RESEARCH
Duke University Drone Tracks Another Drone Using Only Its Sound
Duke's SonicFly follower quadcopter chases a leader drone with a 10-gram microphone array, no GPS sharing, no radio link, and no camera.
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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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LOBBYING
AUVSI's Robbins Exits For SIA As The Drone Ban He Backed Rolls On
Michael Robbins leaves AUVSI September 30 to run the Semiconductor Industry Association, the industry he spent three years telling drone makers to copy.
Japan
Helsing Pitches Japan A Strike Drone With A Contested Combat Record
Rakuten is brokering Helsing's sale of HX-2 strike drones to Japan's army, and the aircraft under test is the same one a German defense ministry document said struggled to launch in Ukraine.
Technology
HOVERAir VERSA FCC Certification Was Granted In Error, FCC Says
The FCC tells DroneXL it has ordered HOVERAir to stop selling the VERSA in the US, set aside the device's certification, and is weighing further action.
Counter-Drone
Texas Wants Counter-Drone Power. Only 61 US Officers Are Certified.
El Paso police told Texas senators they have tracked 1,776 cross-border cartel drone incursions and need more authority to respond. Congress already granted that authority in December. The constraint is a single FBI school in Alabama that has certified 61 officers nationwide.
WHOLE BLOOD
Hillsborough County Hasn't Voted on Its Blood Drone Program Yet
Hillsborough County commissioners decide September 2 whether the nation's first EMS whole blood drone program flies in October. The wire coverage already calls it launched.
DEFENSE FUNDING
Neros Raises $250M At $2.5B As The Army Bets On A Million Drones
Neros closed a $250 million Series C at a $2.5 billion valuation. It builds 1,200 drones a week and has promised a million a year by 2028.
Prime Air
Amazon Drone Crash In Darlington Draws AAIB Case Before December CAA Verdict
An Amazon MK30 crashed into a Darlington garden on July 29. The AAIB opened an accident inquiry as the CAA weighs the trial's December renewal.
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