Roving No‑Drone Zones or Rogue Authority? FAA’s New NOTAM and the Outer Limits of Drone Mitigation Power
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi, Colonel (USAF, Ret.), Esq. Congress has been very deliberate about who can shoot down, jam or seize drones over the United States, and under what conditions….
Maritime Autonomy’s Legal Crossroads: Inside Law‑Tech Connect’s High‑Seas Debate
By: Dawn Zoldi Autonomous ships, uncrewed surface vessels and underwater robots, once relegated to the land of sci‑fi, already survey seabeds, inspect critical infrastructure and quietly impact global trade and…
Drones, Data and Digital Twins: The Spatial Intelligence Rewiring Airports and Ports
By: Dahlia Kopycienski At the world’s busiest gateways, behind the scenes, high‑fidelity geospatial data, live sensor feeds and drone‑enabled 3D models have evolved airports and ports into deeply digital operating…
Safer Skies, Safer Cities: Why SLTT Agencies Must Prioritize, Adopt, and Act on RF-Cyber for Safe Counter-Drone Airspace Protection
By: Dawn Zoldi The long-anticipated Safer Skies Act has set the stage for much anticipated changes in airspace security. It finally empowers state, local, territorial, and tribal (SLTT) agencies to…
Robotics, Physical AI and the Real-World Future of Machines That Work
By: Dawn M.K. Zoldi Robotics has moved from glossy CES stages and magazine covers into energy plants, construction sites and, increasingly, living rooms and hospitals. Autonomy Global Network’s Full Crew…
OpEd – Mobile No‑Fly Bubbles and Moving Targets: Is FAA’s Expanded UAS NOTAM Constitutional?
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi, Colonel (USAF, Ret.), Esq. The FAA’s latest nationwide UAS security NOTAM, FDC 6/4375, significantly escalates how the federal government can manage drones near sensitive facilities, mobile…
The Karshak Drones Ecosystem: Field-Proven Autonomy for 2026 and Beyond
By: Dawn Zoldi India-headquartered Karshak Drones has been diligently building one of the most cohesive small drone ecosystems in the market. By pairing rugged airframes with deep vertical integration in…
America’s Technology Leadership Imperative: Winning Tomorrow From Low Earth Orbit To Las Vegas
By: Dawn Zoldi At GBEF EDGE 2026 in Las Vegas, in a powerful keynote, retired Maj. Gen. John “JO/Sprocket” Olson (USAF Ret.) issued a national technology launch sequence. To win…
U. S. Space Force Field Commands successfully launch GPS III Space Vehicle 09 into orbit
Summary: The Space Force launched a Lockheed Martin-built Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, named in honor of NASA astronaut Col. Ellison Onizuka, into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket…
Israel and EU Alarm on “Clear & Imminent” Cyber Risks from Chinese-Made Drones
By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for Israel The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) are sharply reducing their use of Chinese-made drones over mounting evidence that these systems expose sensitive…
FAA Reopens BVLOS Comment Period, Raising Fresh Questions About Process
By: Dawn Zoldi The Federal Aviation Administration has just moved to reopen the public comment period on its landmark “Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations” rule….
AI-Enhanced Sea Breaker Missile Brings Autonomous Precision Strike to GNSS-Denied Seas
By: Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Israel Israeli defense giant Rafael has upgraded its Sea Breaker long-range precision-guided missile with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to improve autonomous target recognition…
UK Advances Project NYX: Seven Teams to Develop Apache “Loyal Wingman” Drones Under Manned–Unmanned Teaming Push
By Philip Hicks, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for U.K. and Middle East The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has pushed its autonomous aviation agenda forward with the selection of seven…
Russia’s New Geran‑5 Kamikaze Drone Brings Cruise‑Missile‑Style Range to One‑Way Attack Systems
By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for Israel Ukraine has recently identified a new Russian one‑way attack (OWA) drone, designated Geran‑5, which has significantly evolved from earlier Geran‑series loitering…
U.S. Army Selects UVision HERO 90 Loitering Munition for LASSO Program, Partnering with Mistral Inc.
By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for Israel U.S. company Mistral and Israeli company UVision have announced that the UVision HERO 90 loitering munition has been selected by the…
ANELLO Photonics Awarded $20M in Department of War APFIT Funding to Accelerate GPS-Denied Navigation
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ANELLO Photonics, the creator of the Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG™) and a leader in solid-state, high-precision inertial navigation systems, today announced it has been…
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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U. S. Space Force Field Commands successfully launch GPS III Space Vehicle 09 into orbit
Summary: The Space Force launched a Lockheed Martin-built Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, named in honor of NASA astronaut Col. Ellison Onizuka, into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket…
Israel and EU Alarm on “Clear & Imminent” Cyber Risks from Chinese-Made Drones
By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for Israel The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) are sharply reducing their use of Chinese-made drones over mounting evidence that these systems expose sensitive…
FAA Reopens BVLOS Comment Period, Raising Fresh Questions About Process
By: Dawn Zoldi The Federal Aviation Administration has just moved to reopen the public comment period on its landmark “Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations” rule….
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FCC Public Notice on UAS and UAS Critical Components
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Explore the latest updates in AI news in our February installment of the Full Crew. This must-watch episode features Host and AG Ambassador for GenNext Tech Fahad Ibne Masood, with…
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Closing our “2026 Look Ahead” month, sponsored by Carahsoft, the Dawn of Autonomy podcast Ray Adams, President of Trajectrix and a leading voice shaping Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) strategy and…
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This week on The Dawn of Autonomy podcast, as part of our “2026 Look Ahead” series sponsored by Carahsoft, we sit down with Yaron Rosen, Executive Chairman of Airwayz. Yaron…