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BEYOND Phase 2 Deadline Slips: Inside What the FAA Buys
The FAA pushed its BEYOND Phase 2 proposal deadline from September 10 to September 25. The focus areas read like a map of where commercial BVLOS is hardest today.
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Carlene Hughes
Operations Manager & Marketing Assistant
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FAA Enforcement in 2026: When Warnings Become Legal Action
Two policy changes in 2026 moved the FAA from compliance conversations to legal action for the worst drone violations, and added an expedited settlement track. Here is how they work.
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BVLOS at Scale Needs Aircraft That Can Talk to Each Other
The FAA's own staff say the harder job starts after Part 108: shared information, identity and detect and avoid. A GAO report from February spells out the gap.
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Part 108 Has a Second Rulebook and TSA Is Writing It
TSA is recruiting BVLOS operators for closed technical roundtables on the security programs Part 108 will require. The intake deadline is October 19, and the useful preparation starts now.
first responders
When local police can take your drone out of the air
The DOJ and DHS interim final rule implementing the SAFER SKIES Act took effect July 1 and closes for comment September 4. It gives trained local agencies detection, warning and, under tighter conditions, mitigation authority over drones.
canada
The flight review is the appointment that decides your fall
Transport Canada's August newsletter put national flight reviewer numbers at 1,385 against 23,427 Advanced certificates, with a flight review required for both Advanced and Level 1 Complex. Fall scheduling is a capacity problem.
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What the FCC calls military-grade includes routine inspection kit
The FCC is taking comment until September 2 on prohibiting continued importation and marketing of previously authorized foreign-produced drones and components it defines as military-grade. Thermal sensors, LiDAR and docking stations are on the list.
first responders
Police drone programs just got an oversight checklist
Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner replaced its 2012 police drone guidance on August 17, 2026, setting out lawful authority, privacy impact assessment and public disclosure expectations. Commercial crews flying for public sector clients inherit part of that paperwork.
canada
Canada's operator certificates are not keeping pace with its pilots
Transport Canada reported 709 Level 1 Complex pilot certificates and 615 active operator certificates as of mid August. The pilot credential is being issued faster than the organizational authority that actually permits lower-risk BVLOS work.