Robots · November 2025Gaffe level: Blunder
FAA probes Amazon after delivery drone snaps internet cable in Texas
An Amazon MK30 delivery drone in Waco snagged a utility line on takeoff and sheared an internet cable clean off, performing what Amazon calls a "Safe Contingent Landing." A dignified name for the FAA's latest excuse to investigate the drone program, just weeks after two Prime Air drones introduced themselves to a construction crane in Arizona.
Source: Reuters
SkyFall's StarGate Drone Evacuated Two Wounded Soldiers From the Front Line
Ukraine's 475th Separate Assault Regiment says it used the purpose-built StarGate drone to evacuate two seriously wounded soldiers in the space of a week, flying one casualty nearly 20 miles to reach him and about the same distance back. Ground vehicles could not reach the men because of water obstacles and attack-drone threats, and the covered, medical-grade stretcher module kept each casualty protected in flight. The regiment now plans a dedicated aerial medical evacuation unit, turning one-off rescues into a repeatable capability.
Source: The War Zone