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UAV News Talk – Drone News, eVTOLs, UAS Policy & Air Mobility — 430 episodes
AirVenture 2026 Vertical Lift Center: Joby, Beta, Wing, Zipline and More
FAA BVLOS Right-of-Way, DJI Rescue Drones, and eVTOL Certification Delays
Joby Toyota eVTOL Deal, Archer Salinas Factory, Pentagon Drone Czar & Disaster Response Drones
Drone Delivery, Flock Drones, eVTOL Forecasts, World Cup Drone Busts & Flying Into a Tornado
Can American Drone Technology Compete with DJI? HYFIX H1D, AI Drones, RTK GPS & U.S.-Made Chips
DJI Drone Ban, World Cup No-Drone Zones, and Archer Joby eVTOL Air Taxi Plans
Counter-Drone Security: Shahed Drones in Cuba, World Cup Defense & eVTOL Air Taxis
429 The UAV Digest Relaunch: eVTOLs, Drones, and the Future of Flight
428 We’re Coming Back and We need Your Feedback to Make Us Better
420 Toroidal Propellers
419 Collecting Environmental DNA with a Drone
418 Weather Prediction with Drones
417 UAV Tether in Heavy Seas
416 European Drone Strategy 2.0
415 Amazon Prime Air Drone
414 Operations Over People
413 Community-Based Drone Organizations
412 Nano Drones
411 Automated Inspection
410 Women and Drones Documentary
409 Court Ruling on Drone Remote ID
408 Archer Aviation Maker
407 Microsoft AirSim
406 Coaxial Drone Patent
405 Dufour Aerospace Tilt-Wing
404 Drones Not UFOs
403 BVLOS ARC Final Report
402 Domestic C-UAS National Action Plan
401 Air-One Vertiport Opens
400 U-Space
399 BREEZE Drone for Venus
398 Cargo Drone
397 CycloTech Cycloidal Rotor
396 Drone-as-a-Service
395 Counter-UAS Contract
394 Hydrogen Drones for Inspections
393 Lessons for the eVTOL Industry
392 RaceDayQuads v. FAA
391 Kinetic Energy and Flight Over People
390 Gliding Cargo Delivery Drone
389 A Perching Drone
388 12 Days of Drones
387 Personal eVTOL
386 Fuel Cell Hydrogen
385 Hunting with Drones
384 Airport UAS Threats
383 Heavy-Lift UAS
382 Terrafugia Commaris UAV
381 Tactical Beyond Visual Line of Sight
380 NASA System-Wide Safety Project
379 T-Mobile 5G Drone
378 UAS Incident Map
377 Google’s OpenSky App
376 Open Source Drones
375 MissionGO
374 Drone Soccer
373 ASRS for UAS Operators
372 Great Lakes Drone Company
371 LiDAR Mapping with UAVs
370 Detect and Avoid
369 A Rescue Drone That Talks
368 Mesh Network Drone Delivery
367 Remote ID Lawsuit Filed
366 American Security Drone Act of 2021
365 Remote Identification Implications
364 The Recreational Drone Test
363 DJI FPV Drone
362 United eVTOL
361 Urban Airports for Drones
360 Mars Helicopter Ingenuity
359 Smart Drone Mailbox
358 Insitu Lawsuit
357 Walmart Drone Delivery Hub
356 FAA Final Rules: Remote ID and Flight Over People
355 Royal Mail by Drone
354 Home Design for Drone Deliveries
353 Building Drone Highways
352 US DOT BEYOND Program
351 Drones for First Responders
350 Cyclogyro Drone
349 Solar-Powered Drone LTE
348 Weaponized Drones
347 Indoor Security Drone
346 The Longest Organ Delivery Flight by UAS
345 SeaClear Project to Clean the Ocean
344 Skyward
343 Optionally Piloted
342 Countering Drone Swarms
341 Drone Detection
340 Wide-Area Motion Imagery
339 Planning for Drones at Airports
338 Drones and Biomimicry
337 Hacking Drones
336 DroneDeploy CEO Mike Winn
335 Kespry CEO George Mathew
334 Drone Aerobatics
333 Insect-Inspired Microbot
332 Last-Mile Drone Delivery Tested
331 Skyborg for Loyal Wingman UAV
330 Passenger Drone Hotel
329 Boeing Loyal Wingman
328 Blockchain for Unmanned Aircraft
327 COVID-19 Inspired Drones
326 Altavian and Sinclair Print Masks
325 Drawing with Drones
UAV 324 Drones and the Pandemic
323 Drones and Low Altitude Operators
322 Drones and Coronavirus
321 DJI on Remote ID
320 Holographic Radar for C-UAS
