News, analysis & interviews on drones, eVTOLs, and advanced air mobility, since 2013 with Max Trescott & David Vanderhoof. Part of Aviation News Talk Network.
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Thinking about starting a drone business?
Michael Parziale says he’s found 150+ lost pets using thermal drones—and charges from $650 for a 3-hour search. We talk pet rescue, building a drone business + the Orlando drone show crash. Listen to UAV News Talk:
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Drone delivery hitting its inflection point - Amazon: 500 new locations
Washington State: ~$150/year per commercial drone
Plus Motorola’s $1.5B counter-drone deal, eVTOLs, cloud seeding & a drone dog rescue.
Hear #450 on UAV News Talk or online at:
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Archer Aviation just changed the eVTOL landscape.
In UAV News Talk #448, we talk about Archer’s deal for Boeing’s Wisk, Insitu & SkyGrid. Why Insitu may be the real prize. What happens to Wisk Gen 6.
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Two major companies are entering drones:DoorDash is building its own delivery aircraft, while Motorola is moving into police Drone as First Responder systems. Plus: Archer Thunder, BETA MV250, Joby in the UK, hybrid eVTOLs, and AED delivery drones. podpage.com/network/aviation…
Hawker 900XP N526FC tried to depart Telluride at an 11,244-foot density altitude with zero flaps and a tailwind above limits. It never flew and ran into the EMAS. NTSB News Talk #35 examines the checklist, performance, and CRM failures behind the overrun. aviationnewstalknetwork.com/…
AirVenture 2026 is going vertical with Joby, Beta, Wing, Zipline, Jetson, Amazon Prime Air & agricultural drones. Plus: police-drone privacy, a spinning “invisible” UAV, and the eVTOL safety problem. Hear UAV News Talk wherever you get podcasts or online:
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Could FAA BVLOS rules give some drones right-of-way over crewed aircraft?
UAV News Talk #445 also covers a DJI drone rescuing flood victims, eVTOL certification delays, drone-helicopter collisions, avalanche control, and drones cleaning up Mount Everest.
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UAV News Talk #444 is out! We’re back weekly with Joby–Toyota’s eVTOL manufacturing deal, Archer’s Salinas factory plans, the Pentagon’s drone czar, disaster-response drones, Beta in Hawaii—and drones dropping baby oysters. #drones #eVTOL #UAS
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UAV News Talk #443 is out! We cover police drones, eVTOL forecast reality checks, air taxi lawsuits, World Cup drone busts, NASA’s kidney drone test, Flock adding drones, and Ohio’s first drone-delivered deli lunch. Yes, pickle included.
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UAV News Talk #441 is out now! Drone delivery expands. The Pentagon eyes low-cost drones. Motorola moves deeper into counter-UAS. Honda flies its full-scale eVTOL. And yes, a Ukrainian drone rescues cats. Hear it where you get podcasts or online at: podpage.com/network/aviation…
UAV News Talk podcast is Back! In #440 of :
DJI restrictions, World Cup no-drone zones, Archer/Joby/Eve eVTOL air taxi plans, counter-drone lasers, and the Vivid Sydney drone show failure.
Plus: a drone that came back with a swarm of bees.
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New episode from our helicopter friends at the Rotary Wing Show podcast...VR sims are already replacing traditional simulators.
New on the Rotary Wing Show: I flew the Loft Dynamics H125 VR simulator.
It felt far more real than I expected, and I'm convinced
VR sims are the future for helicopter transition training, recurrent training, practicing emergencies and more.
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New ADS-B clue in NASCAR driver Greg Biffle Citation 550 crash in NC. I found an impossible ADS-B altitude “spike” that may explain the turn back, and suggests altimeter issues. Hear it in #409 of Aviation News Talk in any podcast app or online at aviationnewstalk.com/409
In episode 438, David Hall of Velodyne Space explains a capture-based counter drone system that uses LiDAR, nets, and parachutes to stop drones without jamming or gunfire. It's meant to protect airports, prisons and stadiums. Search for UAV News Talk in any podcast app to listen.
Ukraine’s drone industry has exploded (literally). Now they’re negotiating to sell drones to the U.S. military.
A 5-year, $50B plan could produce 10M drones annually. We discuss what it means for defense & innovation.
🎧 UAV News Talk Ep 437 → uavnewstalk.com
#UAV #Drone
#437 is out!
Ukraine might soon build drones for the U.S. 🇺🇦🇺🇸
Max Trescott & David Vanderhoof talk about that, plus:
🚁 Drone-based fireworks enforcement
🦌 Hunting laws & drones
🎮 Hobby bans threatening STEM
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#UAV #Drones #AAM #STEM
Hundreds of rogue drones have disrupted German airports this year.
Now police have the green light to take them down.
Max Trescott & David Vanderhoof break down what “shoot-down authority” really means.
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#drones #UAV #UAS #Aviation
🚨 New episode of UAV News Talk!
Germany authorizes police to shoot down rogue drones ✈️
Sikorsky unveils an autonomous Black Hawk 🚁
Archer eVTOL expands in Korea & LA 🌎
And how the FAA shutdown slows U.S. innovation.
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