A 200-acre fire jumped a river in Stone County, Missouri on Oct 12. A fire district's drone, bought with grant money meant for water rescues, showed crews where. Highlandville's chief had never seen a drone at a fire. Does your fire district have one? #publicsafety #aam

Portland's council voted 11-0 on Oct 14 to start the state process for a possible pause on drone hubs. No moratorium yet. Oregon bars city drone flight rules, so the lever is land use. If you run a city, are you waiting for the FAA or moving now? #govtech #aam

The D.C. Circuit heard Hikvision's challenge on Oct 6 to the FCC's power over equipment it already authorized. Drones aren't in the case, but the FCC is weighing the same step for foreign-made drones. Owned fleets would keep flying. Get your inventory in order now. #aam #govtech

WarrenUAS's second tactical drone course for regional first responders (Nov 21) is built for team leaders: leading, instructing and evaluating missions. Training pilots is step one. Who evaluates your agency's drone missions? #aam #publicsafety

SpaceX agreed Oct 8 to buy 800 MHz low-band spectrum, reportedly for about $8B. On Oct 29 the FCC votes on letting drones use 50 MHz of the 800 MHz cellular band. If drones ride carrier networks, those networks join the airspace stack. #aam #infrastructure

Ørsted flew 55 to 65 kg maintenance kits to North Sea turbines, including a 4 km BVLOS delivery planned and monitored from one vessel. Operators of critical infrastructure are becoming drone operators. Do they know what else flies above their assets? #aam #infrastructure

29 governors asked federal agencies to expand counter-drone training for local police, corrections and the Guard under SAFER SKIES. The law also builds in compliance audits. Could your city show an auditor every decision? #aam #publicsafety

In a Swedish study of suspected cardiac arrest calls, drones got defibrillators there before the ambulance in 37 of 55 cases, a median 3 min 14 sec sooner. Only 6 of 18 confirmed arrests had the AED attached. What would your city need to see first? #aam #publicsafety

From Oct 26, the Part 107 test adds sectional chart questions that aren't in the FAA's supplement. Good. But a chart shows what was true when it was printed. It can't show what's in your city's sky today. #aam #govtech

Matternet unveiled its M3 delivery drone, 11 lb payload, 10-mile radius, launching from unmanned rooftop micro-hubs, before the aircraft has an FAA certificate. Its predecessor took 22 months from proposed criteria to certification. Building the infrastructure ahead of the approval is the bet. #aam