319 Canadian Drone Management System
318 Police Micro-Drones
317 Proposal to Type Certify UAS
316 DJI Responds to US Government Restrictions
315 PrecisionHawk Leadership Change
314 Remote ID Reactions
313 Uber-Hyundai Air Taxi Concept
312 Drone Remote ID NPRM
311 V-Coptr Falcon Bi-copter
310 Hexa Electric VTOL
309 X-Wing Drones
308 Droneresponders Working Group
307 UAV Battery Technology
306 Drone Registration
305 Mavic Mini, First Look
304 UAS Flight Demonstrations
303 Ehang Autonomous Aerial Vehicle
302 Drones for Border Protection
301 Drones for Activism
300 It’s Called a Drone
299 Aeronautical Knowledge Test
298 High Altitude Pseudo Satellite
297 Nano Drones, Swarms, and AI
296 Bio-inspired Drones
295 Hybrid Drone Controllers
294 DJI Government Edition
293 CTA Drone Market Research
292 PrecisionHawk’s Diana Cooper
291 Kashmir World Foundation
290 FAA UAS Symposium 2019
289 UAS Threat to Critical Infrastructure
288 Recreational Drone Restrictions
287 Embry-Riddle UAS Program
286 Professional-Grade UAS
285 Tethered UAS for First Responders
284 Lithium Metal Batteries
283 NPRM for sUAS Operations over People
282 Drones and Wildlife
281 Fixed-Wing Drone Swarm
280 Flying UAS Over People
279 Drones for Disaster Relief, Search and Rescue
278 Animal Identification with Drones
277 NUAIR Alliance and UAS Integration into the NAS
276 Drones for Wildlife Management
275 UAS Traffic Management
274 A Nano-UAV for the Army
273 Drone Sightings at the Airport, or Maybe Not
272 FAA Draft NPRM for Night Flying and Flights over People
271 Fuel Cell Drone
270 Our Predictions for 2019
269 Rogue Drone at the Airport
268 Drone Surveillance Systems
267 Drones and the Public Safety Sector
266 A Modular Drone Taxi
265 AUVSI’s Trusted Operator Program
264 Hovermap Autonomous Drone Maps Underground
263 Civil Drone Regulations for India
262 Fly Like a Dragonfly
261 Universal Traffic Management
260 Narwhal 2 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drone
259 The Impossible Aerospace US-1
258 Boeing MQ-25 Stingray
257 Solar-Powered Quadcopter
256 Commercial Drone Training
255 Virginia UAS Integration Pilot Program
254 Unmanned Aviation Companies Partner Up
253 High Altitude Pseudo Satellite Drone
252 An Autonomous Flock of Drones
251 General Atomics MQ-9B Flies Across the Atlantic
250 Skyship Search and Rescue Platform
249 Aquila Project Shut Down
248 Black Swift Technologies Eyes Venus
247 FAA Culture Limits Advancement of Drones
246 AiRXOS UAS Partnerships
245 Airbus Urban Air Mobility
244 Solar Powered Drone
243 UAS Integration Pilot Program
242 Rockwell Collins CNPC-1000 Data Link
241 Intel Falcon 8+ Certified Under UL 3030
240 Calls to Repeal Section 336
239 Recreational Drones for Commercial Purposes
238 UL 3030 for Drone Safety
237 MQ-25 Stingray
236 A Folding Arm Drone
235 The Cora Electric Air Taxi
234 2018 FAA UAS Symposium
233 Drone Legislation Priorities for 2018
232 Should FAA Regulate Recreational Drones?
231 The Drone Services Industry
230 Ehang Autonomous Aerial Vehicle
229 DroNet Autonomous Flight Through Cities
228 Aurora Flight Sciences Orion
227 Drone Parachute Recovery Systems
226 Drones at CES 2018
225 DARPA Gremlins
224 UAS Identification and Tracking
223 UAV Traffic Management in New Zealand
222 Pipeline Inspection with SkyX
221 sUAS Collisions with Manned Aircraft
220 Giving Thanks
219 Drone Registration: It’s Baaack!
218 UAS Integration Pilot Program Details Emerge
217 CNN Newsgathering Drone
216 Making American Aviation Great Again
215 More From the Big Drone Show
214 Autonomous Air Taxi Takes Flight
213 DJI Matrice 200 Series
212 The Big Drone Show
211 Matternet Autonomous Drone Network
