The Choctaw Nation Uses AI-Enabled Aviation to Uplift Rural, Indigenous and Underserved Communities
By: Dawn Zoldi The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has become one of America’s most advanced proving grounds for autonomous aviation, AI-enabled airspace management and next-generation infrastructure. It does all of…
AI Everywhere: Skynet Nightmares, Trust Dreams and the Race to Machine-Speed Governance
By: Dawn Zoldi Artificial intelligence (AI) once merely a research topic now hums in the background of daily life. From smart assistants and copilots to targeting pods and court chatbots,…
When Industry is Cut Off at the Root: The Commercial UAS Industry After the FCC Covered List
By: Charlton Evans, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Certification Author’s Note This article was drafted in early January 2026, immediately following the FCC’s expansion of its Covered List to all foreign…
Airspace Awareness Elevated: MatrixSpace’s New AI Platform and Fusion 360 Radar System
By: Dawn Zoldi MatrixSpace has just done something many airspace awareness vendors promise, but rarely deliver. It turned radar from a point sensor into the centerpiece of a multi-sensor, AI-native…
Flying Further, Seeing More: Automation Elevates Remote Drone Inspections
By: Dawn Zoldi Remote drone inspections, especially in tight, GPS‑denied spaces, used to depend entirely on pilot skill and nerves of steel. Today, automation has changed what they look like….
VICTUS Builds Autonomy That Survives In A Contested World
By: Dawn Zoldi In autonomy, contested environments have moved from exception to baseline. VICTUS founder and CEO Jesse Hamel built his company, and its entire software architecture, to address this…
Weathering the AAM Revolution: TruWeather Transforms Low‑Altitude Challenges into Operational Advantage
By: Dawn Zoldi TruWeather Solutions is turning the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2025 Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Strategy, Recommendation 2.8 into an operational, low‑altitude weather framework for AAM, drone…
Complete Robotic Autonomy: The Role of the Fourth Law in Shaping the Future
By: Pramod Raheja, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Autonomy In the realm of autonomy & robotics, few concepts have endured as profoundly as Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, first introduced…
AI-Powered Firestorm 250 Armed Drone Concept Unveiled
By ARIE EGOZI, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for Israel Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and SIG Sauer have collaborated on a new armed quadcopter concept that mates the IAI Apus 60…
KULR and Hylio Announce Strategic Collaboration to Produce Texas-Manufactured Battery Systems for U.S.-Built Unmanned Agricultural Drones
HOUSTON / GLOBENEWSWIRE / February 18, 2026 / KULR Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE American: KULR) (the “Company” or “KULR”), an energy-systems platform company that enables the safe, certifiable deployment of ultra-high-power lithium…
Israel Validates Upgraded David’s Sling Air and Missile Defense System After War with Iran
By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for Israel The Rafael David’s Sling air and missile defense system has completed an advanced series of upgrade tests, validating combat-driven improvements introduced…
Vision Aerial debuts a new industrial drone platform
[Bozeman, MT, February 17, 2026] – Vision Aerial Launches Vulcan Drone Line Built for Heavy-Duty Industrial Operations Bozeman, MT — Vision Aerial today announced the launch of Vulcan, a new…
WISPR Systems’ SkyScout 2+ Earns Spot on AUVSI Green UAS Approved List
Batesville, Mississippi – February 17, 2026 WISPR Systems, a leading American drone manufacturer, announced today that its SkyScout 2+ unmanned aircraft system has officially been awarded Green UAS Certified status…
Embention Awarded in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Spain
February 17, 2026 Sustained growth in critical aerospace technology The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program identifies and grants visibility to the most dynamic companies within the Spanish tech ecosystem. To…
Electra Joins Virginia Smart Airspace Program to Establish National Blueprint for Advanced Air Mobility Instrument Flight Rules
Partnership will accelerate pioneering initiative establishing the first FAA-approved, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) network in the United States MANASSAS, Va., February 18, 2026 – Electra.aero, Inc. (Electra) today announced a…
