Technology
DARPA Runner-Up MTech Missed 4:1 By One Overheating Motor
Luke Maximo Bell's build log for MTech's second-place DARPA Lift Challenge run shows heat, not battery capacity, ended the team's 4:1 attempt in Dayton.
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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Ukraine
Ukraine's Drones Broke The Diesel Market. Trump Wants Them Stopped.
European gasoil margins hit about $94 over Brent as Ukrainian drones cut Russian refining to a 24-year low. US diesel just passed $6 a gallon.
Police
Police Seize Drone in Luton Airport Zone, Make No Arrest
Bedfordshire Police seized a drone inside Luton Airport's restriction zone during a festival, tracked the pilot home, and issued words of advice.
Legal
Yale Expert: Civilian Drone Builders Risk Losing Legal Protection
Two drone experts warn that civilians who build and move attack drones may forfeit noncombatant status, and the texts deciding it date to 2009.
Counter-Drone
NATO Jets Down a Drone Over Lithuania, Days After Chasing Birds
Italian Typhoons shot down a drone over Lithuania early Tuesday, the first ever downed in Lithuanian airspace. Two days earlier, the alert was birds.
Drone Incidents
UPS Pilot Reported A Drone At 5,000 Feet. It Was A Bird.
A UPS crew told ATC they hit a drone or balloon at 5,000 feet. UPS confirmed a bird. Why drone is now the first word pilots reach for.
Louisiana
Prison Drone Flew $31,000 of Meth Back to Its Launch Site
A Grant Parish deputy found the drone on the ground with the meth still strapped to it. A dying battery had flown it home, and two Texas men are in jail.
Drone Delivery
Dexa Takes Its FAA-Certified Drone Airline To TechCrunch Disrupt
Dexa, the Dayton drone delivery operator with a Part 135 certificate, made TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield 200 and pitches at Disrupt in October.
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