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A painted play runway marked 1C crosses artificial turf toward a retired Navy F-4 Phantom II at the Airport Overlook park in Charlotte

North Carolina · FAA

Charlotte Drone Pilot Pleads Guilty to Flying Between Live Runways

A Charlotte man flew a drone for a client video from CLT's Airport Overlook, a park between two active runways. He faces up to a year in federal prison.

Haye KestelooSep 263 min read

Wing

Lowe's Now Flies Painter's Tape to Charlotte Yards in 20 Minutes

Lowe's launched drone delivery from its Matthews, N.C. store with Wing and DoorDash: 100+ items, 2.5 lb limit, 5-mile radius. Wing flies every order.

Haye KestelooSep 24

RESEARCH

Duke University Drone Tracks Another Drone Using Only Its Sound

Duke's SonicFly follower quadcopter chases a leader drone with a 10-gram microphone array, no GPS sharing, no radio link, and no camera.

Haye KestelooAug 18

Escaped black Angus bull moving through thick kudzu in Iredell County, North Carolina

DJI Avata 2

DJI Avata 2 Guides Escaped Angus Bull Out of I-40 Ravine

A DJI Avata 2 helped Foothills Aerial Services guide an escaped Angus bull out of a kudzu-covered ravine near Interstate 40 in Iredell County, North Carolina.

Rafael SuárezJul 30

Skyeton

Skyeton Brings Ukrainian Drone Factory To Fayetteville

Ukrainian-born drone maker Skyeton will build Raybird reconnaissance aircraft at a 28,500-square-foot Fayetteville facility, creating 162 jobs with an average annual salary of $70,759.

Rafael SuárezJul 29

Duke Health drone carrying an AED payload during a live 911 response study

AED

Duke Health Drones Now Fly AEDs To Real 911 Calls

Duke Health researchers are dispatching AED-carrying drones to live 911 cardiac arrest calls in North Carolina, testing whether autonomous delivery can beat ambulances by the minutes that decide survival.

Haye KestelooJul 14

Walmart

2026 World Cup TFRs, 23-Day BVLOS Waivers, Flock Safety’s New Camera, and a Walmart Drone Delivery Fight

Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. This week I have four stories for you, and they cover a lot of ground: the FAA has published the Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and you should be paying attention, North Dakota has cut its beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) waiver…

Greg ReverdiauJun 6

Amazon

Amazon Eyes a 176-Square-Mile Drone Zone in N.Y.

Amazon wants to turn 176 square miles of upstate New York into a drone delivery zone. The company is asking the town of Clay, near Syracuse, for permission to fly Prime Air deliveries out of an existing warehouse. If it clears the FAA and the local planning board, anyone within 7.5 miles could get a…

Rafael SuárezJun 2

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