Drone policy, incidents, and industry news across the United States — from statehouses to the national airspace.
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week: the FCC moves to block DJI and Autel chips on any drone, Amazon delivery drones are overwhelming a Texas suburb, and SkyeBrowse is rolling out new pricing.
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.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr touts $5 billion in new US drone investment. The agency's own footnotes mix funding rounds, a valuation and five-year pledges.
Hundreds packed Amazon's Prime Air forum in Westborough, Mass. No resident spoke in favor. Amazon says its drones are coming anyway, pending approvals.
Amazon is hiring Prime Air drone handlers in Tallahassee and a drone unit is filed for its warehouse lot. Florida law keeps the city out of the flights.
H.R. 10304 would make drone makers show new pilots an FAA-defined safety statement at first activation and require a sign-off, replacing a 2016 law.
Orqa drones running KEF Robotics navigation and Blue Arrow's RII software flew recon and payload missions under GPS and radio jamming in Alabama.
Jake Sloan takes the Insta360 Luna Pro to an Alaska glacier valley to test its 8K sensor, 2x lossless zoom, detachable face plate, built-in mics and low light.
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