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Underside of a white Wing delivery drone with yellow wingtips and twelve hover propellers, carrying a yellow and white package against a deep blue sky

Missouri · Drone Delivery

Wing Wants Seven St. Louis Drone Hubs Live at Once. Manchester Is Next

Wing plans to open about seven Walmart drone hubs across St. Louis at once, from 12 stores it has not published. Manchester hears the pitch Nov. 2.

Haye KestelooOct 275 min read

Wing delivery drone with yellow-tipped wings flying against an overcast sky with a blue Walmart-branded package box clipped beneath it

Drone Delivery

Wentzville Started Writing Drone Rules After Wing's June Walmart Pitch

Wentzville drafted drone delivery zoning after Wing pitched an 18-drone Walmart nest in June. Bill 4914 passed first reading with no payload cap.

Haye KestelooOct 22

Aerial view of a fenced Wing drone nest with 18 landing pads and a white equipment container in a retail parking lot, surrounded by parked cars

Drone Delivery

Kirkwood Killed Walmart's Drone Nest in 40 Seconds Without a Vote

Kirkwood's council let Walmart and Wing's 18-drone nest die for lack of a motion after planners recommended approval. Eleven St. Louis stores remain.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Gray DJI Matrice quadcopter with a gimbal camera underneath and a cylindrical radar unit on top, sitting on a concrete pad with green and red arm lights on

Firefighters

Missouri Fire Drone Caught a 200-Acre Blaze Jumping Its Line

A Logan-Rogersville drone showed Highlandville crews a 200-acre Stone County, Mo., fire had jumped a river. It was the chief's first drone at a fire.

Haye KestelooOct 15

Wing delivery drone carrying a blue Walmart package in flight against a clear sky

Drone Delivery

Wing Claims Largest US Drone Network As Amazon Promises 500 Cities

Wing says it flies thousands of Walmart drone deliveries a day. Walmart's own quarter backs the rate. Amazon's 500-city map is the counterclaim.

Haye KestelooSep 4

Police

O'Fallon Police Flock Drone Ends Manhunt In 15 Minutes

O'Fallon, Missouri police used a Flock DFR drone to track a fleeing suspect into a storm sewer and guide officers to the exit — search, track, and arrest in under 15 minutes. The two-month-old program has already assisted in 12 felony arrests.

Rafael SuárezAug 6

White House

FBI’s Chris Raia Says Battlefield Drones Will Reach America, But The Hardware He Fears Isn’t What Washington Banned

FBI Deputy Director Chris Raia told Fox News Digital it is “only a matter of time” before the kind of drone attacks seen on battlefields in Ukraine and the Middle East reach the United States, and he framed a lone attacker flying a cheap, cellular-controlled aircraft as a threat that worries him more than a…

Haye KestelooJun 26

White House

DOJ Charges Five Men In White House UFC Drone Plot, And The Complaints Show A Plan Long On Intent, Short On Drones

DOJ charges five men over a drone-and-sniper plot at the White House UFC Freedom 250 event. Court filings show real guns but barely-built drones.

Haye KestelooJun 16

Missouri

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