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Part 108 · BVLOS

TSA Plans Closed-Door Part 108 Security Talks After the Rule Lands

TSA is recruiting hand-picked operators for closed BVLOS security roundtables that run only after the Part 108 final rule publishes. Deadline October 19.

Haye KestelooSep 46 min read

UAV EXPO

Pilot Institute Warns Of A Drone Hiring Cliff In Two To Three Years

Greg Reverdiau told Commercial UAV Expo the affordable drone that created this industry is disappearing, and aviation already ran this experiment once.

Haye KestelooSep 1

Matt Collins presents a bar chart titled The Gap Is Skills, Not Headcount on stage at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas.

UAV EXPO SURVEY

FCC Covered List Has 45.8% Of Operators Frozen, Expo Survey Finds

A survey of 885 drone professionals at Commercial UAV Expo found 45.8% in wait-and-see mode on fleet procurement, and only 13.8% actually moving.

Haye KestelooSep 1

Prime Air

Amazon Drone Crash In Darlington Draws AAIB Case Before December CAA Verdict

An Amazon MK30 crashed into a Darlington garden on July 29. The AAIB opened an accident inquiry as the CAA weighs the trial's December renewal.

Haye KestelooAug 17

Zipline delivery drone hovering above a wooden front porch after lowering an Uber Eats bag to the deck

DRONE DELIVERY

Uber and Zipline Target 1 Million Drone Deliveries a Day, 230 Times Today's Rate

Uber and Zipline aim for one million drone deliveries a day by the end of 2029, roughly 230 times Zipline's current global rate, while Part 108 sits unpublished at OIRA.

Haye KestelooAug 17

Pilot Institute host presenting the week 378 drone news update in a pink and blue lit studio, with headlines for DARPA's Lift Challenge, a drone defibrillator rescue, and the NPRM drone ban

Video

DARPA Hands Out Half Prizes, A Drone Saves A Life In Sweden, And The FCC Weighs Banning Your DJI Drone

In this week's US drone news update, I cover the DARPA Lift Challenge results, a drone-delivered defibrillator that saved a man's life in Sweden, and the FCC proposal that could pull already-approved DJI drones like the Mini 5 Pro and Air 3S off the shelves.

Greg ReverdiauAug 14

Close-up of the white and red DoorDash delivery drone body

Part 135

DoorDash Just Became An Airline, And The Video Shows A Bigger Drone Than It Will Admit

DoorDash earned FAA Part 135 certification and launched DoorDash Air. The company says aircraft details come later, but its own video already shows the airframe and the propulsion testing.

Haye KestelooJul 29

Flytrex

Flytrex Handed Order Routing To Nash, And The Drone Became One Lane Among Many

Flytrex integrated Nash's routing engine across all its Dallas-Fort Worth sites. Nash now decides which orders fly and which go to a human courier.

Haye KestelooJul 29

Part 108

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