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Six people holding a yellow Wisk ribbon on a vertiport landing pad, two of them cutting it with gold scissors, in front of a yellow Wisk air taxi

eVTOL

Wisk Opens Its Hollister Vertiport as the FAA Rewrites Pad Rules

Wisk opened its 100-foot Hollister vertiport on October 29, a week after the FAA posted a draft standard that would replace the one it used.

Haye KestelooOct 30

DJI Matrice 5TD drone seen from below in flight beside a steel transmission tower against a blue sky

EXPLAINER

DJI's 1280 Thermal Drones Skip the US. Economists Saw This Coming

DJI's Matrice 5TD and a November 5 folding thermal drone can't be sold in the US. Research says the ban removes US drone makers' reason to improve.

Haye KestelooOct 30

Pilot Institute

Zipline Claims 68% Less Noise, Alibaba Wins Ruling, MI Organ Flights

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.

Greg ReverdiauOct 30

Close-up of the black DJI Osmo Pocket 4P gimbal head, its 3x telephoto lens beside a second lens marked 1-inch, against a dark background

REVIEW

DJI Pocket 4P at 100 Days: A US Owner's eBay Unit Has No US Warranty

A US filmmaker calls the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P a go-to camera after 100 days. Bought on eBay, it falls outside DJI's North America warranty rule.

Haye KestelooOct 29

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in a dark suit speaks into a microphone from an armchair on a stage lined with American flags while a moderator reads her notes

POLICY

AUVSI Gives the FCC as Many Speakers as the FAA at Its DC Drone Forum

AUVSI's Nov. 9-10 symposium lists four FCC officials, enforcement chief Hunter Deeley among them, and four from the FAA, with Part 108 still unpublished.

Haye KestelooOct 29