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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Dark gray Skyrover V1 drone hovering low over a sunlit lawn scattered with autumn leaves, its shadow on the grass behind it

DJI

Skyrover V1 Flies in Half Chrome Test, but Skyrover Doesn't List It

Half Chrome's Jack Towne flew the Skyrover V1 for two weeks: 30-plus minutes per battery, front and rear sensing, no price, and Skyrover doesn't list it.

Haye KestelooNov 6

A small quadcopter drone hovering just above the wing of a parked commercial airliner behind an airport perimeter fence

FAA

TSA's 'Drone Drone Drone' Post Hits 736K Views And A Six-Figure Threat

TSA's 46-word 'drone' post says a no drone zone flight near an airport can cost hundreds of thousands. The FAA got there four times, never for one flight.

Haye KestelooNov 5

White Wing delivery drone with yellow wingtips hovering above trees and lowering a blue Walmart package on a tether

Drone Delivery

Walmart Cut a Drone Delivery Ribbon in West Memphis. Nothing Flies Yet

West Memphis, Arkansas, cut a ribbon for Walmart and Wing drone delivery on November 2. Wing still lists no Arkansas service and Memphis as coming soon.

Haye KestelooNov 5

SkyeBrowse Roof Damage Analysis panel beside a 3D model of a commercial building, its roof outlined in purple facets with pitch and area labels

Drone Software

SkyeBrowse Measures a Roof and Flags Hail Hits From One Drone Flight

SkyeBrowse's Roof Damage Analysis outlines every facet, reports squares and pitch, pins hail hits with AI and pulls NOAA storm data from one drone flight.

Haye KestelooNov 5

Zipline

Zipline Nearly Died Two Years Ago. Today It's Worth $21.5 Billion

Zipline's CEO: investors called it uninvestable for ten years and the P2 nearly killed it. DroneXL holds his 'silent and safe' line against Amazon's MK30.

Haye KestelooNov 5

Zipline

Zipline Raises $1.5 Billion as Walmart Signs for 300 More Drone Sites

Zipline closed $1.5 billion at a $21.5 billion valuation and a Walmart deal for 300 more sites. Walmart's whole drone program was 66 stores in May.

Haye KestelooNov 5

Gray DJI Matrice 5T drone with its arms folded sitting on a black hard case, its four-lens gimbal and laser rangefinder facing the camera, with a dark forest and cloudy sky behind

LAUNCH

DJI Matrice 5T Puts 1K Thermal in a Folding Drone the US Can't Buy

DJI's Matrice 5T folds, flies 59 minutes and carries 1280 thermal. Its spec sheet rates the radio for Canada, Europe, China and Japan, and not the FCC.

Haye KestelooNov 5

Flock Safety Alpha police drone in flight against a pink dusk sky, its multi-lens gimbal camera hanging below the body

Industry

Flock Drone Chief Sidhu Quits for a16z, Alpha Still in Early Access

Rahul Sidhu leaves Flock for a16z two years after selling it Aerodome for over $300 million, days after 270 staff took buyouts and with Alpha in early access.

Haye KestelooNov 5

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