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Washington and the drone industry: legislation, procurement, security reviews, and agency policy beyond the FAA.

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DJI

DJI’s response to being placed on economic blacklist

Last Friday, DJI was placed on the economic blacklist. DJI had already issued a short response on the same day, but just now they added a...

Haye KestelooDec 22

Commerce department add DJI to its economic blacklist

DJI

Commerce department adds DJI to its economic blacklist

The U.S. Department of Commerce added Chinese drone giant SZ DJI Technology Co to its economic blacklist, a senior official told...

Haye KestelooDec 18

Part 107

Drone lawyer Jonathan Rupprecht explains $182,000 in FAA fines

After seeing the proposed penalty letter, drone lawyer Jonathan Rupprecht explains $182,000 in FAA fines this drone pilot in Philly received.

Haye KestelooDec 18

FAA

FAA cleans up and removes special rule for model aircraft

The FAA announced that it removed the Special Rule for Model Aircraft. The change was made public in the Federal Register on December 11.

Haye KestelooDec 14

Skydio's amazing obstacle avoidance or dumb luck?

FAA

Skydio 2’s amazing obstacle avoidance or dumb luck?

Check out this video on Youtube from Brandonee916 where he uses the autonomously flying Skydio 2 to film a Tesla Model 3 in full self-driving mode Beta on public roads in the Nevada desert. At one point in the video, we can see the Skydio 2 flying right in between two power lines or telephone…

Haye KestelooDec 11