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Skydio

Skydio Says ISR Command Can Send X10D Target Grids to F-16s

Skydio's new ISR Command lets one soldier fly two X10D drones and, Skydio says, pass target locations to platforms from strike drones to F-16s.

Haye KestelooOct 14

Amazon

Amazon's Westborough Drones Need Own FAA Review, Markey and Warren Say

Markey, Warren, McGovern and Trahan asked Amazon and the FAA for a Westborough-only review of the drone hub, with answers requested by Oct. 29.

Haye KestelooOct 14

DJI Matrice 5TD drone hovering above an open white DJI Dock 4 on a grassy hillside, with an O4 Ground Station mast to the left and high-voltage transmission towers behind

LAUNCH

DJI Dock 4 Swaps Batteries in 25 Seconds, but Its Specs Skip the FCC

DJI's Dock 4 and Matrice 5TD bring a 25-second battery swap and 59-minute flights. Its radio specs cover Canada, Europe, China and Japan. Not the US.

Haye KestelooOct 14

Kyle Nordfors in a red Weber County Search and Rescue shirt holds a DJI Matrice 30T overhead with one arm against a blue sky, propellers spinning, as a second man watches from behind

Police

DJI Curbs Hit Police Budgets: $10,500 Matrice vs. $21,000 US Rival

One Ocean County, NJ sheriff's drone kit costs $29,428. NPR priced a US-made rival at twice DJI's Matrice 400, and sheriffs want an FCC exemption.

Haye KestelooOct 13

Close-up of the DJI Mini 5 Pro gimbal camera marked 1-inch, with forward vision sensors above it and Mini 5 Pro printed on the front arm

Deal

DJI Mini 5 Pro Stays at a Record-Low $679 After Prime Big Deal Days

The DJI Mini 5 Pro is $679 at Amazon, its lowest price yet. The cut landed with Prime Big Deal Days on October 6 and was still live October 12.

Haye KestelooOct 12

Brick facade of the Forbes Municipal Building at 45 West Main Street in Westborough, Massachusetts, with its name lettered on the corner and a flagpole to the left

Amazon

Amazon Drone Pad Appeal Set for Nov. 2 as Westborough Drafts Bylaw

Westborough's ZBA hears the appeal against Amazon's drone pad on Nov. 2. Town Meeting votes Oct. 19 on a drone bylaw whose text the warrant does not carry.

Haye KestelooOct 12

White Wing hybrid delivery drone with yellow wingtips carrying a blue Walmart package box, seen from below against a blue sky

Drone Delivery

Gastonia Tells Residents Why Walmart Drones Will Be Over Their Homes

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.

Haye KestelooOct 12

A white DJI Phantom quadcopter hovers above the Hudson River in New York at dusk, with a pink and orange sunset glowing over the distant hills.

DJI Phantom 4 Pro

DJI Ends Phantom 4 Pro V2 Repairs Oct. 31 and Tells Owners to Buy New

DJI ends Phantom 4 Pro V2 service October 31 and Agras T16 and T20 service November 2, as the FCC weighs barring the spray drones that replace them.

Haye KestelooOct 12

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