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Aerial view of Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, with empty grandstands wrapped around a green field

Legal

Birmingham's $500 Drone Fine Spares Pilots Who Follow FAA Rules

Birmingham police can now write $500 drone tickets near ticketed events, starting with the Magic City Classic. HB 429 exempts FAA-legal flights.

Haye KestelooOct 21

Red 3D printed drone body with anti-torque vanes topped by a single motor and a two-blade hinged propeller hub

Technology

Joshua Bird's One-Motor Drone Flies, but Only in His Bedroom

Joshua Bird's 3D printed drone hovers and steers on one motor and a 45-degree hinged propeller. An infrared beacon keeps it in his bedroom.

Haye KestelooOct 20

Elon Musk in a black cap and jacket giving two thumbs up beside President Donald Trump seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, flags behind them

Ukraine

WSJ Says Musk Ordered Ukraine's Starlink Cap. Musk Said POTUS Decides

WSJ sources say Musk ordered the Starshield cap that slowed Ukraine's drones. Musk says the military and POTUS decide. Senators seek a briefing by Nov. 1.

Haye KestelooOct 20

Antigravity A1

Antigravity A1 on a Watch and Ring Tracked Me Through a Dense Forest

I flew the Antigravity A1 with only the new Watch Remote and Ring Remote: palm takeoff, Wave to Track, Drag-to-Fly, and a forest ride with zero crashes.

Mihail SvilenovOct 20

Black quadcopter drone with tall landing legs and a camera gimbal flying against a cloudy sky

Belgium

DJI Dock 4 Demoed for Belgian First Responders. US Teams Can't Buy It

Belgium's state drone pilot course turned 10 at PLOT in Genk, where DJI Dock 4 got a live demo two days after launch. US rescuers can't buy it.

Haye KestelooOct 20

Antigravity A1

Antigravity A1 Hits $799 Without Goggles. New Controller Skips the US

Antigravity's $799 A1 Follow Me Bundle drops the goggles, adds a watch and ring and weighs 351 g. Its new dual-stick controller and 4G module skip the US.

Haye KestelooOct 20

Rows of semiconductor manufacturing tools and monitors under yellow light inside an Intel cleanroom

FCC Filing

Intel Asks FCC to Spare Its Fab Robots From the Drone-Ban Playbook

Intel asked the FCC on October 16 to waive Covered List rules for the foreign-made robots in its fabs, the origin-based ban that hit DJI drones in 2025.

Haye KestelooOct 20

Rendered aerial view of London with a glowing orange band of drone flight paths between Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital

Medical Delivery

Apian Drones Flew 13,000 NHS Items. One Render Shows the Blood Route

Apian rendered two years of blood-sample drone flights between Guy's and St Thomas' as Matternet added Great Ormond Street to London's NHS drone network.

Haye KestelooOct 20

Amazon

Westborough Votes 510-13 to Ban Amazon Drone Pads and Drop Zones

Westborough voted 510-13 for a bylaw banning commercial drone launch pads and drop zones, aimed at Amazon Prime Air. The attorney general gets 90 days.

Haye KestelooOct 20

Skydio X10 drone sitting inside an open Skydio Dock on a rooftop with a city skyline behind it at sunset

Police

Inquirer Calls Police Drones 'Cheaper.' Lower Merion Asked $375,000

Upper Darby and Bensalem fly Skydio X10s as first responders. The Inquirer says drones got cheaper. Its one price is $375,000 over five years for one drone.

Haye KestelooOct 20

White DJI Osmo Pocket 4P held upright in a hand, its two stacked camera lenses above the screen, with the words Introducing DJI Osmo Pocket 4P over the frame

LAUNCH

DJI Osmo Pocket 4P Video Lists ActiveTrack 9.0, Press Release Says 8.0

DJI's Pearl White Pocket 4P is on sale at £529. Its launch video's fine print names ActiveTrack 9.0 and 18x zoom. DJI's press release says 8.0 and 12x.

