Matternet
Matternet M3 Drone Lifts 11 Pounds, Has No FAA Certificate Yet
Matternet unveiled M3, an 11-pound, 10-mile autonomous delivery platform with Dave's Hot Chicken and Apian as launch partners, targeting late 2027 service.
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Amazon
Amazon Told Pflugerville Drones Take No Images. Its Own Site Disagrees
Amazon told Pflugerville's council on Sept. 22 its MK30 drones take no pictures. Amazon's Prime Air operations page says people near deliveries may be recorded.
Amazon
North Haven Amazon Drones: How to File With CT DEEP Before Oct. 1
Connecticut DEEP takes comment on Amazon's North Haven drone hub through Oct. 1. What DEEP can rule on, what it can't, and where to send it.
Drone Delivery
Northglenn Drafts Colorado's First Drone Rules. Wing Can Fly In Anyway
Northglenn's Walmart-Wing ordinance sets 200-foot buffers and a 65 dB cap for the launch pad. The city's own memo says a hub next door can still deliver.
Russia
Russia's Geran-4 Runs On A $25,000 Hobby Jet, Texas Instruments Chips
RFE/RL took apart a Geran-4 Seeker: a $25,000 Chinese hobby turbojet, two SIM cards, a mesh modem, Texas Instruments chips. Russia builds 3,000 a month.
DSPA
DSPA Breaks Charter to Take DHS Blue UAS Report to Congress
DSPA's Vic Moss asks pilots to call Congress over DHS's Blue UAS test: name an agency to test every drone's security, stop banning by country of origin.
Amazon
Amazon Faces 92% Opposition in Westborough Drone Survey, Calls Urged
An independent survey of 853 Westborough-area residents finds 92% oppose Amazon's Prime Air hub. Organizers now have a phone script for legislators.
Amazon
Amazon Won't Say When Tracy Drones Fly. It Said Within a Month
Amazon told the LA Times Tracy drone deliveries would start within a month. Asked for a date by the Stockton Record, it gave none. The month is nearly up.
Ukraine
Ukraine Air-Drops Kamikaze Robots 12 Miles Behind Russian Lines
Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps flies explosive ground robots over the front under heavy bomber drones, and credits the tactic with 48 square miles retaken.
Leak
DJI Matrice 5TD Surfaces In China Filing, 750 g Heavier Than 4TD
A Chinese drone-registration entry names the DJI Matrice 5TD at 2.6 kg, and a leaked render prints the name. The dock drone gains 750 g on the Matrice 4TD.
Industry
Redfin Just Handed Drone Pilots a Client Checklist. Use It
Redfin tells home sellers how to prep for a drone shoot. Here is the checklist pilots should send clients, with photos by Billy Kyle and Ken Dono.
Manna Aero
Manna Pitches Tulsa Fire Drone AEDs, an Idea Dublin Never Launched
Tulsa Fire gets a free Manna drone pilot for defibrillators and trauma kits. The Irish trials Manna cites: one simulated drop from a hub it has since shut.
Amazon
Amazon's Connecticut Drone Briefing Left No Trace in the Minutes
Connecticut's airport chief briefed his board on Amazon's North Haven drone hub, NBC reports. The Sept. 23 draft minutes name neither Amazon nor the FAA.
Ukraine
Fedorov Wants A Humanoid Robot Killing Russians Within Six Months
Fired as defense minister in July, the man behind Ukraine's Army of Drones launched an Army of Robots and set a six-month target for a humanoid kill.
United Kingdom
British Army Bought 10,000 Drones In A Year, Most Are For Training
The British Army acquired 10,000-plus drones through Project Rapstone in a year and points most at training: manual FPV, 30 simulator hours, no GPS.
Drones for Good
Paris Study: AED Drones Reach 95% of Cardiac Arrests in Five Minutes
A Paris simulation of 28,349 cardiac arrests found AED drones could reach 95% of cases within five minutes, against 30 to 40% by road. No drone flew.
Counter-Drone
Space Force Adds Lasers at Cape Canaveral After 500 Port Drone Flights
Space Force is adding a directed-energy weapon at Cape Canaveral. Next door, Port Canaveral logged 500+ drone incursions in 2025, already a Florida felony.
FAA
Charlotte Drone Pilot Pleads Guilty to Flying Between Live Runways
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.
Amazon
Amazon Drones Reach Cleveland Suburbs, 3 Miles From a Drone Pharmacy
Amazon Prime Air launched MK30 drone delivery from North Randall, Ohio, with 21 drones. Cleveland Clinic's Zipline prescription drones fly 3 miles away.
Amazon
Amazon Targets December for Jacksonville Drones, Pilot Says
Amazon showed its Prime Air drone map for west Jacksonville at an airport meeting. The MK30 reads pilots' ADS-B, but a pilot says they can't see it back.
Amazon
Amazon Drones Head for Nearly 500 Towns. What Residents Can Still Do
Towns can't ban Amazon's drones or regulate their noise. Here's what residents can still do: the pad, the record, the complaint and the statehouse.
Amazon
Amazon MK30 Sets Down on a Waco Lawn Days After Baton Rouge
An Amazon MK30 made a precautionary landing on a Waco lawn, wheels out, days after one landed in Baton Rouge. Amazon has not said what triggered it.
DHS report
DHS Lab Grounds 3 of 5 Blue UAS in NYC, Withholds Chinese Drone Scores
DHS lab put Blue UAS before 26 public safety pilots: three of five could not fly Manhattan, links dropped at 50 feet, Chinese drone scores stay private.
Police
Edison Buys a 60 MPH Flock Drone, Promises 45-Second Response
Edison, NJ is spending $589,000 in forfeiture money on 92 Flock cameras and a thermal DFR drone. The mayor's 45-second claim beats Flock's own figure.
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