Articles
From Classroom to Cornfield: Building Skills for Precision Agriculture
By Bronwyn Morgan, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Training and Education Once a novelty, highly automated and autonomous drones have become indispensable tools in modern farming. From pinpoint crop surveillance to...Read More
Orchestrating Airspace Assurance: AI–Cyber Fusion Keeps Drones and Daily Life Moving
By: Dawn Zoldi Most discussions about uncrewed aircraft protection still dwell on individual tools, such as a sensor here, a jammer there with artificial intelligence (AI) somewhere in the mix...Read More
Back to the Future of GEOINT: Why the Army Still Needs Fishing Poles in an AI World
By Dawn Zoldi At a recent USGIF GEOINTeraction Colorado event* in Colorado Springs, three Army GEOINT professionals—two active‑duty, one retired and now a senior Army civilian—sat alongside industry leaders to...Read More
ASSUREd Safe: Building Trustworthy Drone Programs for High‑Stakes Public Safety Missions
By: Dawn Zoldi When lives and communities are on the line, “good enough” UAS training is not really good enough. ASSUREd Safe, the public safety training arm of the FAA’s...Read More
Canada Moves Toward Mandatory ADS-B Out: New Airspace Rules Could Reshape National Skies
By: Dan Juhlin, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Canada The winds of change are blowing in Canadian skies. While Canada’s fleet of approximately 31,000 active general aviation (GA) aircraft grapples with...Read More
FAA Sharpens Drone Rules for First Responders With New BVLOS, SGI and Stadium Tools
By: Dawn Zoldi The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been busy updating the rules for how police, fire and emergency management agencies fly drones. At the DRONERESPONDERS NACON, FAA leaders...Read More
Fly, Rinse, Repeat: Inside DIU’s Drone Dominance Playbook
By Dawn Zoldi The Department of War’s Drone Dominance initiative isn’t just another Pentagon program. It’s a live‑fire experiment in how the United States will build, buy and field millions...Read More
FAA’s New eVTOL Integration Pilot Program Takes Flight
By: Sarah Nilsson, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Drone and AAM Law When President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14307, “Unleashing American Drone Dominance,” on June 6, 2025, he signaled support...Read More
Public Safety Drones: BVLOS, LTE and Counter‑UAS Tech Impacts On Low‑Altitude Security
By: Dawn Zoldi Public safety agencies increasingly depend on drones for a wide variety of missions. With the passage of the SAFER Skies Act, they’re now beginning to pair those...Read More
CNA Turns Emerging Tech into Trustworthy Tools for First Responders
By: Dawn Zoldi Today “public safety tech” ranges from drone‑as‑first‑responder (DFR) to AI‑driven analytics dashboards. Agencies now face the hard question as to which tools will actually help incident commanders...Read More