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Wing hybrid delivery drones flying in formation against an orange sunset sky, the lead aircraft carrying a package box under its fuselage

Drone Delivery

Belvedere Votes on Drone Delivery Monday. Here Is the Residents' Guide

Belvedere, CA votes Oct. 12 on Marin's first drone delivery ordinance. DroneXL's guide: what the city decides, what the FAA owns, what residents can do.

Haye KestelooOct 10

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in a dark suit and purple tie speaking into a handheld microphone on stage, seated in a green chair in front of a row of American flags

FCC Filing

FCC Vote Would Shut Out Chinese Labs That Test 82% of US Devices

The FCC votes October 29 on ending recognition of every mainland China test lab by December 1, 2028. DJI's Osmo Pocket 4P was tested at one of them.

Haye KestelooOct 10

A DJI drone silhouetted in flight against a sunset sky with towering clouds

FAA

Dallas Drone Pilot Faces 8 Years. The Runway Charge Carries Just One

Pujan Gajjar, 24, is indicted on four counts over alleged drone flights at Love Field and DFW. By DroneXL's reading, the certificate counts carry the time.

Haye KestelooOct 9

Two climbers in harnesses sit at the very top of a 2,000-foot broadcast tower above flat farmland, photographed from a drone hovering level with them

FCC Filing

FCC Oct. 29 Vote Ends 35-Year Ban on Drones in 800 MHz Cellular Band

FCC votes October 29 on lifting a 1991 airplane-phone rule that kept drones off 50 MHz of carrier spectrum. AT&T, Verizon and Zipline backed it.

Haye KestelooOct 9

Zipline

Zipline Starts Austin Deliveries With FAA Comment Window Still Open

Zipline opened delivery in Round Rock on October 9 for 5,000 residents, two days before comments close on the FAA's draft review of its Austin plans.

Haye KestelooOct 9

Federal Aviation Administration headquarters at 800 Independence Avenue SW in Washington, D.C., with the Orville Wright Federal Building sign in front

FAA

FAA Part 107 Test Adds Chart Questions Oct. 26 Not in the Supplement

From October 26, the FAA Part 107 knowledge test draws chart questions from current sectionals, not the printed supplement. One in six already fails.

Haye KestelooOct 9

Pilot Institute

DJI Neo 3 Unboxing Leak, 71,207-Drone Record, FAA $12M, FBI School

Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week: the DJI Neo 3 has a video leak, Sky Elements sets a Guinness World Record, the FAA hands out $12 million to drone test sites, and the FBI doubles its counter-drone school capacity.

Greg ReverdiauOct 9

Amazon

Amazon Tells North Myrtle Beach: Ask the FAA. FAA: Ask Amazon and City

Amazon told North Myrtle Beach the FAA decides overflights and its drones stay under 68 decibels. The FAA says ask Amazon and the city. Its table says 82.

Haye KestelooOct 8

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