210 A Global Drone Registry
209 Drones for Disaster Relief
208 The Bladeless Drone
207 Drone Racing with the Pro Aerial League
206 DJI and Data Security
205 Smith College Drone Class
204 Drone Registration Planned for the UK
203 Warm Springs FAA UAS Test Range
202 Piaggio HammerHead Testing Resumes
201 Telecommunication Drone
200 Looking Back and Looking Ahead
199 The “GENIUS NY” UAS Accelerator Competition
198 Drone Racing Takes Flight
197 NASA UAS Traffic Management (UTM) System Tests
196 The DJI Spark
195 Drone Registration Struck Down
194 Drones for Public Safety Agencies
193 Flying Drones Over People
192 Uber Air Taxi UAV
191 A Mountain Search and Rescue Drone
190 The Application of ADS-B to Drones
189 The LightningStrike XV-24A VTOL UAS
188 The Inflatable Drone
187 Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Drones
186 AOPA UAS Programs
185 The DJI Matrice 200 Series of Drones
184 AOPA Welcomes Drone Pilots
183 An Autonomous Taxi Drone
182 Super Bowl Goes Gaga Over Drones
181 Vanishing Drones
180 UAS Traffic Management Concepts
179 Online UAS Training Offerings
178 GoPro Karma Drone to be Relaunched
177 FPV Flying Wings
176 The Ion Tiger Fuel Cell-Powered Drone
175 Amazon Prime Air Delivers
174 Drone Industry Consolidation
173 Counter-UAS Technology
172 Drone World Expo 2016 Review
171 UAS Flights Over Unsheltered People
170 UAS for Precision Agriculture
169 The X-37B Space Drone
168 Unmanned Aircraft Safety with Dr. Todd Curtis
167 UAS as a Subscription Service
166 DJI Mavik Hands-On Review
165 The Tesla Concept Drone
164 Reflections on InterDrone
163 The Best Drone Podcasts
162 A Call for Harmonized EU Drone Rules
161 Exemptions to Part 107 Granted
160 UAS for Newsgathering
159 Taking the FAA Online UAS Training Course
158 Fly Like a Bird
157 Government and Private Sector Initiatives for UAS Integration
156 AT&T Using Drones to Benefit Customers
155 Amazon Docking Station for sUAS
154 Cargo Drone Challenge Winners
153 ADS-B Out for Small UAS
152 Teaching Teachers How to Teach Students About Drones
151 Part 107: Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
150 3D Printed Drone
149 Sense and Avoid and Package Delivery at NASA Langley
148 Voluntary Best Practices for UAS Privacy
147 Drones That Perch on Walls
146 The FAA Creates, Permits, and Rescinds
145 The Autonomy Incubator with Dr. Danette Allen
144 UAS Traffic Management (UTM) Research Platform
143 Drone Dealer Expo 2016 – Part 2
142 Drone Dealer Expo 2016 – Part 1
141 A New Drone Alliance
140 Package Delivery by Drone Takes Another Step Forward
139 Too Many Drone Parts and Not Enough Drone Pilots
138 Blanket Drone Approval for New Section 333 Exemptions
137 Aurora’s LightningStrike Hybrid-electric X-plane
136 First Person View Drone Racing
135 Micro UAS Legislation Will Have to Wait
134 A Proposed “Micro UAS” Drone Category
133 UAS Legal Action
132 First Look: Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016
131 Democratized Technology
130 UAS Research and Development
129 Drone Defense Systems
128 Get the App Before You Fly
127 Small UAS Certificate of Registration
126 Ariel Seidman and Hivemapper
125 sUAS Registration Announcement
124 DaVinci Challenge: Build a Drone Workshop
123 UAS Registration Task Force Recommendations
122 Realtime Flight Restriction Data Coming to UAVs
121 UAS Registration Update
120 Drones that Avoid Obstacles
119 Drone Video Systems
118 DOT/FAA to Require Unmanned Aircraft Registration
117 Don’t Fly UAS Near Airports
116 Customs and Border Protection UAS
115 FAA Misses UAS Integration Date
114 UAS Industry Days 2015
113 Think First, Launch Second
112 Know Before You Fly at Point-of-Sale
111 UAVs and the Law
