n this week’s drone news update, we’ll talk about AUVSI Drone Prepared, a chance for those in Florida to comment on the country of origin ban, the new Ebee Vision, New CBOs, and finally, what happens today…
00:00 Introduction
00:15 AUVSI Drone Prepared
05:26 Country of Origin Ban in Florida
06:17 NEW eBee Vision
06:44 New CBOs
07:50 NEW Remote ID Rules in Effect!
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Your first story this week is AUVSI Drone Prepared.
This is a country wide initiative to help coach state lawmakers on creating state specific laws on drones.
The goal of the Drone Prepared program is to ensure states have uniform laws on drone use along with preventing the privatization of airspace.
We think this is a fantastic idea, and we’re big proponents of accessible airspace. To discuss this topic, we have a guest today, Scott Shtofman, the manger of grassroots advocacy at AUVSI…
The second story this week is an update on Florida’s country of origin ban. If you’re not familiar, local, state and contract drone pilots are not allowed to use Chinese drones such as DJI or Autel in Florida. This does not affect civilians but has had a severe impact on public safety agencies across the state being grounded from using their DJI or Autel drones.
And now the Florida legislature is opening comments on a cybersecurity rule for the state of Florida that may help to reduce or negate the affects of the Florida ban on non-blue UAS.
Comments should be professional, and if you are a public safety agency, explain how not being allowed to utilize these drones would cost both time and lives. We’ll put a link down in the comments section.
Your third story this week is a teaser for the new ebee Vision.
This is a new ISR (which stands for Intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) fixed wing drone with a reported 32x zoom, thermal payload, and 90 minute flight time.
We are interested to see if this new ebee is a blue UAS, and if it retains the cat 3 designation of other ebees.
Your third story this week is new CBOs!
Both Flite Test Community Association (FTCA) and the FPV Freedom Coalition are now approved CBOs!
Their approved guidelines are now posted on their website and we are preparing a video comparison of all 3 currently approved CBOs.
Remember that if you are flying recreationally, you must select CBO guidelines of your choice. The list of approved CBOs is posted on the FAA website. You can choose any CBO you like, and their guidelines are available for free.
Your final story this week, is that today is the end of the Remote ID extension for manufacturer compliance.
Every drone manufactured for sale in the US (Even the ones on amazon…) need to be remote ID compliant…
We’ve got some questions that we don’t really have the answer to.
I’m not sharing these questions to stir the pot, I want everyone to think about this.
Who is responsible for verifying that their drone is Remote ID compliant?
What happens to home builders of drones operated under part 107?
Who enforces if a manufacturer doesn’t comply?
How do they enforce?
How do you find the manufactured date of your drone to ensure it’s compliant?
Let us know what you think, and have a great weekend!
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