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Policy & Regulation
USDOT Reopens Comment on $9M Drone Inspection Grant as States Tally DJI Ban Costs in the Hundreds of Millions
DOT's 60-day notice reopens paperwork review for its $9M Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Program just as states report 467 grounded or restricted drones and compliance costs that could reach $2 billion.
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Industry & Contracts
Finland Arms Every Garrison With FPV Drones in €14M Deal With Insta Group
Tampere-based Insta Group signed a €14M multi-year deal to supply domestically built FPV attack/recon drones to the Finnish Defence Forces, with training rolling out to every garrison nationwide.
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Industry & Contracts
Army Awards $99.5M IDIQ for Man-Portable Dragonfly Counter-Drone RF-Hunting System
Research Innovations Inc. beat 94 other bidders for a $99.5M Army contract to field its 3.5-pound Dragonfly payload, which finds and geolocates hostile drones by their radio emissions in under five seconds with no cloud connection.
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Tech & Builds
EHang's Pilotless Air Taxi Flies Publicly Over Hong Kong for the First Time
EHang's autonomous EH216-S flew its first public demonstration flights at Hong Kong Cyberport under a government regulatory sandbox, with local operator Kwoon Chung already committed to buying 30 of the aircraft.
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Policy & Regulation
FCC Rejects Bids to Delay Comment Deadline on 'Military-Grade' Drone Import Ban
The FCC has denied three requests to extend the Sept. 2 comment deadline on a rule that could strip authorization from foreign drones with thermal cameras, LiDAR or docking stations — categories DJI says sweep up ordinary commercial models.
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Defense & Combat
Green Berets Run First-Ever NATO Ally Drone Drill With Polish Special Forces in Germany
US Army Green Berets put Polish special forces through a new Ukraine-inspired drone infiltration exercise in Bavaria — the first time any NATO ally besides the US has run the drill, with plans to scale it across the alliance.
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Counter-UAS
Ukraine Tests Four Interceptor Drones as Zelensky Sets 90% Kill-Rate Goal Against Jet-Powered Shaheds
Kyiv has field-tested four interceptor drone designs against Russia's 600 km/h jet-powered Shaheds as Zelensky demands a 90%-plus intercept rate this autumn, with monthly jet-drone launches up 67% to 2,500.
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Counter-UAS
'Final Denial': Inside AFSOC's 31st Air Task Force Live-Fire Drone Defense Drill
AFSOC's 31st Air Task Force ran a week-long counter-drone exercise at Hurlburt Field and Nellis AFB, pairing AI-assisted detection with a kinetic 'final denial' live-fire capstone that built on February's Bamboo Eagle groundwork.
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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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Industry & Contracts
Griffon Aerospace's $133 Million Sole-Bid Win to Keep Feeding Army Drone Target Practice
Griffon Aerospace won a $132,978,776 sole-bid Army IDIQ to keep building Outlaw aerial target drones that simulate enemy aircraft and missiles for air-defense training.
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Commercial & Delivery
Ford Dealership in Wayne, Michigan Launches State's First Drone-Delivered Auto Parts Corridor
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.
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Tech & Builds
Japan Fast-Tracks 3D-Printed Terra B1 Interceptor to Counter Shahed-Style Drone Swarms
Japan's ATLA approved mass production of Terra Drone's 3D-printed Terra B1 rocket interceptor in roughly three months — its fastest drone program ever — after it was the only one of four contenders to pass a Maritime Self-Defense Force test.
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