Rouge Launch
Amazon's new Baton Rouge drone-delivery service has logged a storm-drain near-miss and a burst syrup jar even as the company asks the FAA to scale the route to 1,000 flights a day.
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