Haye KestelooOct 20

Grayscale thermal drone image looking straight down on rows of tall standing crop, with a body-shaped heat signature between the rows near the center highlighted in red and a second warm spot at the left edge

Search & Rescue

Iowa Sheriff's Thermal Drone Finds Crash Driver Unhurt in a Field

Iowa deputies feared a Harcourt crash driver was thrown clear. A thermal drone from a team a 2020 pipeline donation seeded found the driver unhurt.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Gray DJI Matrice 4T drone with a spotlight and thermal gimbal on a white folding table next to a DJI RC Plus 2 controller and an open screen case, on a gravel construction site

Search & Rescue

Carolina Rescue Team Flies New DJI M4T, Calls the Ban Overreach

Charleston's all-volunteer Carolina Emergency Response Team trained on a new DJI Matrice 4T and called the DJI ban overreach nobody has time for.

Haye KestelooOct 19

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

Manna founder Bobby Healy in a black Manna T-shirt and aviator sunglasses crouching beside a white Manna delivery drone inside a fenced base

Manna Aero

Manna Rates Tulsa Bases at 24 an Hour. Restaurants See 3 to 20 a Day

Manna rates each new Tulsa base at 24 drone deliveries an hour. Cherry Street restaurants told the Tulsa Flyer they see 3 to 20 orders a day.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Large gray eight-rotor cargo drone with two battery cases parked on a vessel deck, with offshore wind turbines on the horizon

Drone Delivery

Ørsted's Turbine Drone Looks Like a DJI Heavy Lifter the US Taxes 100%

Ørsted and Skyports flew 121 to 143-lb kits to Hornsea 2 turbines and back, one BVLOS. The aircraft in Ørsted's photo matches a DJI FlyCart 100.

Haye KestelooOct 19

SNAKE RIVER CANYON

DJI Neo 2 Reads 492 Feet Below Takeoff, Nears Auto-Return at 71%

Idaho Quadcopter took a 151-gram DJI Neo 2 to the Snake River rapids on an RC 2. At 71% battery, 492 feet below takeoff, it neared auto-return.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Two gray Blue Ops Variant 7 uncrewed surface vessels speeding toward the camera across open water, throwing white spray

Industry

Red Cat Bids €205M for Its Drone Boat Engine Maker After Walking Away

Red Cat offers €39 a share, about €205 million, for Steyr Motors, the Austrian maker of its V7 drone boat engine, 12 weeks after walking away.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Gray DJI Agras T100 agricultural drone seen from the front against a black background, with folded spray tank, carbon-fiber arms and large motors at each arm tip

China

China Puts Big Drone Motors and Props on Its Export License List

From Nov. 18, China requires export licenses for 48-volt heavy-lift drone motors, ESCs and big carbon props, and US buyers get no fast lane.

Haye KestelooOct 19

EVTOL

Archer Flies Midnight Over San Francisco Bay, Runway to Runway

Archer flew its piloted Midnight air taxi around San Francisco Bay from Oakland airport. The uncut video shows a runway takeoff and landing, not vertical.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Counter-Drone

29 Governors Ask DOJ for a Prison Drone Course Its Rule Already Offers

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.

Haye KestelooOct 19

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

Drone Delivery

Wing Demos Walmart Drones in New Jersey Before Naming Philly Stores

A local drone firm says Wing and Walmart flew a drone demo at the Mount Laurel, N.J., Walmart. Neither company has named Philadelphia-area stores.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Anduril

Anduril's Ghost Shark Drone Sub Gets 12 Sea Mines and Altius Swarms

Australia revealed its secret Ghost Shark payloads: 12 sea mines a mission, seabed caches and Altius swarms. They go to a San Diego AUKUS drill this week.

Haye KestelooOct 19

US Army

US Army's Own Enemy Force Now Flies Ukrainian-Designed Stork Drone

Army photos show the Hohenfels opposing force launching U&C UAS Stork LR recon drones five months after the Czech-Ukrainian maker signed its US Army deal.

Haye KestelooOct 19

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