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Ps Docket 26 189 · Firefighters

Missouri Fire Drone Caught a 200-Acre Blaze Jumping Its Line

A Logan-Rogersville drone showed Highlandville crews a 200-acre Stone County, Mo., fire had jumped a river. It was the chief's first drone at a fire.

Haye KestelooOct 153 min read

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

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

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

DOCKET 26-189

Utah Rescue Captain Tells DC the FCC Drone Ban Will Cost Lives

Kyle Nordfors takes the FCC drone ban fight to The Hill: 25 to 30 lives saved, searches cut from 4.5 hours to under one, no US drone that matches.

Haye KestelooOct 2

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr speaking into a microphone during a moderated Q&A on stage at the SBA Defense Industrial Base Drone Summit, with a row of American flags behind him

FCC Filing

FCC Says $5B Flowed Into US Drones. Its Own Filing Counts Pledges

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr touts $5 billion in new US drone investment. The agency's own footnotes mix funding rounds, a valuation and five-year pledges.

Haye KestelooSep 24

Pilot Institute's Greg presents the DroneXL weekly drone news update, week 382

DJI

Zipline Drone Comes Down Under Parachute Near Houston, TSA Delays Part 108 Security Talks, and FCC Proposal Draws 3,829 Comments

Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week: a Zipline drone has a mishap near Houston, a Part 108 progress update from the TSA and OIRA, and the FCC gets over 3,800 comments on its military-grade drone proposal. Let's get to it.

Greg ReverdiauSep 11

Pilot Institute host speaking at a desk with a drone displayed on a stand in the studio background

DOCKET 26-189

I Scored Every FCC Drone Ban Comment. On the Money Question It Was 1,701 to One.

Pilot Institute coded all 3,824 readable filings in FCC docket 26-189 against the 11 questions the Commission actually asked. Here is what the record says.

Greg ReverdiauSep 9

DJI Mini 3 drone with the RC-N1 controller against a white background

DJI

DJI Mini 3 Drops To $315 For Labor Day. Skip The Other Two Bundles

Amazon has the DJI Mini 3 at $315 for Labor Day, $104 off list. The base package is a real discount. The DJI RC and Fly More bundles are not.

Haye KestelooSep 7

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