US Air Force
Air Force Raises Joby's Autonomy Bet to $37M on a 33-Year-Old Caravan
The Air Force has awarded Joby nearly $37M for autonomy work on a converted 1993 Caravan and raised its testing ceiling to $50M.
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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Amazon
Amazon Drones Reach Dolton. The Village Sends Residents to the FAA
Dolton is the second Chicago suburb in a week to tell residents to call Amazon or the FAA about MK30 drones. The FAA's Chicago file is still a draft.
DJI
DJI Gives ROMO 2 Its Drone Offline Mode, Eight Months After the Hack
DJI's Local Data Mode cuts the ROMO 2 vacuum off from the cloud, eight months after 7,000 ROMOs leaked camera feeds, on a robot Americans cannot buy.
Department of Defense
Saildrone Beats the Navy in Court Over a $2.1 Billion Drone Boat Snub
A federal judge found the US Navy treated Saildrone unfairly in its $2.1 billion drone boat competition and froze $600 million until a new review.
Counter-Drone
Bulgaria Joins NATO Drone Defense Project After Drones Sink Two Ships
Bulgaria signed on to NATO's lower-level air threats project on October 30, after drone strikes sank two cargo ships off its Black Sea coast.
FIRMWARE
DJI Pocket 4P Update Reaches 18x Zoom, Owner Already Wants A Limiter
A Pocket 4P owner in Japan shows 18x digital zoom and new stage and sunset modes after an update DJI has not documented, and asks for a zoom limiter.
Ukraine
EU and Bpifrance Target 30 French-Ukrainian Drone and Defense Deals
Bpifrance and the EU back French-Ukrainian drone and defense partnerships with a €150M guarantee. The loans pay for contracts with EU suppliers.
Ukraine
Ukraine Will Fund Drone-Fired Air-to-Air Missiles to Catch Jet Shaheds
Brave1 offers Ukrainian firms up to ₴75 million to build drone-launched air-to-air missiles and ₴100 million for radars. Interest closes Nov 5.
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