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Houston just got a little more futuristic, and thankfully not in a flying cars kind of way. Walmart has officially launched drone delivery in the greater Houston area, partnering once again with Wing, Alphabet’s drone delivery company, to bring groceries and household essentials straight from the sky to customers’ homes in about 30 minutes. This…
The Texas Farm Bureau is sounding the alarm on the FCC’s sweeping foreign drone ban, warning that “limited availability of drones and parts could prevent farmers and ranchers from adequately managing pesticide and fertilizer use, monitoring crop stress, checking livestock and other essential tasks.” The agricultural sector is now grappling with what this regulatory shift…
Texas once flirted with the idea of citizens shooting drones out of the sky. Now the state is operating one of the largest law enforcement drone fleets in the country, irony included at no extra charge. Under Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, the Texas Department of Public Safety has gone from zero drones to…
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. DJI gets FCC approval for a new Avata 360. NASA is testing new drone navigation software in Death Valley for future Mars missions. And Texas clarifies that using drones for fishing is illegal under federal law. Let’s get to it.…
Walmart and Zipline have launched drone delivery service in Royse City, Texas, adding another suburb to what is quietly becoming America’s largest commercial drone delivery network. The announcement, made Monday, marks the 17th location in the Dallas-Fort Worth region where customers can receive groceries and household essentials dropped from the sky. Customers living near the…
Amazon has officially switched on its drone delivery service in Richardson, Texas, and this new expansion marks another chapter in the company’s long journey to make aerial delivery a normal part of everyday life. The drones now take off from the fulfillment center on Research Drive, and they can carry packages up to five pounds,…
Heven AeroTech has reached a new milestone in the global drone industry. The Israeli founded and US based drone company is now valued at more than one billion dollars, as reported by The Jerusalem Post. The new valuation follows a one hundred million dollar investment round led in part by the American quantum computing company…
Amazon’s ambitious plans to launch Britain’s first commercial drone delivery service have hit major turbulence. The retail giant has been forced to slash its proposed flight frequency by more than half after Darlington Borough Council granted only temporary planning permission for its Prime Air facility. We’ve been tracking this story since Amazon announced Darlington as…
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