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Exedy Drones opened $1,000 Ayre CX spray drone reservations through dealers. $750 stays refundable until January; first deliveries target spring 2027.
Zipline says its drones got quieter, Alibaba wins a ruling on a Pentagon lobbying law that also reaches DJI's lobbyists, and Michigan funds organ flights.
Michigan's $1.7M round funds 12 drone projects: blueflite organ flights for Michigan Medicine, Battle Creek police DFR, and eight Detroit pilots.
A man arrested in Michigan is charged with flying an unregistered DJI Air 3 around Barksdale AFB on March 22 to 26. One count carries up to three years.
Munson Healthcare and blueflite fly phase two of Michigan's medical drone trial Oct. 6 to 30 in Traverse City, five months after operator DroneUp quit.
Ten states restrict dropping objects from aircraft more tightly than the FAA. Amazon's MK30 is the only delivery drone that releases packages in flight.
Jack Demmer Ford launched a state-funded drone parts delivery network in metro Detroit, flown by an aircraft that cleared both the FAA and the FCC Covered List.
Detroit filed a $2.2 million DOJ grant application for a police drone as first responder program without City Council approval. Six members voted no, the city may withdraw it, and DPD still has no approved drone policy.
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