The FAA’s largest reorganization in history creates new offices focused on airspace modernization and advanced aviation technologies.

Japan's first area-authorized Level 4 drone delivery demonstration successfully transported pharmaceutical supplies using drones.

Anduril's AI Grand Prix challenges engineers to develop autonomous drone software for $500K prize pool and jobs.

A2RL Drone Championship tests autonomous racing drones across speed, coordination, and human vs AI challenges.

Policy changes, global conflicts, and new funding are reshaping the drone industry from hype to industrial-scale commercial and defense ops.

Skyportz analysis forecasts Delhi and India as major AAM markets, projecting 40M annual Delhi trips and 10,000+ vertipads by 2045.

Skylift completes UK aviation first with coordinated BVLOS drone operations in the Solent, advancing medical logistics delivery capabilities.

Kiwi Aerial Shots launches Immersive Condor heavy-lift drone for 16K spatial video, enabling immersive storytelling from the air.

AirData drone platform now supports 8 languages including Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Hebrew.

A new FAA NOTAM banning drone flights near moving federal assets draws concern from ACLU, journalists, and commercial drone operators.

Ambarella’s CV5 drone chip powers the new Antigravity A1 8K 360 drone at CES, FCC rules on foreign-made drones could affect US availability.

As U.S. policy accelerates domestic drone development, long-term leadership will depend on regional autonomy hubs that scale testing, workforce development, and manufacturing nationwide.