The Federal Aviation Administration has shifted from gentle nudges to hard edges in its treatment of drone pilots, replacing education-first outreach with a muscular enforcement posture that carries ...

Sheffield Brookside High School's Drone Pilot Institute is teaching students to pilot drones and navigate FAA licensing, sparking an interest in tech careers.

Businesses now have the opportunity to use small unmanned aircraft systems. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the first operational rules for commercial use of drones in the nation’s ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The FAA estimates 38.3 million drone flights took place in 2024, most of them from recreational users. But drones are no longer just a way to capture photos and videos from above.

MARBLE HILL — This school year, in Joe Ridings' precision agriculture course at Woodland High School, the students are working with drones. “We’ve got them preparing to get their FAA (Federal Aviation ...

In January 2026, during the height of protests against immigration raids in Minneapolis, federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good. Before even gathering all the facts, the Department of ...

As the country and region continue to embrace unmanned aircraft systems to expand science and commerce, reports of potentially disastrous encounters between drones and manned aircraft are on the rise, ...