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Commercial & Delivery
Belvedere Votes Monday on Marin County's First Drone-Delivery Ordinance, Written Before Any Drone Has Arrived
Belvedere's council takes a final vote Monday on Chapter 8.34, a ground-only rulebook for commercial drone delivery that covers consent, hours, facilities and privacy. No operator has said it will fly there yet.
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Policy & Regulation
Dallas Drone Pilot Indicted on Four Counts Over Love Field and DFW Flights: What Each Statute Carries
A Dallas grand jury charged a 24-year-old with four federal counts over alleged drone flights near Love Field and DFW. The 8-year maximum is in the headlines, but the runway charge itself carries just one year.
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Industry & Contracts
FCC Moves to Cut Off Every Mainland-China Test Lab by Dec. 1, 2028, and the Drone Supply Chain Will Feel It
The FCC votes Oct. 29 on rules that would end recognition of every test lab outside the US and 'reciprocal economies' on Dec. 1, 2028. China-based labs tested more than 82% of 2025 applications, so any drone or radio maker certifying through Shenzhen has two years to move.
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Defense & Combat
Ukraine's NC13 Strike-UGV Unit Says Its Robot Assaults Will Scale 'Hundreds of Times' in Six Months
The commander of NC13, a strike UGV unit in Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps, told Janes his robot attacks will be "scaled up hundreds of times" within six months. The unit already says it uses grenade-launching kamikaze UGVs and drops ground robots from heavy drones behind Russian lines.
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Defense & Combat
Coast Guard Buys Its First MQ-9B Drones: Four Unarmed Aircraft for $247.8 Million, Ordered Through a CBP Contract
After years of flying CBP's MQ-9As, the Coast Guard has placed a $247.8M order for four General Atomics MQ-9Bs of its own. It bought them through a CBP contract, and a spokesperson says the aircraft are not expected to carry weapons.
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Counter-UAS
Denmark Picks Systematic for an AI-Ready Counter-Drone Command System, Layered on Terma's Nationwide C2
Seven weeks after picking Terma for a nationwide counter-drone C2 backbone, Denmark has hired Systematic to put a SitaWare decision layer with AI-supported analysis on top of it. The price, the delivery schedule and the exact job of the AI have not been made public.
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Industry & Contracts
EDGE Signs to Arm Morocco's Combat Drones With Desert Sting 16 and Thunder P-31 Guided Weapons
At the Marrakech Air Show, UAE group EDGE won a contract to fit DESERT STING 16 and THUNDER P-31 guided weapons across the Royal Moroccan Air Force's fleet of Turkish- and Chinese-built combat drones. It also signed a local-production MoU. The value is undisclosed and the integration questions are still open.
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Policy & Regulation
FAA's New Drone Processing Order Lets Tower Inspectors Fly Above LAANC Grids Without Calling the Tower
FAA Order JO 7200.23E, effective Oct. 31, lets Part 107 tower and high-rise inspectors fly above facility-map ceilings without ATC coordination, puts Class E surface-area rules in writing, and adds a see-and-avoid waiver to every Part 91 UAS approval.
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Tech & Builds
FCC Moves to End a 35-Year Ban on Drones in the 800 MHz Cellular Band, With an Oct. 29 Vote
The FCC will vote Oct. 29 on a draft order that would let drones use 50 MHz of licensed, nationwide 800 MHz cellular spectrum by carving uncrewed aircraft out of a rule that dates to the airplane-phone era. The ban on passengers using phones in flight stays.
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Policy & Regulation
North Myrtle Beach: Amazon Says 68 Decibels, the FAA's Own Noise Report Tells a Different Story, and Nobody Will Own the Overflight Question
Amazon told North Myrtle Beach its MK30 never tops about 68 dB and sent overflight questions to the FAA. The FAA sent them back to Amazon and local leaders, and the agency's own Baton Rouge noise file puts takeoff near 82 dB at 20 feet.
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Defense & Combat
Australian Army Can't Say How Many Drones It Has: 'Low Thousands', 20 Types, and a DJI Ban Behind the Sovereign Drone Push
The Australian Army says its drone fleet is "in the low thousands" across about 20 small types, and it does not keep an exact count by design. A DJI ban in place since about 2023 is pushing it toward Australian-built quadcopters.
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Industry & Contracts
NIOA and AeroVironment Sign Switchblade Partnership as Australia Looks to Localize Loitering-Munition Support
At Land Forces 2026, NIOA became AeroVironment's local partner for Switchblade and AV's wider loitering-munition portfolio in Australia and New Zealand. The deal covers distribution, sustainment and growth, but it names no contract value and makes no firm commitment to build anything locally.
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