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Episodes

July 1, 2025

Drone Delivery Test: Max Trescott Reviews Matternet’s BVLOS UAV Drop

Max Trescott and David Vanderhoof dive into the future of drone delivery in Episode 431 of UAV News Talk. Max shares his firsthand experience receiving multiple packages via drone as part of a pilot program from Matternet, a ...
June 16, 2025

430 DJI Drone Ban, Battery Fires, and Beta Alia’s Transatlantic Flight

In episode 430 of UAV News Talk , Max Trescott and David Vanderhoof return from vacation with urgent news and safety concerns in the drone industry. The episode opens with a major headline: the DJI Mavic 4 Pro is not availabl...
May 29, 2025

429 The UAV Digest Relaunch: eVTOLs, Drones, and the Future of Flight

Episode 429 marks a major milestone for the podcast formerly known as The UAV Digest , soon to be relaunched as UAV News Talk . Max Flight and David Vanderhoof return to the mic after a long hiatus to introduce new co-host Ma...
April 30, 2025

428 We’re Coming Back and We need Your Feedback to Make Us Better

If you’ve been a longtime listener, you know it’s been a while — actually, a couple of years — since our last episode. But the good news is: The UAV Digest is coming back! Since we last released an episode, the world of drone...
April 14, 2023

427 Drone Safety Day 2023

Drone Safety Day is April 29, a drone that changes shape, jump-starting your car with a drone, Florida bans DJI from government agencies, decision-making for small UAVs, drones that work together without colliding, adding VTO...
March 31, 2023

426 ADS-B Spoofing

uAvionix detects ADS-B spoofing, racing drones are delivering explosives, an aerial tanker that autonomously guides and controls multiple drones, self-flying F-16s that test loyal wingmen, the Condor heavy-lift UAV wins its f...
March 24, 2023

425 Drone Delivery Network

Alphabet’s Wing subsidiary wants a drone delivery network, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces consider using drones to intercept aircraft, DJI is reportedly dropping AeroScope, U.S. Senators want an assessment of DJI security r...
March 4, 2023

424 Personal eVTOL

Another personal eVTOL, cops flying BVLOS, military drones with facial recognition, a lethal drone designed in Australia, the Lilium Jet eVTOL, and moving air quietly. UAV News Is this one-seat flying saucer the future of fli...
Feb. 25, 2023

423 Ameriflight Cargo Drones

Ameriflight plans to purchase cargo drones from Natilus and Saberwing, a plan for autonomous wind turbine inspections and repair, the American Security Drone Act, an arrest made for flying a drone at Dublin airport, a new hyd...
Feb. 17, 2023

422 Global Drone Market

A global drone market report, aircraft control with artificial intelligence, a slow start to Amazon drone deliveries, drones disrupt flight operations at Dublin Airport, a testing service for microgravity research. UAV News C...
Feb. 4, 2023

421 Cargo Drone

A large autonomous blended-wing cargo drone and a smaller electric cargo drone, the Eaglet takes flight, taser drones at public schools, the GAO recommends the FAA create a comprehensive strategy, the Dronut for inspections, ...
Jan. 27, 2023

420 Toroidal Propellers

Toroidal Propellers offer a solution for multirotor noise, layoffs at Prime Air, Valkyrie drones for the US Marines, regulating advanced air mobility in Utah, mapping a radioactive environment with a collision-tolerant drone,...
Jan. 20, 2023

419 Collecting Environmental DNA with a Drone

An autonomous drone that collects environmental DNA, a robotic wing that measures flapping performance, a Wyoming bill to outlaw drone flights over prisons, flying drugs into the U.S. with drones, and an ex-drone manager sues...
Jan. 13, 2023

418 Weather Prediction with Drones

Using drones for weather prediction, tracking warehouse inventory with an autonomous drone, an FCC NPRM for the UAS communications spectrum, Walmart delivery drone statistics, underwater drones to detect ocean carbon, hardeni...
Dec. 9, 2022

417 UAV Tether in Heavy Seas

A UAV tether for choppy seas, four advanced (and expensive) drones, drones changing the way buildings are designed, a drone (and rover) for simulated Martian missions, the Army’s short-range reconnaissance program with Skydio...
Dec. 2, 2022

416 European Drone Strategy 2.0

European drone strategy 2.0, armed drones for Ukraine, drones used for poaching and other wildlife investigations, drone videos of three active volcanoes, dynamically assigning frequencies for UAS command and control, a surve...
Nov. 25, 2022

415 Amazon Prime Air Drone

The latest Amazon Prime Air drone, XQ-58A Valkyrie tactical drones, bringing a drone on a cruise ship, a drone light show fail, and attacking a navy with uncrewed surface vessels. UAV News Amazon reveals the new design for Pr...
Nov. 11, 2022

414 Operations Over People

Operations Over People approval for AgEagle, transitioning to UAV-dominated air forces, women drone pilots in Ukraine, an autonomous Black Hawk helicopter, a drone facilitates a robbery, a BVLOS corridor in upstate New York, ...
Oct. 28, 2022

413 Community-Based Drone Organizations

FAA issues guidelines for community-based drone organizations, large Navy drone swarms, Iranian drone components, the 2023 FAA reauthorization bill, a large Chinese cargo drone, the Bell Autonomous Pod Transport, Russians wit...
Sept. 2, 2022

412 Nano Drones

Nano drones in Ukraine, cloud seeding with drones in China, bots that clean beaches and waterways, a STEM program for young girls, new technologies from Draganfly, and patrolling the airport perimeter. UAV News What Are Black...
Aug. 26, 2022

411 Automated Inspection

Automated inspection of solar panels, the NUAIR Public Safety Summit, USAF interest in supersonic target drones and the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat, the Pixy selfie drone goes out of production, drones and rural law enforcement, a...
Aug. 19, 2022

410 Women and Drones Documentary

Women and drones documentary film, Chinese drone submarine, unmanned surface vessels, drone tech to India, portable ATM system, mapping with multiple drones, Ford patent.
Aug. 12, 2022

409 Court Ruling on Drone Remote ID

D.C. court rules on drone Remote ID case, reconnaissance drones for Ukraine, more drones going to Mars, fried chicken coming by drone, lifeguard drones meet U.S. resistance, mapping a mountain with a UAV, NASA and Zipline par...
July 29, 2022

408 Archer Aviation Maker

Archer Aviation planning full transition flights of their Maker aircraft, drone shuts down Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, protecting sporting events with drones, using lasers for drone communications, RQ-4 Global ...