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Welcome to your weekly UAS news update, we have 3 stories for you this week: Man sentenced after shooting down drone, SkyeBrowse Lite, and the AMA has gotten approval for temporary FRIAs.

First up this week is an update on a story we\u2019ve been covering since 2021...\nBack in 2021, a sheriff\u2019s drone looking for burglary suspects was shot down by a man who claimed the drone was \u201cHarassing him\u201d.\nThe $30,000 Matrice 300 crashed onto a nearby building and caught on fire. \nThe fire was quickly contained and no permanent damage occurred to the structure. \nWendell Goney was identified as a person on interest and was contacted by police shortly after the crash.\nGoney claimed the drone was harassing him and admitted to shooting the drone with a .22 rifle.\nDeputies then arrested Goney for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.\nThis week, a US District judge gave the 29 time felon a 4 year prison sentence for the incident. \nWe\u2019ll have to see if this sets a precedent for other courts to follow in drone shoot downs. \n\nhttps://dronexl.co/2024/02/23/florida-man-sentenced-four-years-shooting-down-sheriffs-drone/\n\nNext up this week is our friends over at SkyeBrowse!\nSkyeBrowse released \u201cLite\u201d this week, adding a monthly plan between free and enterprise!\nSkyeBrowse lite adds higher accuracy down to 2 inches and priority processing speeds for $49 a month.\nIf you\u2019re unfamiliar with SkyeBrowse, it\u2019s an online processing software that uses videos to create 3D models. \nVideos can be from nearly any source and don\u2019t require GPS information.\nIf you don\u2019t want or need to pay for models, SkyeBrowse still has their Freemium plan, which allows you to pay to unlock tools when you need them!\n\nhttps://www.skyebrowse.com/blog/2023/12/12/introducing-skyebrowse-lite\n\nLast up this week is the AMA, who has gotten approval from the FAA for temporary FRIAs. \nThe approval is only applicable AMA events though we\u2019ll likely see similar approvals for the FTCA, FPVFC and Stem+C soon. \nNOTAMs will be required for these events, which won\u2019t help out the FAA\u2019s NOTAM system unless it gets a major overhaul.\nWe\u2019ll keep you updated when we see more.\n\nhttps://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amagov/2024/02/27/faa-grant-national-authorization-for-ama-sanctioned-events/\n\nAlright, that\u2019s it, have a great weekend and we\u2019ll see you next week!