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A presidential executive order and an August 2025 NPRM are pushing the FAA toward finalizing Part 108 in 2026. For U.S. commercial drone operators, the shift from waivers to a standardized BVLOS framework is the most significant regulatory development since Part 107.
A single commercial drone mission just rewrote what's possible for infrastructure inspection in North America. Here's what the operation actually involved and what it means for operators weighing BVLOS certification.
Hurricane season starts June 1st. For drone operators working in insurance inspection, the window to help property owners build pre-loss documentation libraries is closing fast, and the workflow has gotten significantly more operationally viable.
The FCC is trying to untangle the regulatory knots holding back US drone operations at scale. Oregon just handed the commission a detailed list of the problems, and none of them are about the aircraft.
