Something I've noticed is that the pricing of 'alternative' drones seems to be more or less in line with the now 'normalized' cost of post-tariff Chinese drones... which means that US buyers will be paying well over the actual price of still...
I'm pretty certain that's the essence of what I wrote.
The wording of your country's regulation and the similar one in the UK may differ slightly, but the meaning is the same.
Perhaps this is the software being referred to? Custom produced for the US as a result of the first attempt to discredit DJI.
https://www.dji.com/mobile/newsroom/news/dji-creates-high-security-solution-for-government-drone-programs
Unless I'm very mistaken, LOS is all about being able to see the drone as a ground observer... a limiting regulation to restrict the maximum distance between the drone and the operator. Where 'situational awareness' is mentioned - that refers to...