New aircraft, rule changes, and what they mean for pilots.
Updated October 9, 2026 at 12:58 PM CDT95 stories
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A draft order released October 8 would lift the airborne-use ban that has kept drones off 50 megahertz of low-band cellular spectrum. The same meeting takes up a rule that would stop the FCC from recognizing test labs in countries without reciprocal deals, which reaches every new drone sold in the U.S.
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