Dahlia Kopycienski
GPS Lies: Autonomous Systems Need to Navigate a World That Can’t Be Trusted
By: Dawn Zoldi At the 2026 GEOINT Symposium, a panel of defense technologists, geospatial innovators, and autonomy engineers discussed how the navigation assumptions built into most autonomous systems are already...Read More
Component-Level Intelligence: What You Don’t Know About Your Drone Could Ground Your Operation
By T. Seth Ford, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Systems Integration You can fly a drone, sure. But right now, the more important question is whether you can tell me, with...Read More
NATO’s GEOINT Imperative: Intelligence Integration, Alliance Security and the Pipeline That Decides Wars
By: Dawn Zoldi The 2026 GEOINT Symposium opened its keynote stage with Major General Paul Lynch, Deputy Assistant Secretary General of the Joint Intelligence and Security Division at NATO. A...Read More
Certified Isn’t the Same as Competent: The FAA Is Cracking Down on Drone Pilots Who Don’t Know the Difference
On April 29, 2026, United Airlines Flight 1980 was on final approach to San Diego International Airport at 3,000 feet when the crew reported striking a drone. The FAA and...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
Drone Threat to Data Centers: What C-UAS Security Programs Must Address Now
By Nate Ernst, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Energy On March 1, 2026, Iranian Shahid drones struck data centers in Bahrain. The attack targeted cooling infrastructure, power systems and rooftop equipment...Read More
Above the Pitch: How Canada’s Elite Drone Operators Get Ready for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
By Dan Juhlin, Autonomy Global Ambassador — Canada Besides bringing the world’s most-watched sporting event to North American soil, the 2026 FIFA World Cup brings with it an airspace management...Read More