Articles
BREAKING: AUVSI Policy Drone & AAM Policy Symposium Delivers New Leadership, FAA Drone Approvals and Counter-UAS Action
The FAA has authorized Skyways to conduct autonomous flights beyond U.S. territorial waters, opening a new pathway for offshore drone operations as federal agencies formalize how they coordinate counter-UAS testing...Read More
Drone Approval Doesn’t Always Translate Into Routine Operations in Africa: Getting Past The Permit
“Permission is an event, but participation is the system.” That line, from a speaker drawing on Nigeria’s experience, summed up two days of drone sessions at the recent Aviation Africa...Read More
Stratolaunch’s Hypersonic UAS Lessons: Scaling Talon-A Flight Testing
Flying an autonomous aircraft at Mach 5 and above demands more than propulsion and flight software. What does building a repeatable hypersonic test operation actually involve? At the 20th Annual...Read More
DTA’s JP1 Hybrid eVTOL Sets Its Sights on U.S. Skies and Personal Aviation
DTA’s JP1 hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft began with a modest mission, to fly a French gyrocopter pilot to his mother’s house for lunch. Now, the two-seat aircraft...Read More
Vantage Robotics Won Over the Military. Now It’s Opening Doors to Competitors.
Before Vantage Robotics supplied military operators, its CEO and co-founder Tobin Fisher tested drone usability from a lawn chair outside his house. He stopped people walking past, handed them a...Read More
OpEd: The Miami Crash Raises The Bigger Question, “Are We Closer to Pilotless Cargo Aircraft?”
On Sunday September 6, a Boeing 767 Amazon Prime Air flight operated by “21 Air” landed at Miami International Airport, overran Runway 30 and struck two ground vehicles. It killed...Read More
Beyond Earth, Beneath Golden Dome: NASA and Space Force Map an Autonomous Future
One single conversation covered a nuclear-powered spacecraft deploying helicopters at Mars, a rotorcraft exploring Saturn’s moon Titan, a Venus probe deciding which discoveries to transmit before its operating window closes...Read More
OpEd: How To Move Beyond the Tech and Into Operational Readiness
Aircraft, sensors, communications systems, digital data exchanges, digital models, and operating software support useful drone services today within defined operating conditions and approvals. We’re close to the next rulemaking enabling...Read More
OpEd: The New Defense Economy Requires Building American Deterrence at Speed and Scale
For at least a few generations, discussions about America’s defense industrial base have centered on the Department of War (DOW) and major defense contractors (the Primes). That partnership won wars...Read More
Industry Headwinds and Record Attendance: Commercial UAV Expo 2026 in Review
Last month, professionals from across the commercial UAS industry came together for the annual Commercial UAV Expo. This year’s event was back in Las Vegas, Nevada, and came at a...Read More
