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Welcome to your weekly news update, we have 4 stories for you this week, Air 3 and Mini 4 Pro finally added to DOC list, Percepto gets drone swarm waiver, defibrillator drones are faster than ambulances, and the City of Plano is looking at zoning for AAM and UAS.

First up this week is the Air 3 and the Mini 4 Pro, which have finally been added to the remote ID DOC list! \nThis means you no longer need any RID modules for the Air 3 and Mini 4 pro IF you had one you were using. \nIf you\u2019ve been waiting for the Air 3 and Mini 4 to be approved before purchasing, now\u2019s the time! \nHere\u2019s hoping the FAA and DJI are more efficient about getting these drones approved when the drone comes out!\n\nNext up this week is Percepto, who has received a waiver allowing them to operate up to 30 drones with a single operator, beyond visual line of sight.\nThe waiver is designed for drone-in-a-box systems to be used to inspect infrastructure and pipelines. \nCurrently, the waiver doesn\u2019t appear on the Part 107 Waivers issued so we can\u2019t see the specifics of the waiver, but this is a pretty cool development allowing what many would consider the holy-grail of drone waivers. \nWe\u2019ll keep you update if we see any updates on this waiver!\n\nThird up this week is a study out of Sweden, which tested 55 drones over 11 months responding to cardiac emergencies.\nOver the 11 month study, drones responded to 72 emergencies, of those 55 delivered the AED.\nThe study found that drones had a quicker response time from dispatch to arrival, with drones arriving first 37 out of 55 times, and 2 cases of shocks being delivered prior to the ambulance arriving. \nSuper interesting study, we\u2019ll have to see if drones are the next thing used by emergency services to deliver supplies such as AEDs!\n\nLast up this week is the City of Plano, which is looking at changing particular zoning rules that will affect AAM and UAS operations.\nThis comes in response to DroneUp operating out of a local Walmart without any formal permit from the city. \nThere\u2019s no word on what the actual zoning changes would be or how they would affect AAM or UAS operations, but another meeting is scheduled for February 26th, 2024.\nMajor John B Muns said during a meeting \u201c \u201cWe had the opportunity as a council to meet in person to see the operations in two different areas, one in Frisco and one in Plano, unfortunately, it was a couple of days before Thanksgiving, so we had a lozt of us gone,\u201d \u201cWe still need some of that information, so we're respectfully hoping that we can table this item until we can get some real data that can be analyzed and explained to us\u2026 If we could get that information and come back with a much better understanding of what you're asking for.\u201d\nWe\u2019ll keep you updated with what we see out of Plano.\n\nThat\u2019s it! Have a great weekend!\n\nhttps://dronexl.co/2023/11/28/plano-city-council-drone-delivery/\n\nhttps://uasdoc.faa.gov/listDocs\nhttps://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/phantom_4_pro/20231123/Phantom_4_Pro_V2.0_Release_Notes_EN.pdf\n\nhttps://dronexl.co/2023/11/28/defibrillator-drones-outpace-ambulances/\n\nhttps://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/faa-approves-inspection-drone-swarms/