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Pilot Institute presenter with headlines for FCC drone exemptions, Axon Vision and ParaZero, and avalanche-triggering drones

Weekly UAS News

FCC Clears Two More Drones as ParaZero and Avalanche Systems Advance

Pilot Institute covers two new FCC drone exemptions, ParaZero and Axon Vision’s net-based counter-UAS system, and FAA-approved avalanche drones.

Greg ReverdiauJul 31

BRINC public safety drone docking station in front of a police vehicle

Plano DFR

Plano Votes 8-0 To Buy Its Police Drones From Motorola

Plano approved $1.44 million for a Motorola-led police Drone as First Responder program that will launch with DJI aircraft before shifting to BRINC Guardian drones.

Rafael SuárezJul 31

Red Cat Black Widow small drone flying above a dry field

Air Force

Red Cat Lands $2.49M Air Force Test Against Its Own Teal 2

Red Cat's Teal Drones won a $2.49 million Air Force order to evaluate Black Widow as a potential successor to the Security Forces' current Teal 2 fleet.

Rafael SuárezJul 31

Overhead drone view of two swimmers in green ocean water, one reaching for a yellow inflated Restube flotation device

Drones for Good

Ocean County's DJI M300 Dropped a Rescue Tube Into a Rip Current, and the FCC Wants That Drone Class Off the Shelf

An Ocean County Sheriff's Office pilot dropped a Restube beside two swimmers caught in a Surf City rip current. The aircraft was a DJI M300 RTK, and a July 21 FCC notice proposes cutting off that class of drone.

Haye KestelooJul 31

Wing delivery drone lowering a Walmart order in Central Florida

Drone Delivery

Walmart Already Owns The Drone Network Amazon Wants

Wing and Walmart launched drone delivery for more than 50,000 Central Florida addresses, extending a store network Amazon cannot easily match.

Rafael SuárezJul 31

DJI Osmo Pocket 4P dual-lens pocket gimbal camera in pearl white and classic black

DJI

DJI Osmo Pocket 4P Launches Worldwide, Out-Measures The ARRI Alexa 35, And Skips The US Again

DJI's Osmo Pocket 4P launches worldwide at £529 as CineD's lab verifies record dynamic range beating the ARRI Alexa 35. US buyers are shut out again.

Haye KestelooJul 30

Michael Perry on stage at the launch of the DJI Mavic Air in 2018

DJI

Ex-DJI Executive Warns The FCC Drone Ban Buys American Makers Time, Nothing More

Michael Perry ran DJI's U.S. business for four years. Now building American robots, he says the FCC drone ban buys time and regulation is no moat.

Haye KestelooJul 30

Coffee with the Mayor and drone presentation flyer for August 1 in Santa Ana

Santa Ana DFR

Santa Ana Mayor Will Demo Police Drones Over Coffee on August 1

Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua and police will host a free public demonstration of the city's new Drone as First Responder program on August 1, with privacy and oversight questions still following its 4-3 approval.

Rafael SuárezJul 30

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