Zipline
Zipline Seeks $20 Billion Valuation With Part 108 Still Unsigned
Zipline is in talks to raise $1 billion at a $20 billion valuation, nearly triple its January price. The FAA rule its US plan needs is still unpublished.
Haye Kesteloo
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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DJI
DJI Prices SDR Transmission 2 at €349. The US Isn't On The List
DJI launched the SDR Transmission 2 worldwide at £309 and €349. The FCC Covered List keeps it off American sets, where the 2024 model sold for $549.
Zipline
Zipline Answers Safety Questions on the Record. Amazon and Wing Don't
DroneXL sent Amazon, Wing and Zipline the same drone delivery safety questions on one deadline. One company answered. Its answers are published in full.
US Army
US Army Axes Drone Battalion Months After Ukrainians Beat Its Troops
Ukrainian drone operators beat US troops at Hohenfels. Now the Army is ending its only drone assault battalion, and an ex-Pentagon official asks why.
Japan
Japan's $110M Global Hawk Drone Crashes on Undisclosed Mission
Japan's first RQ-4B Global Hawk loss: the $110M drone crashed off Tottori three minutes after its link failed. The ASDF won't say what it was doing.
Counter-Drone
Russian Drone Off Poland Carried a Live Warhead. Its Route Is Unknown
Polish prosecutors say the Gerbera 2 pulled from the Baltic near Rusinowo was armed with a fragmentation warhead, destroyed on the beach Tuesday.
Ukraine
Ukraine's Drones Kill the General Who Told Putin Kostiantynivka Fell
Ukraine's drone forces killed Maj. Gen. Anton Grunis, the Hero of Russia who told Putin in July that Kostiantynivka had fallen. Moscow confirmed the death.
Counter-Drone
Korean Drug Lord's Drone Jailbreak Undone by a Viral Test Flight
Park Wang-yeol planned to fly out of a Philippine prison hanging from a 165-pound-capacity drone. A viral rehearsal clip killed the plot.
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