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Manna founder Bobby Healy in a black Manna T-shirt and aviator sunglasses crouching beside a white Manna delivery drone inside a fenced base

Manna Aero

Manna Rates Tulsa Bases at 24 an Hour. Restaurants See 3 to 20 a Day

Manna rates each new Tulsa base at 24 drone deliveries an hour. Cherry Street restaurants told the Tulsa Flyer they see 3 to 20 orders a day.

Haye KestelooOct 19

SNAKE RIVER CANYON

DJI Neo 2 Reads 492 Feet Below Takeoff, Nears Auto-Return at 71%

Idaho Quadcopter took a 151-gram DJI Neo 2 to the Snake River rapids on an RC 2. At 71% battery, 492 feet below takeoff, it neared auto-return.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Gray DJI Agras T100 agricultural drone seen from the front against a black background, with folded spray tank, carbon-fiber arms and large motors at each arm tip

China

China Puts Big Drone Motors and Props on Its Export License List

From Nov. 18, China requires export licenses for 48-volt heavy-lift drone motors, ESCs and big carbon props, and US buyers get no fast lane.

Haye KestelooOct 19

EVTOL

Archer Flies Midnight Over San Francisco Bay, Runway to Runway

Archer flew its piloted Midnight air taxi around San Francisco Bay from Oakland airport. The uncut video shows a runway takeoff and landing, not vertical.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Counter-Drone

29 Governors Ask DOJ for a Prison Drone Course Its Rule Already Offers

29 governors want more FBI counter-drone seats, a prison course and Guard training. The federal rule already offers the prison course and allows new sites.

Haye KestelooOct 19

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

Drone Delivery

Wing Demos Walmart Drones in New Jersey Before Naming Philly Stores

A local drone firm says Wing and Walmart flew a drone demo at the Mount Laurel, N.J., Walmart. Neither company has named Philadelphia-area stores.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Zipline

Zipline Flies Teriyaki Madness in Denton, the Chain's Only DFW Shop

Teriyaki Madness started Zipline drone delivery in Denton on October 15 and promised the Metroplex and Houston. Its location finder lists one DFW shop.

Haye KestelooOct 18

White folding mini drone with black propellers, photographed from above on a blue mat next to a steel ruler

DJI

Suspected DJI Shell Jovistar Kills Its Own FCC Drone Approval

Suspected DJI shell Jovistar asked TÜV Rheinland to dismiss its drone's FCC grant, says it never sold one, and its files point to Skyany and Fikaxo.

Haye KestelooOct 17

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