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    <title>The Drop Zone</title>
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    <copyright>2017- 2022 FreightWaves</copyright>
    <description>Join Jack Daleo as he discovers the latest news in drone technology.</description>
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    <itunes:author>Jack Daleo, FreightWaves</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Join Jack Daleo as he discovers the latest news in drone technology.</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Every company is a drone company</title>
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      <description>That's how the saying goes, right? Drone delivery is far from ubiquitous, but Zafer Sahinoglu of Mitsubishi Electric’s AnyMile breaks down how the platform could allow any company to easily add a fleet of third-party drones -- or even build their own.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:10:48 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Every company is a drone company</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Jack Daleo, FreightWaves</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle>That's how the saying goes, right? Drone delivery is far from ubiquitous, but Zafer Sahinoglu of Mitsubishi Electric’s AnyMile breaks down how the platform could allow any company to easily add a fleet of third-party drones -- or even build their own.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>That's how the saying goes, right? Drone delivery is far from ubiquitous, but Zafer Sahinoglu of Mitsubishi Electric’s AnyMile breaks down how the platform could allow any company to easily add a fleet of third-party drones -- or even build their own.
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        <![CDATA[<p>That's how the saying goes, right? Drone delivery is far from ubiquitous, but Zafer Sahinoglu of Mitsubishi Electric’s AnyMile breaks down how the platform could allow any company to easily add a fleet of third-party drones -- or even build their own.</p><p><a href="https://link.chtbl.com/thedropzone">Follow The Drop Zone Podcast</a></p><p><a href="https://listen.freightwaves.com/freightcasts">Other FreightWaves Shows</a></p>
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      <title>The Legal Landscape of Drone Delivery</title>
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      <description>This month, Matternet CEO and cofounder Andreas Raptopoulos joins the show to provide a closer look at the firm's watershed FAA certifications. Then, Andreas and Jack break down the state of drone delivery regulations -- both in the U.S. and abroad.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 19:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>The Legal Landscape of Drone Delivery</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Jack Daleo, FreightWaves</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle>This month, Matternet CEO and cofounder Andreas Raptopoulos joins the show to provide a closer look at the firm's watershed FAA certifications. Then, Andreas and Jack break down the state of drone delivery regulations -- both in the U.S. and abroad.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>This month, Matternet CEO and cofounder Andreas Raptopoulos joins the show to provide a closer look at the firm's watershed FAA certifications. Then, Andreas and Jack break down the state of drone delivery regulations -- both in the U.S. and abroad.
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        <![CDATA[<p>This month, Matternet CEO and cofounder Andreas Raptopoulos joins the show to provide a closer look at the firm's watershed FAA certifications. Then, Andreas and Jack break down the state of drone delivery regulations -- both in the U.S. and abroad.</p><p><a href="https://link.chtbl.com/thedropzone">Follow The Drop Zone Podcast</a></p><p><a href="https://listen.freightwaves.com/freightcasts">Other FreightWaves Shows</a></p>
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      <title>Doing the heavy lifting</title>
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      <description>A drone delivery world record!? This month, hear from Sabrewing’s Ed De Reyes as he breaks down the company’s record-shattering 830lb deadlift — and why heavy-duty cargo drones are part of the industry’s future.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 19:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Doing the heavy lifting</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Jack Daleo, FreightWaves</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle>A drone delivery world record!? This month, hear from Sabrewing’s Ed De Reyes as he breaks down the company’s record-shattering 830lb deadlift — and why heavy-duty cargo drones are part of the industry’s future.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>A drone delivery world record!? This month, hear from Sabrewing’s Ed De Reyes as he breaks down the company’s record-shattering 830lb deadlift — and why heavy-duty cargo drones are part of the industry’s future.
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        <![CDATA[<p>A drone delivery world record!? This month, hear from Sabrewing’s Ed De Reyes as he breaks down the company’s record-shattering 830lb deadlift — and why heavy-duty cargo drones are part of the industry’s future.</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drop-zone/id1633333872">Follow The Drop Zone on Apple Podcasts</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/44yWQWBRtpvNXz7ToZRKgs">Follow The Drop Zone on Spotify</a></p><p><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/podcasts">More FreightWaves Podcasts</a></p>
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      <title>A Tether For Any Weather</title>
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      <description>Getting to the drop off location is only half the battle - the other half is actually making the dropoff. Evan Hertafeld of A2Z Drone Delivery explains why using a tether is the way to go.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:15:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>A Tether For Any Weather</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Jack Daleo, FreightWaves</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle>Getting to the drop off location is only half the battle - the other half is actually making the dropoff. Evan Hertafeld of A2Z Drone Delivery explains why using a tether is the way to go.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Getting to the drop off location is only half the battle - the other half is actually making the dropoff. Evan Hertafeld of A2Z Drone Delivery explains why using a tether is the way to go.
