Drone Delivery
DroneXL Adds 20 Drone Delivery Town Guides as Local Votes Pile Up
Twenty new DroneXL resident guides for towns facing drone delivery: who flies, who decides, what towns can still do, and eight dates before Nov. 10.
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Haye Kesteloo is the Editor in Chief and Founder of DroneXL.co, where he covers all drone-related news, DJI rumors and writes drone reviews, and of EVXL.co, for all electric vehicle news. Haye can be reached at haye @ dronexl.co or @hayekesteloo. Also on LinkedIn, Muck Rack, Instagram and YouTube.
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Airlogix Seeks $100M At $2B Valuation As Russia Bombs Its Factories
Ukraine's Airlogix is in talks to raise $100 million at over $2 billion, Forbes reports. The price rests on drone factories in Germany, Canada and the UK.
Zipline
Round Rock Says It Has No Zoning Rule for Zipline's Drone Hub
Zipline's Austin hub sits outside Round Rock city limits. The city says its zoning has no rule for drone hubs and will write one after a second opens.
Drone Delivery
Belvedere Votes on Drone Delivery Monday. Here Is the Residents' Guide
Belvedere, CA votes Oct. 12 on Marin's first drone delivery ordinance. DroneXL's guide: what the city decides, what the FAA owns, what residents can do.
Wingtra
Wingtra Ran 180 Simulations in Six Months to Design the RAY Drone
AirShaper says Wingtra simulated 180 WingtraRAY candidates in six months and gained 56% payload and 12% efficiency over the WingtraOne.
FCC Filing
FCC Vote Would Shut Out Chinese Labs That Test 82% of US Devices
The FCC votes October 29 on ending recognition of every mainland China test lab by December 1, 2028. DJI's Osmo Pocket 4P was tested at one of them.
FAA
FAA Lets Tower Inspection Drones Fly Above LAANC Grids, No Tower Call
FAA Order JO 7200.23E, effective Oct. 31, exempts tower inspections from ATC coordination above the grid, writes rules for Class E airports and more.
FAA
Dallas Drone Pilot Faces 8 Years. The Runway Charge Carries Just One
Pujan Gajjar, 24, is indicted on four counts over alleged drone flights at Love Field and DFW. By DroneXL's reading, the certificate counts carry the time.
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