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US Special Operations Command bought Tekever drones after acceptance testing. Tekever won't name the model, quantity or price. Its record points to one.
Wing and Walmart drone delivery now covers 10 Charlotte-area towns from seven Supercenters, with a 2.5-pound order cap and two more stores due.
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.
Walmart finished a drone delivery site at its Gastonia, N.C., Supercenter. Drones will fly about 6 miles out, and the FAA allows 400 a day per hub.
A Charlotte man flew a drone for a client video from CLT's Airport Overlook, a park between two active runways. He faces up to a year in federal prison.
Lowe's launched drone delivery from its Matthews, N.C. store with Wing and DoorDash: 100+ items, 2.5 lb limit, 5-mile radius. Wing flies every order.
Duke's SonicFly follower quadcopter chases a leader drone with a 10-gram microphone array, no GPS sharing, no radio link, and no camera.
A DJI Avata 2 helped Foothills Aerial Services guide an escaped Angus bull out of a kudzu-covered ravine near Interstate 40 in Iredell County, North Carolina.
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