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The Caribbean drone industry had a big June.

In this month's Caribbean Drone News, Alan Gabriel covers four stories from Jamaica and Guyana that are quietly reshaping what's possible for UAS operators in the region.
Jamaica's national drone soccer team returned from California undefeated, defeating teams from the US, Canada, Mexico, and Kazakhstan.

Jamaican competitor Omar Cockett is heading to the World Skills Competition — one of the largest vocational skills events on the planet — to compete in the unmanned aerial systems category.

In Guyana, Dragonfly Drones formally launched an international joint venture with Canadian firm Automox Offshore.

The Ministry of Health completed drone-supported medical deliveries to riverine communities along the Mahicony River as part of a broader logistics rollout.

Tune in to get the full breakdown, the context behind each story, and why these developments matter for the wider Caribbean drone space.

The Pilots of the Caribbean Podcast recommends the Pilot Institute - Part 107 Made Easy course for anyone looking to prepare to sit the part 107 exam and become a licensed commercial drone operator.

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Matt Collins has spent the last year learning the commercial drone industry from the inside — as the man who shapes the program at Commercial UAV Expo and runs editorial at Commercial UAV News. In this episode, he gives an unfiltered read on where the industry stands in 2026.

We get into the real gap between AI marketing and actual field use, why the FCC Covered List's biggest threat is the hobbyist-to-professional pipeline, what the Part 108 NPRM got wrong, and why Caribbean drone operators are still missing from global industry data — and what to do about it.

Matt also walks through what's new at Commercial UAV Expo 2026 (September 1-3, Las Vegas): roundtable sessions, the Level Up Lounge, a new focus on agriculture, and a state of the industry keynote with Pilot Institute's Greg Hughes.

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The Pilots of the Caribbean Podcast recommends the Pilot Institute - Part 107 Made Easy course for anyone looking to prepare to sit the part 107 exam and become a licensed commercial drone operator.

Website: https://pilotsofthecaribbeanpod.com

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Ershad Mahamad walked away from a 20-year career maintaining aircraft for Caribbean Airlines and Bombardier — and came home to Guyana to build the country's first commercial drone company. What followed was five years of regulatory groundwork, ExxonMobil certifications, 12-subject training programmes, and a 31-person operation covering agriculture, oil and gas, mining, and now drone delivery.

In this episode, Ershad breaks down what it actually took to get Guy Drones certified by the GCAA, the EPA, and a major oil major — all at once — and why he believes drone pilots deserve the same professional recognition as manned aircraft pilots. He also shares the company's expansion into underwater ROVs, the Unitree robot dog, and an incoming drone delivery service built around Guyana's unique geography.

Tune in to discover what building a world-class drone operation in the Caribbean really looks like — from rice fields to oil rigs.

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The Pilots of the Caribbean Podcast recommends the Pilot Institute - Part 107 Made Easy course for anyone looking to prepare to sit the part 107 exam and become a licensed commercial drone operator.

Website: https://pilotsofthecaribbeanpod.com

Email: pilotsofthecaribbeanpod@gmail.com

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