Podcasts · UAV News Talk – Drone News, eVTOLs, UAS Policy & Air Mobility

Drone Delivery Expands, Pentagon’s Drone Arsenal & Honda eVTOL – UAV News Talk 441

· 38 min · Episode 441

Episode Drone Delivery Expands, Pentagon’s Drone Arsenal & Honda eVTOL – UAV News Talk 441

0:00 37:45

In this episode of UAV News Talk, Max Trescott and David Vanderhoof cover a wide range of drone, UAS, counter-drone, and eVTOL stories. They begin with their video-of-the-week: an unusual drone-assisted police story from Louisiana, where officers used a drone to locate a fleeing suspect after he was bitten by an alligator in a swamp.

The show then turns to Wing and Walmart, which are adding seven new drone delivery markets, including Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area. Max and David discuss why dense urban areas and apartment deliveries may be harder than suburban drone delivery.

They also look at the Pentagon’s reported $54 billion drone push, including interest in low-cost, disposable drones from former hobbyists and small companies. Motorola’s $1.5 billion counter-drone acquisition leads to a discussion of rogue drone threats around major events.

Safety takes center stage with Shield AI’s V-BAT after two reported finger-injury incidents involving rotating blades. The episode also covers Vancouver police using Skydio drones linked to body cameras, Honda’s first full-scale eVTOL flight, Volocopter’s light-sport eVTOL plans, BETA’s CTOL strategy, and a feel-good Ukrainian drone rescue of a cat and four kittens.

Links in the notes 10

The episode on the publisher’s site

Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them. Explicit shows are for adult profiles only, and children’s profiles hear only children’s shows. More about this list.