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Zipline started flying Austin-area deliveries from a hub that Round Rock says its zoning code does not cover, while the FAA's draft review of up to 30,000 Austin deliveries a day relies on local zoning to decide where chargers and dropboxes go.
Read the story →Versaterm has added Aloft's FAA LAANC authorization to DroneSense, so police drone teams can request airspace approval inside the app at no extra cost. The FAA's list of public LAANC suppliers names Aloft and does not name DroneSense, which fits the company's own description of DroneSense as a secondary provider.
Gastonia's notice tells residents that drones will fly within about 6 miles of a Walmart on N. Myrtle School Road. The FAA document behind Wing's Charlotte operations allows far more: up to 25 hubs flying up to 400 deliveries a day each, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Belvedere's council takes a final vote Monday on Chapter 8.34, a ground-only rulebook for commercial drone delivery that covers consent, hours, facilities and privacy. No operator has said it will fly there yet.
A Dallas grand jury charged a 24-year-old with four federal counts over alleged drone flights near Love Field and DFW. The 8-year maximum is in the headlines, but the runway charge itself carries just one year.
FAA Order JO 7200.23E, effective Oct. 31, lets Part 107 tower and high-rise inspectors fly above facility-map ceilings without ATC coordination, puts Class E surface-area rules in writing, and adds a see-and-avoid waiver to every Part 91 UAS approval.
Amazon told North Myrtle Beach its MK30 never tops about 68 dB and sent overflight questions to the FAA. The FAA sent them back to Amazon and local leaders, and the agency's own Baton Rouge noise file puts takeoff near 82 dB at 20 feet.
Laredo's police chief said officers would "take down" drones over the DoubleTree hotel fire, but the FAA's TFR list showed no restriction for the city. Federal rules let local police mitigate drones only after certification, with ATC notice and a 48-hour report, and no one has said whether any Laredo officer is certified.
Bellingham police's new Skydio-run DFR program logged 23 flights in its first seven weeks, but only one was an incident response, and the state law behind its $475,417 grant never mentions drones.
Bentonville planners approved a Wing drone nest at Walmart Store #100 by a 7-0 vote in September 2025. A year later, Walmart's hometown is missing from Wing's 19-metro list, and in Arkansas the FAA's public environmental record covers only Zipline.
The FBI says counter-drone personnel are working the Oct. 3-11 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta under the SAFER SKIES Act, but the FAA NOTAMs behind its 4-mile no drone zone apply only two daily windows, about 5:30 am-noon and 4-8 pm Mountain.
The FAA's new $12M round of drone research awards, with four going to ANRA and three to SPS Aerial, comes from money Congress already set aside, and it buys data for a BVLOS rule that has been at OIRA since July 10.
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