Now more North Carolina homes can order food delivery via drone

flytrex North Carolina drone delivery

If you live in North Carolina, drone delivery could be coming to a chimney near you this Christmas. On-demand drone delivery service Flytrex has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand its operational radius to one nautical mile across all of its stations in North Carolina.

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Percepto autonomous inspection drones approved to fly BVLOS in Australia

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia has granted operational approval to drone-in-a-box solutions provider Percepto to fly beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in the country.

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Skydio 2 drones again slashed to Black Friday sale prices

California-based drone manufacturer Skydio is giving shoppers who missed the company’s Black Friday mega-sale a second chance by again offering its virtually crash-proof Skydio 2 drone at a steeply reduced $949.

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Will wood pulp one day replace lithium-ion batteries in drones?

Might processed wood become a power source replacement for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles like drones and cars? Despite the skepticism of many scientists, one Japanese paper company thinks trees have the potential to do just that.

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Pentagon won’t punish troops in wrongful Kabul drone strike

After months of investigations, US commanders have decided not to reprimand any military personnel involved with a wrongful drone strike in Afghanistan that killed 10 civilians earlier this year.

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Sweden’s Aerit to fly drone deliveries in vast area north of Stockholm

Swedish UAV services company Aerit has been tapped to conduct trial drone deliveries around the large Norrtälje area to the north of Stockholm. The move comes just two months after Aerit successfully flew its first beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) delivery mission – just the second ever in the country.

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