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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A white DJI Mini 3 Pro drone hovering against a clear blue sky above wooded green hills

Counter-Drone

Houston Weighs Counter-Drone Bid as Texas Pot Shrinks to $10.5M

Houston votes Wednesday on a FEMA counter-drone grant bid. Its filing names detection and mitigation gear, and Texas's share fell to $10.5M.

Haye KestelooNov 3

White Terra B1 interceptor drone with four rotors standing nose-up on a display plinth against a blue wall

Japan

Russia Threatened Terra Drone. Its CEO's Biggest Worry Is Taiwan

Russia named Terra Drone over Ukraine interceptors. CEO Toru Tokushige says a Taiwan crisis would stop Japan's drone production at once.

Haye KestelooNov 3

Photorealistic 3D model of Madrid's Las Ventas bullring seen from above, showing the red brick Neo-Mudéjar facade, horseshoe arches and the empty sand arena inside.

DJI

DJI Names 12 Heritage 3D Winners, Four More Than Its Rules Promised

DJI named 12 World Heritage 3D winners, Spanish police among them. Its rules and blog list four People's Choice slots. DJI named eight.

Haye KestelooNov 3

Spanish Legion soldier in a ghillie suit wearing FPV goggles and holding a radio controller among pine branches

Spain

Spanish Army's Own Experts Say Red Tape Is Slowing Its FPV Drone Shift

Ten Spanish Army experts tell a Granada researcher that FPV drones win through kill webs, and that Air Force pilot rules and slow buying hold Spain back.

Haye KestelooNov 3

Elizabeth, New Jersey, police DJI Matrice 300 RTK drone with POLICE lettering on its arms, parked on a hard case beside a police SUV

DJI

FCC Still Weighing Thermal and Spray Drone Ban, Adam Chan Says

FCC national security counsel Adam Chan says the agency is still weighing a ban on already-authorized foreign thermal, LiDAR and spray drones.

Haye KestelooNov 3

A white DJI Mini 4 Pro drone hovering at eye level over a snow-covered path, with stone buildings blurred behind it

China

Beijing's Drone Sign in the NYT Enforces a Ban That Widens Nov. 15

A Beijing airport drone check in Friedman's NYT column enforces a city ban on bringing drones in, transit included, that widens to owning one Nov. 15.

Haye KestelooNov 2

Tan fixed-wing drone with two wing-mounted propellers and a V-tail flying low over a field, with a long green-roofed building and bare trees below

Department of Defense

SOCOM Plans for War Without GPS. KEF Robotics Just Got in Line

KEF Robotics joined SOCOM's free SOF RACER consortium. SOCOM plans for jammed GPS, but neither first call asks for navigation.

Haye KestelooNov 2

Worker in black gloves assembling a drone frame fitted with motors at a factory workbench, with other assemblers working behind him

DEFENSE FUNDING

Neros Says $450M Pentagon Loan Deal Gives Taxpayers An Ownership Stake

OSC offered Neros up to $450 million to build drones and parts in Torrance. Neros says taxpayers get an ownership stake. OSC's release doesn't mention one.

Haye KestelooNov 2

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