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Policy & Regulation
California's 400-Foot Drone Ban Near Concerts Heads to the Governor's Desk
California lawmakers gave final, unanimous approval to a bill banning unauthorized drone flights within 400 feet of large outdoor concerts and amusement parks, setting up a likely fight over whether states can regulate airspace the FAA hasn't touched.
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Policy & Regulation
FCC Rejects Bids to Delay Comment Deadline on 'Military-Grade' Drone Import Ban
The FCC has denied three requests to extend the Sept. 2 comment deadline on a rule that could strip authorization from foreign drones with thermal cameras, LiDAR or docking stations — categories DJI says sweep up ordinary commercial models.
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Policy & Regulation
FCC Opens Formal Comment Period on Banning Foreign 'Military-Grade' Drones Under NDAA Covered List
The FCC formally opened a 30-day comment window on banning sale and import of foreign UAS and components tied to its Covered List, with a disclosed May 2026 probe into US-based Anzu and warnings from DJI that farm drones could get caught in the net.
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Policy & Regulation
FCC Turns Wartime Drone Import Exemptions Into a Permanent Compliance Framework
The FCC quietly removed the 2026 sunset date on Conditional Approval exemptions from its Covered List, turning what was billed as a temporary bridge for foreign-made drones into an open-ended compliance regime.
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Policy & Regulation
The FCC Is About to Make DJI Impossible to Buy on Amazon — and Every Wireless Gadget Harder to Fake
The FCC votes July 22, 2026 on a Third Report and Order requiring marketplaces like Amazon to show FCC IDs at checkout and closing a "logic-bearing hardware" loophole that let Covered List components, including DJI's, back into U.S. commerce.
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Policy & Regulation
DHS and DOJ Issue Interim Final Rule Letting State and Local Police Detect, Track and Take Down Drones
A new joint DHS/DOJ interim final rule, effective July 1, 2026, hands state, local, Tribal and territorial police and correctional agencies detection and — for the first time — drone mitigation authority, with public comment open through September 4.
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Policy & Regulation
DHS, DOJ and FCC Finalize SAFER SKIES Act Rules Giving Local Police Counter-Drone Authority
A new Interim Final Rule, effective July 1 and published July 6, 2026, lets trained state, local, Tribal and territorial agencies detect, track, disable or seize drones — backed by FCC spectrum actions and a mandatory FBI training course at Redstone Arsenal.
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Policy & Regulation
Nearly 1 Million Comments Force FAA to Push Back Its Critical-Infrastructure Drone Rule Deadline
Swamped with nearly 900,000 public comments, the FAA has extended the deadline on its Section 2209 critical-infrastructure drone rule from July 6 to August 5, 2026.
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Policy & Regulation
The SAFER SKIES Rule Goes Live: Cops Can Now Legally Down Drones — If They Pass the FBI Schoolhouse First
A DOJ/DHS interim final rule effective July 1 lets state, local, tribal, territorial and correctional agencies detect, track and shoot down drones — but only after FBI certification, which is also the gate to a $500M grant pool.
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Policy & Regulation
The Drone Lobby Storms Capitol Hill: Adversarial-UAS Bans, Counter-UAS Authority, and a $70B FY27 Bet
At AUVSI's June 24 Hill Day, 100+ industry leaders ran 90+ meetings to push procurement bans on adversarial-nation drones, more DHS counter-UAS grants, and permanent Blue/Green UAS pathways — as core DoD C-UAS authority nears its Dec. 31 sunset and FY27 steers $70B+ to drone dominance.
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Policy & Regulation
FAA Cracks the Door Open: How Part 107/135 Operators Can Get Authorized to Fly Inside World Cup 'No Drone Zones'
The FAA's June 22 NOTAM update confirms certain drone operations may be permitted inside World Cup security airspace with DHS authorization — giving Part 107 and 135 operators a concrete approval path via [email protected] amid $100,000 fines and the new DETER enforcement push.
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Policy & Regulation
New Jersey's 2024 Drone Wave: What Federal Investigators Actually Found
In late 2024, weeks of nightly drone sightings across New Jersey and the Northeast triggered a federal investigation, thousands of public tips, and emergency airspace restrictions—before a four-agency joint statement concluded most reports were misidentified manned aircraft, with no foreign nexus and no national security threat.
