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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Skydio

Skydio: Dominion Adds 100 Docked Drones and Turns Linemen Into Pilots

Dominion Energy added 100 Skydio docked drones, says Adam Bry. Dominion says they save 8 to 12 hours per event and open pilot jobs for linemen.

Haye KestelooOct 16

Zipline

Zipline Turns 10: The Bouncy Castle Years Behind 3 Million Deliveries

Zipline marks 10 years since its first Rwanda flight with an origin film. The 51% maternal mortality figure it cites comes from a narrower study.

Haye KestelooOct 16

A soldier in camouflage stands on a concrete riverbank holding a drone controller as a white quadcopter hovers above tall grass, with an orange buoy barrier in the river behind him.

FAA

FAA Bans Drones Along Entire US-Mexico Border Until October 2027

Three FAA NOTAMs ban drones within one nautical mile of the US-Mexico border from Monday to October 2027. CBP approves only listed missions.

Haye KestelooOct 16

Flat white Starshield satellite terminal on a black hard case beside a tan Humvee draped in camouflage netting on gravel ground

Ukraine

Starshield Cap Hit Ukraine's Interceptors, Not Its Refinery Strikes

Reuters' sources say the Starshield cap that slowed Ukraine's interceptor drones came from the White House. Some drone makers already fly their own links.

Haye KestelooOct 16

Black six-rotor StarGate drone flying low over a dry autumn field with an orange stretcher pod slung beneath its frame

Ukraine

SkyFall Sends Its $50,000 StarGate Medevac Drone to the Front Line

SkyFall's StarGate medevac drone lifts 330 pounds and nets an attacking FPV. A Ukrainian unit now tests it where ground robots take hours.

Haye KestelooOct 16

Amazon

Portland Votes 11-0 Toward Drone Hub Pause as Amazon Cancels Meeting

Portland's council voted 11-0 to start state notice for a possible drone hub moratorium. Amazon canceled its Oct. 20 meeting with city planners.

Haye KestelooOct 16

A gray DJI Matrice 4 drone with a speaker module on top and a thermal camera gimbal, on a white display table at a trade show booth beside a second Matrice 4

FCC Ban

FCC Files Pentagon's Sealed DJI Letters, Says Ban Didn't Rely on Them

The FCC filed the Pentagon's Section 1709 letters on DJI under seal and says it did not rely on them. The public pages name DJI and no specific threat.

Haye KestelooOct 15

Mike Yoder of nuWay Ag beside an FAA remote pilot certificate stamped SUSPENDED in red

FAA

nuWay Ag's Yoder Takes FAA Drone Suspension Over Deer and Sled Lifts

nuWay Ag's Mike Yoder says he settled for a 180-day FAA remote pilot suspension after videos of heavy-lift drones hauling a deer, logs and a sled.

Haye KestelooOct 15

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