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Policy & Regulation
FAA Closes the Entire US-Mexico Border to Drones Below 400 Feet for a Year, and Routine Commercial Flights Have No Approval Path
A one-year TFR now bars unauthorized drones within one nautical mile of the whole southern border, surface to 400 ft. CBP is the only waiver route, and its approval list has no category for routine commercial or hobby flights.
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Industry & Contracts
Fortem and MBDA Widen Their Partnership: MBDA Will Sell DroneHunter and Co-Market the FireThorn Hard-Kill Interceptor
At AUSA, Fortem and MBDA expanded their deal: MBDA will offer the net-capture DroneHunter for existing air-defense networks, and the two will co-market FireThorn, a radar-guided interceptor with an MBDA warhead built to stop Shahed/Geran and Orlan drones. Export approvals still apply.
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Counter-UAS
Germany Clears Net-Launching Interceptor Drones to Guard Bundeswehr Sites Against Small UAV Spying and Sabotage
The Bundestag budget committee approved net-launching drone interceptors for Bundeswehr sites on Oct. 14. The other three approvals were Patriot replacements bought through US FMS, Patriot repair containers and NH90 radios. Defence Network says the interceptor is ARGUS Interception's A1 Falke.
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Commercial & Delivery
Portland Council Starts the Clock on a Drone-Hub Moratorium as Amazon Cancels Its First Permit Meeting
Portland's council voted 11-0 to notify the state it may pause drone-delivery support facilities, starting a 45-day clock just as Amazon canceled the first permit meeting for its planned Prime Air center in North Portland.
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Defense & Combat
Starshield Speed Cap Hits Ukraine's Interceptor Drones as Demand Grows for Starlink-Free Helsing HX-2
On Oct. 14, Ukrainian units found SpaceX Starshield terminals throttled above about 100 mph. The cap hampered interceptors hunting jet-powered Shaheds, and Ukrainian demand is growing for Helsing's Starlink-free HX-2 loitering munition.
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Counter-UAS
Army Says Merops Interceptor Went From Urgent Need to Program in 142 Days, at About $15,000 a Shot
The Army's G-TEAD says the Merops drone interceptor became a formal program in 142 days, beating its 180-day target, after the service bought 13,000 rounds at about $15,000 each to answer Shahed-type drones that cost far more to stop with Patriots.
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Defense & Combat
Hegseth Asks for About $50 Billion in One-Time Reconciliation Money to Take Drones From Thousands to Millions
Hegseth wants about $50B in one-time reconciliation money for autonomous and robotic systems, on top of a FY2027 request that already holds $53.6B for Drone Dominance. The Army's harder problem may be training the soldiers who will fly, fight and counter all those drones.
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Industry & Contracts
WingXpand Unveils xPAIR, One Autonomy Core for Its Drone, Rover and Boat
WingXpand's xPAIR is a removable autonomy core meant to move between the company's drone, ground rover and boat. The release gives no weight, power or swap-time figures, and its customer claims come without named units or contracts.
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Defense & Combat
CBP Counts 37,000 Near-Border Drone Flights in FY2026, but the Numbers Don't Reconcile Across Agencies
CBP says it detected more than 37,000 drone flights near the border in FY2026, down from 42,000, while the military's border task force logged 378 incursions in one month and calls the trend rising. The two counts measure different things.
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Policy & Regulation
FCC Puts Pentagon's DJI Letters on the Record, Says It Never Relied on Them, as Sen. Scott Backs the Ban
The FCC filed redacted cover pages of eight Pentagon letters to Congress in the DJI and Autel dockets and said it never relied on them for the Dec. 22 Covered List action. A day later it docketed Sen. Rick Scott's letter backing the ban. The public pages name DJI but describe no specific threat.
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Commercial & Delivery
nuWay Ag's Yoder Accepts 180-Day FAA Suspension After Deer, Log and Sled Lifts: Where Part 137 and the 55-Pound Line Stop
An Ohio ag-drone operator says he took a 180-day FAA suspension over videos of a heavy-lift drone hauling a deer, a log and a sled. His case shows how narrowly Part 137 defines agricultural work, and how little room the rules leave for heavy-lift jobs that fall outside it.
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Counter-UAS
Army Plans Spring 2027 Counter-Drone Trial in Morocco, With a 180-Day Target for Getting Kit to Soldiers
SETAF-AF and G-TEAD will test up to 15 counter-drone solutions in Tan-Tan, Morocco, in spring 2027, assess them during African Lion 2027, and aim to put the winners in Soldiers' hands within 180 days.
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