Triple Threat in the Sky: Volatus Aerospace Redefines Pipeline Protection
Ben Ruszkowski, Chief Commercial Officer of Synergy Aviation, a Volatus Aerospace company, has spent the better part of his professional life making sure North America’s most critical energy assets never…
The Invisible Legal Wall Blocking Drone Operations Over the High Seas and the Path Through It
One of the most consequential barriers facing drone operators isn’t the BVLOS rule, the FAA’s certification backlog or a lack of airspace coordination. For many operators planning overwater routes, it’s…
Manna Picks Tulsa: Why a Drone Delivery Leader Chose Oklahoma As Its U.S. Homebase
Dawn Zoldi/P3 Tech Consulting; Bobby Healy, Founder and CEO of Manna Air Delivery and Jennifer Hankins, Managing Director of Tulsa Innovation Labs during their fireside at XPO26. Bobby Healy decided…
New Jersey Puts Down Roots for a National Aviation Innovation Corridor
By: Dawn Zoldi At the Shore to Soar 2026 (S2S) in Cape May, New Jersey, a panel moderated by NARTP Board Chairman Mark Loeben, a 31-year Air Force veteran (Major…
Virginia Beach Open For Business: Attracts Autonomous Systems Companies With Ocean Access, Veteran Talent
Virginia Beach is stepping up its pursuit of autonomous systems companies. Leveraging open-ocean Navy test infrastructure, a deep veteran workforce and a newly sharpened economic development strategy, the city aims…
When the AI on Your Drone Waiver Application Meets the AI Reviewing It
By: Charlton Evans, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Certification Something significant has happened inside the FAA’s waiver and exemption review process, and most of the aerospace industry hasn’t fully registered it…
Disrupt Yourself Across Land, Air and Sea With ANELLO Photonics For GPS-Denied Navigation
By: Dawn Zoldi Navigation can no longer sit at the edge of platform design. According to Dr. Mario Paniccia, CEO and Co-Founder of Santa Clara-based ANELLO Photonics, which builds GPS-denied…
The Nightmare Scenario Is Already Here: Stolen Spray Drones and the C-UAS Reckoning
By Dawn Zoldi On March 24, fifteen Ceres Air C31 agricultural spraying drones, each the size of an ATV, each capable of dispersing 40 gallons of liquid across a 15-mile…
SPARC AI Expands Overwatch Targeting Capability with Image Recognition and Successful 43km Target Acquisition Test
9 June, 2026: SPARC AI Inc. (the “Company”) (CSE: SPAI) (OTCQB: SPAIF) (Frankfurt: 5OV0) a defence technology company building Overwatch, the GPS denied navigation and target acquisition software platform for drones…
Electra Unveils Turbo-Electric Aircraft Concept for Next-Generation Airliner as Part of NASA AACES 2050 Program
Concept pairs a double-bubble lifting fuselage and electric tail fans to explore competitive gains for aircraft with 100+ passengers Manassas, VA, June 8, 2026 Electra, the global leader in hybrid-electric aviation, today unveiled a new conceptual aircraft design…
Orbbec Breaks Ground on New Overseas Manufacturing Base RVMC to Strengthen Global Delivery and Supply Chain Capability
9 June 2026: Orbbec officially held the groundbreaking ceremony for its overseas manufacturing base — the RVMC Factory — in the Thuan Thanh Industrial Zone of Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, marking…
Drone Industry Insights Launches the 9th Edition of the Global Drone Survey — The World’s Largest Annual Industry Survey for the Drone Market
Survey open to all actors in the global drone market ecosystem — manufacturers, operators, investors, associations, regulators, and service providers Hamburg, Germany — June 9, 2026 Drone Industry Insights (DII),…
Ondas Holdings Targets FPV Drones and Swarm Threats With New Autonomous MODUS and IRON WAVE Defense Systems
Ondas Holdings unveiled two AI-driven defense systems built for the next generation of force protection capabilities: MODUS, a mobile counter-UAS platform, and IRON WAVE, a robotic combat suite designed to operate ahead of…
Orbbec and Creality Launch Pika, Bringing 3D Scanning into the Pocket Era
2 June 2026: Creality unveiled Pika, a next-generation AI-powered portable 3D scanner co-developed with Orbbec, during its 12th Anniversary “AI Ecosystem” product launch event. Powered by Orbbec’s core underlying technologies, Pika breaks the…
Speedbird Aero and iFood Launch New Drone Delivery Routein São Paulo
Operation in Alphaville, Greater São Paulo, integrates Speedbird aircraft, autonomous robot, and partner delivery riders in a multimodal model São Paulo, June 1, 2026 – Speedbird Aero, a Brazilian company…
Voyager Awarded $16.5M DARPA Contract
DENVER, May 26, 2026 Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG) was awarded a DARPA Burn n’ Go Phase 2 contract, valued at $16.5 million, to advance the development of a new propellant-embedded…
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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SPARC AI Expands Overwatch Targeting Capability with Image Recognition and Successful 43km Target Acquisition Test
9 June, 2026: SPARC AI Inc. (the “Company”) (CSE: SPAI) (OTCQB: SPAIF) (Frankfurt: 5OV0) a defence technology company building Overwatch, the GPS denied navigation and target acquisition software platform for drones…
Electra Unveils Turbo-Electric Aircraft Concept for Next-Generation Airliner as Part of NASA AACES 2050 Program
Concept pairs a double-bubble lifting fuselage and electric tail fans to explore competitive gains for aircraft with 100+ passengers Manassas, VA, June 8, 2026 Electra, the global leader in hybrid-electric aviation, today unveiled a new conceptual aircraft design…
Orbbec Breaks Ground on New Overseas Manufacturing Base RVMC to Strengthen Global Delivery and Supply Chain Capability
9 June 2026: Orbbec officially held the groundbreaking ceremony for its overseas manufacturing base — the RVMC Factory — in the Thuan Thanh Industrial Zone of Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, marking…
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As unmanned aircraft become a fixture at parks, construction sites, public events, emergency scenes, schools, and commercial job sites, law enforcement officers and public safety personnel face a growing challenge:…
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Newly released edition of the FAA’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Interference Guide. This significant update offers expanded insight into current jamming and spoofing activity, operational impacts on aircraft systems,…
Report: Indianapolis Downtown Heliport 2024 Assessment Shows Why 8A4 Must Remain Open
Indianapolis has a piece of aviation infrastructure that most cities only wish they had, and aviation consultant Five-Alpha, LLC’s Airport Assessment Report, published June 6, 2024, makes that clear in plain…
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Junio Valerio, Flyability’s MD for the Americas | Dawn of Autonomy Ep. 126
Wednesday June 17, at 11 am ET. On this episode of The Dawn of Autonomy podcast, we feature Flyability’s Managing Director for the Americas, Junio Valerio Palomba, the Swiss deep‑tech…
Full Crew 81: Energy Ops
Thursday, June 18, 11am ET. The Full Crew takes on Energy Tech. Host Nate Ernst, our Energy Ambassador, is joined by Gabrielle Wain (Skyways), David Cole (FlyFreely), and Julien DuPont…
Sean Guerre, Executive Director, EDRC | Dawn of Autonomy Ep. 125
Wednesday June 10, 2026, 9 am MT / 11 am ET On this episode of Dawn of Autonomy, we continue “Energy Month” with Sean Guerre, Executive Director of the Energy…