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Commercial & Delivery
Wentzville's Bill 4914: A Missouri Suburb Writes Drone-Nest Rules After Wing's Walmart Pitch
Wentzville, Mo. advanced Bill 4914 on Oct. 21, making drone-delivery bases a conditional use that needs FAA approval, insurance and noise testing. The city can regulate the nest, not the flights, and the bill sets no payload or drone-count cap.
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Counter-UAS
BAE's TRV-150 Cargo Drone Fires Three APKWS Rockets at Attack Drones Without Reloading
A modified Malloy T-150 cargo drone used a three-pod APKWS launcher to hit several one-way attack drones in a row at Eglin AFB without landing or reloading. BAE has not said how many it hit, how many rockets it fired or what the targets were.
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Industry & Contracts
General Atomics Brings Boeing's Spirit Defense In to Build FQ-42 Fuselages as the Air Force Targets 500 CCAs
For the first time since 1992, GA-ASI won't build an aircraft entirely by itself: Boeing-owned Spirit Defense will design and build FQ-42 Vengeance fuselages at a new Wichita facility as the Air Force aims for at least 500 CCAs by 2032.
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Tech & Builds
L3Harris Gets Up to $60M to Flight-Test a Ramjet Counter-Drone Interceptor for the Army's XRC Program
L3Harris has a contract worth up to $60M to flight-test a fully integrated ramjet interceptor for the Army's XRC counter-drone effort. Northrop Grumman is building its own XRC ramjet motor, and neither company has said how far, how fast or at what cost.
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Counter-UAS
Raytheon's $729M LIDS Award Sends Coyote and KuRFS Abroad for the First Time, to Qatar and Jordan
Raytheon's $729M LIDS award covers the US Army, Qatar and Jordan and marks the first export sales of Coyote and KuRFS, but it came without quantities, delivery dates or a per-customer split. A 2022 notification to Congress for a $1.0B Qatari buy is the best public yardstick available.
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Policy & Regulation
San Francisco Police Commission Takes Up a Drone Policy That Never Defines 'Public Safety Response' as Flock Bets on Drones
SFPD's drone order, DGO 10.12, goes to the Police Commission on Oct. 14. Its key term, 'public safety response', is never defined, and the EFF and the Public Defender say that could let drones fly to every call while Flock, valued at $8.4B, bets heavily on police drones.
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Defense & Combat
Fedorov's Post-Ministry Venture Shows a Jet Interceptor That Downed Two Geran-5s in a Week, With Palantir as First Investor
Former Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov says a new interceptor built in a month shot down two jet-powered Geran-5s over Kyiv in its first week. His Palantir-backed company plans to build hundreds a month by the end of 2026.
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Tech & Builds
Auterion's Nemyx Vertical Launch System Turns the Drone Magazine Into a Vendor-Neutral Box
Auterion's Nemyx VLS puts an electric elevator in each launch tube, claims 30% more drones per volume, and accepts FPVs, interceptors and loitering munitions from Skyfall, Rheinmetall, DeltaQuad, Griffon and others. A human picks the target and Nemyx automates the launch.
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Industry & Contracts
Airlogix Seeks $100M at a $2B-Plus Valuation While Russian Strikes Push Its Factories Into Germany, Canada and the UK
Kyiv drone maker Airlogix is reportedly in talks to raise $100M at a valuation above $2B, while its Auterion joint venture builds Seth X and Anubis strike drones near Munich under a German-funded order for more than 5,000 aircraft.
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Defense & Combat
Ukraine Plugs Drones, USVs and Radars Into Its Delta Battle-Management System Using NATO's STANAG 4817 at REPMUS 26
Ukraine's MoD says its Delta battle-management system took in aerial, surface and underwater drones plus radars at NATO's REPMUS 26 using STANAG 4817 telemetry. If that holds up, it shows Delta can work with NATO's new standard for unmanned systems. All performance claims come from Kyiv and have not been independently verified.
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Commercial & Delivery
Zipline Starts Flying Teriyaki Madness Bowls in Denton, 0.86 Miles From Its Walmart Hub
Teriyaki Madness began Zipline drone delivery Oct. 15 from its Denton, Texas shop and promises DFW and Houston expansion later this year, but neither company has named the hub serving orders, the delivery radius or the price.
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Industry & Contracts
Germany Tells Boeing It Won't Buy the MQ-28 Ghost Bat Directly, Putting Its 2029 Drone Wingman Target in Doubt
Germany has told Boeing it won't buy the MQ-28 Ghost Bat directly. Berlin gave no reason, and reporting relayed from Politico says its drone wingman may now slip to the early 2030s, which opens the door for Helsing, Airbus-Kratos and General Atomics.
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