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White fixed-wing drone marked Rantizo 100M on a launch rail, propeller spinning, a camera turret under its nose, orchards and mountains behind

Industry

Rantizo Prototype Pairs GPS With LORAN, Which the US Shut Off in 2010

Two weeks after its Nasdaq debut, Rantizo unveiled a surveillance drone prototype with two range targets and GPS/LORAN navigation.

Haye KestelooOct 29

Close-up of a gray Skydio X10 drone in flight, its square camera module with three lenses facing the viewer, trees and rocks blurred behind it

FCC Filing

FCC Opens 800 MHz to Drones, but BVLOS Still Waits on FAA Part 108

The FCC voted 3-0 to end a 1991 airborne ban and open 50 MHz of 800 MHz cellular spectrum to drones. The FAA's Part 108 BVLOS rule is due December 7.

Haye KestelooOct 29

Gray Rift Dynamics Wåsp quadcopter with black arms and a mast-mounted antenna puck, hovering against a white background

Technology

ESA Funds Ondas-Backed Drone Maker to Fly 10 Minutes Without GPS

ESA signed Norway's Rift Dynamics, maker of the Ondas-distributed Wåsp, to keep cheap expendable drones navigating for 10 minutes under jamming.

Haye KestelooOct 29

White Wing delivery drone with yellow wingtips and twelve hover propellers flying low past a Walmart store's Pickup sign

Drone Delivery

Wing Says Good Neighbors Fly Quiet. A Texas Yard Saw 52 Amazon Drones

Wing says drone delivery must stay safe and quiet for people who never ordered. Its 43 dBA covers cruise; its delivery hover runs about 62 decibels.

Haye KestelooOct 29

Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, its gold dome lit by low sun above bare trees

Amazon

Amazon North Haven Drone Decision Not Until 2027, Official Says

North Haven's first selectman says no Amazon drone decision comes before 2027. DEEP's federal clock and its own word point to November.

Haye KestelooOct 29

Matternet

Matternet Deal Opens 2,300 Hospitals to a Drone the FAA Hasn't Cleared

Swisslog's TransLogic will sell Matternet's M3 into 2,300 North American hospitals. The M3 has no FAA certificate and no flights before late 2027.

Haye KestelooOct 29

Skydio X10 drone hovering in the dark with its navigation lights on, the thermal and color camera gimbal facing forward

DFR

Utica Names Axon and Skydio for Drone Trial Flock Pitched in June

Utica, N.Y. police and fire begin a 90-day Drone as First Responder trial with Axon and Skydio. In June the city announced a free six-month Flock pilot.

Haye KestelooOct 28

US Army sergeant in camouflage body armor lowering white Fat Shark FPV goggles over his eyes in a field of heather

Department of Defense

Pentagon's 60,000 Attack Drones Hit a 1940s Explosives Bottleneck

The Pentagon is buying 60,000 attack drones, but one 84-year-old Army plant makes all U.S. HMX and RDX. Odin Energetics says it can make a tenth of that.

Haye KestelooOct 28

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