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The NDAA for 2025 requires that a national security agency review DJI by December 23rd. 2025. It's not up to any company.

That is not completely accurate. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) co-sponsored the bill. The bill passed the House with broad bipartisan support. There is no question about Stefanik sponsoring the amendment that would benefit Skydio and Joe Bartlett, a former advisor to Stefanik, now...

That would be true for final assembly, but not for the manufacture of the components.

In June 2025, President Trump signed executive orders targeting foreign-made drones to boost domestic manufacturing and address national security concerns. He didn't have to use the letters "D", "J", "I". You can't blame one party or the other on this. The FY2025 NDAA mandated that a U.S...

It's from a YouTube channel that just churns out "How XXX are made". They did some research, located clips (like from this one) and photos, and snapped it all together.

Taking the US out of play is a limiting factor for DJI. Last year, US sales were 34% of DJI's revenue. The loss of that market won't be fatal to DJI, but it will affect them. And allows new players to step in.

Unless Insta360 does something really stupid, like GoPro Karma stupid, the flying part of the drone should be fine. It gets back to if DJI can't get a new drone certified by the FCC, the AntiGravity drone will have no competition.

No. Google has been silent, and DJI has made imprecise statements ("The update channels for DJI apps have been adjusted due to Google Play technical adjustments") about why most of their apps are no longer in the app store. They still have a Mimo app in the Google Play store, published under...

Google didn't block DJI from playing their apps in the Google Play app store, DJI pulled them. Registered Android developers will still be able to sideload Android apps. Unregistered developers will not. This helps block malware from being installed. DJI will still be able to provide the APKs...

And as such, will face extra scrutiny. Unlike DJI, they have not been specifically named by US law and have not faced any new model bans by the FCC. That all could change, but the US market at the moment is more open to an Insta360 drone than it would be for an equivalent model from DJI.

DJI is currently hindered in the US market due to the FCC's approval process for new models. This would be the perfect time for a competitor to jump into the market.

It's on the drone pilot to yield to a manned aircraft. CFR § 107.37 - Operation near aircraft; right-of-way rules.(link) (a) Each small unmanned aircraft must yield the right of way to all aircraft, airborne vehicles, and launch and reentry vehicles. Yielding the right of way means that the...

Since you mentioned that this person is hostile and litigious, direct involvement with him sounds like a no-win situation, just let LEO handle it. Or get a local TV station involved. If this is happening on a regular basis, have a reporter see it and let them confront that person. If the drone...

I'm a software engineer, doing mostly Android/iOS work. I also work on the side for Pluralsight, authoring training courses. Drones and photography are a hobby.

That was cool.