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The FCC has circulated a draft order that would lift a decades-old ban on airborne use of the 800 MHz Cellular band, opening 50 MHz of low-band spectrum to drones. The rule is about connectivity, not flight authority, and that distinction should shape how field programs plan their links.
Drones have become a normal part of airport emergency exercises. The FAA has now spelled out who requests airspace access, and how far ahead of the drill it has to happen.
Aerial resupply of planting crews closed its season with more than a million seedlings delivered. What made it work was not lift capacity, it was removing walking from the crew's day.
Running emergent aerial response and scheduled investigative flying on the same fleet looks efficient. The first quarter of a Canadian program shows why the two are kept apart.
Two changes at one Canadian test range matter more than the reopening itself: the flying season no longer closes for winter, and visiting teams no longer carry their own certificate.
Insurers put this summer's prairie storms above $1.8 billion in insured damage. That number describes a documentation workload more than it describes weather.
A utility flyover notice reads like a schedule. It is actually a public access protocol, and that protocol decides whether an inspection week survives contact with the people who live along the line.
The FAA's rewritten processing order puts a see-and-avoid waiver on every Part 91 drone approval, splits line of sight and BVLOS requests between two offices, and relaxes coordination for vertical structure inspections.
The October 1 stage of Connecticut's drone act reaches contractors and any purchase made with state or federal money, while the state's 250 foot critical infrastructure rule has been in force for a year.
