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Drone News: Warning on Armed Police Drones, Reported Drone Strike Over JFK, Part 107 TFR Violations

Welcome to your weekly UAS News Update. We have four stories for you this week. First, the EFF warns about armed police drones, a JetBlue pilot reports a drone strike at 3,000 feet over JFK, another JFK “drone sighting” turns out to be normal operations, and lastly, we gotta talk about those World Cup TFR violations.

First up this week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or EFF, is warning that lawmakers have precious little time to stop armed police drones. This comes after Skydio's CEO recently walked back the company's previous pledge to never weaponize their drones. On top of that, a…

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