Drone News: Whitehouse Seeks More Power over Drones, DJI Inspire 3, New FLIR, Pilot Institute Wiki
This week in drone news; The Whitehouse has released an action plan calling for more power to regulate drones in and around sensitive locations, DJI Inspire 3 leaks, a new FLIR camera, and our newly released Pilot Institute Wiki!
\nThe presidential administration is calling on congress to expand authority of both federal and local governments to take action against drones.
\nThis action plan calls for expanding fed and local agencies that can track/monitor drones \u201cflying in their airspace\u201d.
\nIt also involves creating a ground system to detect drones that can be used by federal/local governments.
\n\u201cadopt legislation to close critical gaps in existing law and policy that currently impede government and law enforcement from protecting the American people and our vital security interests.\u201d
\nThis plan also involves allowing counter UAS operations for certain authorities.
\nhttps://apnews.com/article/technology-business-federal-aviation-administration-congress-90c34d902cacb04d0d7369356d9706c1
\nDJI Inspire 3 reportedly shown in a video
\nZenmuse X9
\nTo be released In September - Before the 16th?
\nhttps://dronexl.co/2022/04/22/dji-inspire-3-video-dji-insiders/
\nMini 3 release delayed?
\nAccording to Jasper Ellens, a longtime DJI Leaker, the Mini 3 will release May 10th.
\nFLIR has released a new camera!
\nThis camera is a 640x512 Boson LWIR, along with a 64MP EO camera
\nIP54
\n56g
\n60Hz video output via USP or MIPI
\nHopefully, we\u2019ll see some cool new thermal drones soon!
\nhttps://www.flir.com/products/hadron-640r/
\nWe know you guys have trouble finding a single resource for local drone regulations.
\nOver the last few months, we have been working hard to create a source that you can edit and update.
\nWe just released our new wiki page which contains not only all the local drone regulations but suggestions for places to fly locally.
\nThe best part is, we want your contribution to telling us where you love to fly in your state, as well as any other drone laws we didn\u2019t find.
\nUp and down vote locations to fly
\nSubmit a photo and suggest places to fly
\nSubmit new or updated regulation
\nThe Phoenix page is the perfect example of what we will achieve for the rest of the country.
\nCheck it out at pilotinstitute.com/drones
\nWe\u2019ve also launched Facebook groups for each state!
\nThis is to help you network and get into your local UAS community.
\nThis is a perfect place to organize meetups and learn about the local regulations and fight existing or new drone laws (alongside organizations like DSPA).
\nJoin your state\u2019s group!