What's really interesting is the mention of "...the war in Ukraine..." as being the deciding factor in the decision to 'protect against potential terrorist use of drones within US territories' (inferring DJI), but the failure to mention that good...
Facts ^^
You guys are commenting as if there will be a serious, unbiased review of the the facts. That is not what this is about at all. If it were about the facts of a possible security threat, or not, it would have been settled years ago...
Such a shame... if it genuinely was all about 'evil empires' and transistorised terrorism: you might understand some of the reasoning... and (to a degree) accept sensible restrictions, but reading through the McCarthyist paranoia and frothy...
The U.S. will never have "drone dominance", just like we'll never have dominance for any product that requires this level of manufacturing. We have been offshoring manufacturing (along with R&D and tech support) since the 1970s. Are we supposed...