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Wingcopter raises $22 million to expand to the U.S. and launch a next-generation drone

TechCrunch

with plans for an American facility, both for flight testing to satisfy FAA requirements for operational certification, as well as eventually for U.S.-based based talent in embedded systems software and flight operations testing, to help with the testing process required its certification by the FAA. based drone production.

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Go read this Daily Beast story about Sergey Brin’s secret disaster relief team

The Verge

The Daily Beast ’s Mark Harris has a wild story about Global Support and Development (GSD), a disaster charity founded by Sergey Brin that’s being run by his former bodyguards. The organization got its start in 2015 after Cyclone Pam pounded Vanuatu. Photo by MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images.