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        <![CDATA[<p>Getting to the drop off location is only half the battle - the other half is actually making the dropoff. Evan Hertafeld of A2Z Drone Delivery explains why using a tether is the way to go.</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drop-zone/id1633333872">Follow The Drop Zone on Apple Podcasts</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/44yWQWBRtpvNXz7ToZRKgs">Follow The Drop Zone on Spotify</a></p><p><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/podcasts">More FreightWaves Podcasts</a></p>
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      <itunes:duration>1566</itunes:duration>
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      <title>The World’s First Drone Mailbox?</title>
      <link>https://the-drop-zone.simplecast.com/episodes/the-worlds-first-drone-mailbox-SYezeFCJ</link>
      <description>Jack and DroneDek CEO Dan O’Toole sat down to talk...mailboxes. Specifically, the smartest mailbox you’ve never heard of — and it accepts drone deliveries!? Listen in to hear why smart mailboxes could be part of drone delivery’s future.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>The World’s First Drone Mailbox?</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Jack Daleo, FreightWaves</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle>Jack and DroneDek CEO Dan O’Toole sat down to talk...mailboxes. Specifically, the smartest mailbox you’ve never heard of — and it accepts drone deliveries!? Listen in to hear why smart mailboxes could be part of drone delivery’s future.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Jack and DroneDek CEO Dan O’Toole sat down to talk...mailboxes. Specifically, the smartest mailbox you’ve never heard of — and it accepts drone deliveries!? Listen in to hear why smart mailboxes could be part of drone delivery’s future.
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        <![CDATA[<p>Jack and DroneDek CEO Dan O’Toole sat down to talk...mailboxes. Specifically, the smartest mailbox you’ve never heard of — and it accepts drone deliveries!? Listen in to hear why smart mailboxes could be part of drone delivery’s future.</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drop-zone/id1633333872">Follow The Drop Zone on Apple Podcasts</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/44yWQWBRtpvNXz7ToZRKgs">Follow The Drop Zone on Spotify</a></p><p><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/podcasts">More FreightWaves Podcasts</a></p>
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      <title>Drones in the backyard</title>
      <link>https://the-drop-zone.simplecast.com/episodes/drones-in-the-backyard-_Aktsz_W</link>
      <description>After breaking down drone deliveries in some of the most remote regions in the world last month, we're keeping things closer to home. In this episode, hear from Flytrex CEO Yariv Bash and DroneUp Head of Business Development Greg James as they talk drones that deliver food, coffee and other goodies — in five minutes or less, straight from the store to your backyard.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 18:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Drones in the backyard</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Jack Daleo, FreightWaves</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle>After breaking down drone deliveries in some of the most remote regions in the world last month, we're keeping things closer to home. In this episode, hear from Flytrex CEO Yariv Bash and DroneUp Head of Business Development Greg James as they talk drones that deliver food, coffee and other goodies — in five minutes or less, straight from the store to your backyard.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>After breaking down drone deliveries in some of the most remote regions in the world last month, we're keeping things closer to home. In this episode, hear from Flytrex CEO Yariv Bash and DroneUp Head of Business Development Greg James as they talk drones that deliver food, coffee and other goodies — in five minutes or less, straight from the store to your backyard.
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        <![CDATA[<p>After breaking down drone deliveries in some of the most remote regions in the world last month, we're keeping things closer to home. In this episode, hear from Flytrex CEO Yariv Bash and DroneUp Head of Business Development Greg James as they talk drones that deliver food, coffee and other goodies — in five minutes or less, straight from the store to your backyard.</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drop-zone/id1633333872">Follow The Drop Zone on Apple Podcasts</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/44yWQWBRtpvNXz7ToZRKgs">Follow The Drop Zone on Spotify</a></p><p><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/podcasts">More FreightWaves Podcasts</a></p>
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      <title>Humanitarian Drone Deliveries</title>
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      <description>In this first installment of The Drop Zone journalist Jack Daleo speaks with folks from Zipline and Elroy Air, a pair of companies that are using drones to deliver life-saving medical supplies. Blood, vaccines, test kits, medicines — these are just a few of the things the two firms are moving, and they pose unique challenges that have forced them to get creative.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 18:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Humanitarian Drone Deliveries</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Jack Daleo, FreightWaves</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this first installment of The Drop Zone journalist Jack Daleo speaks with folks from Zipline and Elroy Air, a pair of companies that are using drones to deliver life-saving medical supplies. Blood, vaccines, test kits, medicines — these are just a few of the things the two firms are moving, and they pose unique challenges that have forced them to get creative.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>In this first installment of The Drop Zone journalist Jack Daleo speaks with folks from Zipline and Elroy Air, a pair of companies that are using drones to deliver life-saving medical supplies. Blood, vaccines, test kits, medicines — these are just a few of the things the two firms are moving, and they pose unique challenges that have forced them to get creative.
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this first installment of The Drop Zone journalist Jack Daleo speaks with folks from Zipline and Elroy Air, a pair of companies that are using drones to deliver life-saving medical supplies. Blood, vaccines, test kits, medicines — these are just a few of the things the two firms are moving, and they pose unique challenges that have forced them to get creative.</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drop-zone/id1633333872">Follow The Drop Zone on Apple Podcasts</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/44yWQWBRtpvNXz7ToZRKgs">Follow The Drop Zone on Spotify</a></p><p><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/podcasts">More FreightWaves Podcasts</a></p>
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      <title>An Introduction to The Drop Zone</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 19:52:06 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>An Introduction to The Drop Zone</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:author>Jack Daleo, FreightWaves</itunes:author>
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