110 Drone Legislation
109 Who has the Right to Write Drone Laws?
108 Drone Sightings by Manned Aircraft Pilots on the Rise
107 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Unmanned Aerial Systems
106 UAS Traffic Management
105 Guns on Drones
104 Monarch Inc. Founder and CEO Eileen Shibley
103 Matternet Tests Autonomous Package Delivery
102 SheDrones
101 Wildlife Conservation UAV Challenge
100 Looking Back and Looking Ahead
99 Multirotor Racing
98 HeliVideo to Provide Footage at U.S. Open
97 Drone Lawyer Jonathan Rupprecht
96 DOJ Drone Privacy Guidelines
95 A Hydrogen Powered Quadcopter
94 The Amazon Patent for Package Delivery by Drone
93 AUVSI Unmanned Systems 2015 Conference
92 Smith College Takes Drones to the Public
91 Here Come the Lawyers
90 Dee Jay Eye
89 New Quadcopters from DJI and 3DR
88 Conversation with a Section 333 Exemption Holder
87 FAA Streamlines COA Process
86 Dual and Arclarity Developing Sense and Avoid Solution
85 NTSB: Putting Some “English” on Drone Investigations
84 Talk to the Drone
83 Section 333 Exemption Challenges
82 Reaction to the FAA’s NPRM for Commercial sUAS
81 FAA Releases the sUAS NPRM
80 UAV Tracking and Avoidance
79 Volcano!
78 Dronegate
77 UAS Pilot Training
76 FAA Enlists Law Enforcement
75 Charge Your Drone on a Pad
74 Did you get a Drone for Christmas?
73 FAA says Go, NYC says NO
72 Drone for the Holidays
71 Are Strict sUAS Regulations Better Than No Regulations?
70 Preview of the FAA sUAS NPRM
69 NTSB on FAA v. Pirker: Remanded
68 A UAV Entrepreneur
67 ScanEagle 2 Launched
66 Drones with Brooms
65 UAS Regulatory and Legal Developments
64 Drones In the Water and Out of the Air
63 A New UAV Coalition is Launched
62 UAVs for Agriculture
61 Regs, Regs, and More FAA Regs
60 Searching for the Missing
59 Sense and Avoid
58 Making and Breaking UAV Laws
57 PrecisionHawk
56 When is an Aircraft not an Aircraft?
55 The Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership Gears Up
54 NUAIR Gets an FAA COA
53 Drones on Film
52 Propellerheads Aerial Photography
51 Martha Stewart on Drones
50 Manufacturing Drones with a 3D Printer
49 UAV Privacy, Subpoenas, and Regulations
48 Evan Ulrich and his RoboSeed UAV
47 FAA! We’re Going to Need a Stiff Drink!
46 Roger Connor Curates UAVs at the Smithsonian
45 Wide World of UAV Sports
44 Small UAS and Large UAS
43 Good Uses and Bad Uses for Drones
42 It used to be UFOs, now it’s UAVs
41 Regulating UAS
40 A Multicopter First Flight
39 Alaska UAS Test Site Stands Up
38 Lockheed Martin Builds sUAS
37 UAS Test Site Receives FAA COA
36 No Fly Zones for UAVs
35 Listening to You!
34 Center of Excellence for UAS
33 Sharing the Sky
32 Taking Autism to the Sky
31 The Wild Wild West
30 FAA v. Pirker – Administrative Law Judge Decision
29 Delivering the Internet via UAV
28 The Size of the UAV Market
27 Policing UAS Use
26 FAA Falls Behind UAS Mandate Schedule
25 Drones in Dangerous Environments
24 UAV Licensing and Permitting Proposal
23 Shooting Video from UAS
22 Manie Kohn – Don’t Tell Me Show Me
21 NUAIR, Making Future Skies Safer
20 FAA Selects Six UAS Test Sites
19 General Atomics Sense and Avoid
18 UAV Engines, Servos, Parachutes, and Bob
17 UAS for Good, Bad, and the Improbable
16 From Jellyfish to Global Hawk
15 Going Fishing for Hammerheads and UAVs
14 FAA Releases UAS Plan and Roadmap
13 Sally French is the Drone Girl
12 We Want Drone Safety Rules
11 The You In UAV Digest
10 HAPS, LADs and Chicks
9 It’s Raining Drones
8 The FBI Uses Drones
7 Drone UAV Drone
6 Spy on the Chicken
5 Drones are a Grass Roots Effort
4 Goosebusting by Hexacopter
3 Hurricanes, Fires, and Drones! Oh My!
2 Sense and Avoid
1 The D Word
0 Getting to Know You