Geo Week Relocates to Salt Lake City for 2027
Leading Geospatial Event Sets Sights on Utah’s Fast-Growing Geospatial Tech HubDENVER, CO – February 18, 2026 – Geo Week, North America’s premier geospatial and mapping technology event, announced that it…
OpEd – Drone Delivery’s Blind Spot: Why FAA’s Drone Package PEA Potentially Puts Heliports, Hospitals and Safety at Risk
By: Dawn Zoldi* By midnight January 8th, the FAA’s official public comment period on its Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Drone Package Delivery Operations quietly closed with only a…
OpEd – Secretary Duffy’s $12.5 Billion Air Traffic Control Overhaul Must Include UAS and AAM Interoperability
By: Michelle Duquette, AG Operations Ambassador In a recent fireside chat at the Honeywell American Aviation Leadership Summit, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy laid out an ambitious timeline: rebuild America’s air…
Op-Ed: Restoring American Leadership in UAS, AAM and eVTOL Technologies
By: Rex Alexander, AG Infrastructure Ambassador On June 6th, 2025, President Donald Trump issued his Executive Order, “Unleashing American Drone Dominance,” in an attempt to restore American leadership in uncrewed…
OpEd – Quantum-Enhanced Right of Way: Manned-Unmanned Skies in Harmony in a Brave New World
by Fahad ibne Masood, MRAeS In the year 2030, the population density of urban areas will cause rush hour to be a time of extreme congestion. Electric air taxis will…
OpEd – Beyond the Earthly Rulebook: Navigating the Cosmic Gray Zone in Space
By: Tracy L. Reynolds, AG Maritime and Space Law Ambassador As humanity’s ambitions propel us beyond Earth’s boundaries, we find ourselves at the edge of a new legal frontier where…
Clear Words, Safer Skies: A “Words Matter” Review of the FAA Part 108 BVLOS NPRM
By: Michelle Duquette, AG Operations Ambassador The FAA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Part 108 Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations marks a pivotal advancement in modernizing…
Op-Ed – Why GPS-Only Solutions Are Not Enough: The Case for Independent Surveillance in Part 108 BVLOS Drone Operations
By: Ray Adams,* AG Contributor As the FAA’s Part 108 rule for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations moves toward implementation, it’s clear that advanced cooperative technologies like…
OpEd – America’s Counter-Drone Imperative: Permanent Congressional Action Needed Now to Secure the Skies
By: Dawn Zoldi The American drone industry, as a whole, has marked its collective calendar with a single, palpable date: October 6th, the conclusion of the public comment period for…
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AI-Powered Firestorm 250 Armed Drone Concept Unveiled
By ARIE EGOZI, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for Israel Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and SIG Sauer have collaborated on a new armed quadcopter concept that mates the IAI Apus 60…
KULR and Hylio Announce Strategic Collaboration to Produce Texas-Manufactured Battery Systems for U.S.-Built Unmanned Agricultural Drones
HOUSTON / GLOBENEWSWIRE / February 18, 2026 / KULR Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE American: KULR) (the “Company” or “KULR”), an energy-systems platform company that enables the safe, certifiable deployment of ultra-high-power lithium…
Israel Validates Upgraded David’s Sling Air and Missile Defense System After War with Iran
By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for Israel The Rafael David’s Sling air and missile defense system has completed an advanced series of upgrade tests, validating combat-driven improvements introduced…
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The 2025 AAM National Strategy & Comprehensive Plan – A White Paper
This white paper unpacks the U.S. AAM National Strategy and Comprehensive Plan for 2026–2036, detailing how DOT, FAA, NASA, DOD, DHS, DOE, and more than 25 federal agencies will coordinate…
FCC Public Notice on UAS and UAS Critical Components
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Yemaya Bordain, Advanced Air Mobility Institute & Charlton Evans, End State Solutions | Dawn of Autonomy | Episode 110
Join us this week on The Dawn of Autonomy as we close out our “AI and Data” month, sponsored by VICTUS Technologies, with an Industry Innovators conversation featuring Charlton Evans,…
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This week on The Dawn of Autonomy, we continue our “AI and Data” month, sponsored by GrandSKY, with guests Johnny Ryan and Garrett Elwood of The Hive. As experienced AI…