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I think you are giving "slim" too much weight. I was more or less kidding about the EO. The president can't override a federal statute with an executive order. EO's apply to federal agencies, but within the guidelines of existing laws. Since the DJI actions were defined in the 2025 NDAA...

This is one of the things where a tariff might have made some sense.

I never suggested that anyone should sit back and do nothing. I'm saying that calling instead of emailing will be more effective. A "dead tree letter" would be marginally more effective than an email. You want the staffers to listen to your voice. How well did the email campaigns work for...

DJI absolutely cares about the U.S.; it’s about 30% of their business. They’re just navigating the reality of the current market and regulations. And let’s be clear: the same rules and restrictions that affect DJI and Autel apply to any Chinese drone company trying to sell here, including...

Congress implemented the restrictions. If they get enough heat, they can request that the President create an executive order that delays the actions against DJI until a security review has been performed.

The end result is that the official pipeline for sales to the US has been turned off, and there is no real warranty support. Yes, you can buy grey-market drones, but you have to deal with the vagaries of the US Customs Service and no after-sales support. You don't have to turn off the sales...

I totally get the idea behind doing an email campaign — it feels like an easy way for a lot of people to speak up at once. The problem is, congressional staffers can spot those mass emails instantly. They know when it’s part of an organized push, and those messages usually get lumped together...

I don't think DJI is even going to try to bring this one to the US in the current environment. They could have brought the Mini 5 in, but chose not to.

Do you have a source for that? I read that Dronetag RIDER was not currently picking up Skydio because Skydio is using the 5.8 Ghz bands and Dronetag RIDER was only checking 2.4 Ghz. Another site posted that Skydio is using Wi-Fi for RID. None of the Skydio drones for military use provides RID.

Do you have a source for that? Were you thinking of Trump Jr?

While that is correct, as the law is written, the RID data packets can be sent by BLE or Wi-Fi. A BLE RID implementation meets the legal requirements as well as being practically useless.

Mostly required. There are exceptions for safety and specialized uses such as crop dusting or helicopter operations.

That is the most useful post in this thread. Dilute the value of RID with bad data. It's an interesting project but needs a more work before it would be useful. You could add the capability to provide GPS locations and the current time from a mobile app. The hardware required to make this...

It's a shame that DJI didn't add BLE to their radios. They could have made that an option for RID transmission. BLE range outdoors is about 100 meters under ideal conditions. That would have removed a lot of angst with RID.

I did a quick search and did not see filings for Arashi Vision, the company that owns Insta360, that could be considered a drone. Until the shutdown is over, all FCC license applications are on hold.