Articles
OpEd – Military Aviation DNA: Why It Matters in Commercial Autonomy
By: Michelle Duquette, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Operations When you see veteran aviation maintainers entering the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) sector, you’re watching the industry mature. They bring a fundamental...Read More
Has the Golden Dome Arrived? The New National Defense Strategy Could Rewrite America’s Drone and Counter‑Drone Future
By: Dawn Zoldi The newly released 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) resets how Washington thinks about drones over U.S. soil and the industrial base that builds and defeats them. It...Read More
Cargo Momentum: Martin Solutions and Elroy Air Ready to Shine in the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program
By: Dawn Zoldi The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) emerging Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) has the potential to do for air taxis and autonomous cargo aircraft...Read More
Controlled Skies: Airwayz UTM Provides True Airspace Command and Control
By: Dawn Zoldi Many unmanned traffic management (UTM) systems were built for sporadic drone flights in small pockets of static airspace for operational evaluations. Airwayz created an AI-driven airspace command...Read More
Driving Autonomy, Defending Stability: AVs, National Security and the New AV Framework
By: Dawn Zoldi Automated vehicles (AVs) and automated driving systems (ADS) are colliding with national security concerns in ways that will shape both America’s roads and its strategic resilience. At...Read More
Beyond Satellites: How the IHub, Space Force Guardians and Innovators Are Prototyping the Future of Spacepower
By: Samantha Louque, VT-ARC Ever since the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1, outer space has been a highly contested and rapidly changing domain. However, that change has grown exponentially...Read More
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....Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
