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Gray Bayraktar TB2 drone with a guided bomb under its wing parked on a concrete apron under a blue sky

Drone Strike

Drug Traffickers Could Become Africa's Drone Arms Dealers, Paper Warns

Robi Sen warns drug traffickers could arm African groups with drones, but his paper calls its drugs-for-drones barter claim an unverified lead.

Haye KestelooOct 12

White Wing hybrid delivery drone with yellow wingtips carrying a blue Walmart package box, seen from below against a blue sky

Drone Delivery

Gastonia Tells Residents Why Walmart Drones Will Be Over Their Homes

Walmart finished a drone delivery site at its Gastonia, N.C., Supercenter. Drones will fly about 6 miles out, and the FAA allows 400 a day per hub.

Haye KestelooOct 12

Render of a black delta-wing drone with a rear propeller flying low over a desert mountain range

Europe

Harmattan AI's 2,000 km Drone Doesn't Need GPS, and Morocco Wants It

Harmattan AI says its IRIFI strike drone reaches 2,000 km without relying on GPS. A day later, Morocco signed a letter of intent to develop it locally.

Haye KestelooOct 12

A white DJI Phantom quadcopter hovers above the Hudson River in New York at dusk, with a pink and orange sunset glowing over the distant hills.

DJI Phantom 4 Pro

DJI Ends Phantom 4 Pro V2 Repairs Oct. 31 and Tells Owners to Buy New

DJI ends Phantom 4 Pro V2 service October 31 and Agras T16 and T20 service November 2, as the FCC weighs barring the spray drones that replace them.

Haye KestelooOct 12

Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone hovering low over an open green field at sunset

Drone Delivery

DroneXL Adds 20 Drone Delivery Town Guides as Local Votes Pile Up

Twenty new DroneXL resident guides for towns facing drone delivery: who flies, who decides, what towns can still do, and eight dates before Nov. 10.

Haye KestelooOct 11

Black X-wing Seth X strike drone on a stand in a factory hall, with Ukrainian and German flags hanging behind it

Defense Tech

Airlogix Seeks $100M At $2B Valuation As Russia Bombs Its Factories

Ukraine's Airlogix is in talks to raise $100 million at over $2 billion, Forbes reports. The price rests on drone factories in Germany, Canada and the UK.

Haye KestelooOct 11

Zipline

Round Rock Says It Has No Zoning Rule for Zipline's Drone Hub

Zipline's Austin hub sits outside Round Rock city limits. The city says its zoning has no rule for drone hubs and will write one after a second opens.

Haye KestelooOct 11

Wing hybrid delivery drones flying in formation against an orange sunset sky, the lead aircraft carrying a package box under its fuselage

Drone Delivery

Belvedere Votes on Drone Delivery Monday. Here Is the Residents' Guide

Belvedere, CA votes Oct. 12 on Marin's first drone delivery ordinance. DroneXL's guide: what the city decides, what the FAA owns, what residents can do.

Haye KestelooOct 10

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