Wed, May 17, 2023
The Florida legislature has enacted a law by which Sunshine State governmental, police, fire, and similarly-critical agencies were barred from utilizing drones made by a “foreign country of concern.”
The legislation tacitly but clearly refers to China, and strongly implies Chinese drone-maker Shenzhen DJI Sciences and Technologies Ltd.—more widely known as Da Jiang Innovations, or simply DJI. AeroVironment has been awarded a $10-million contract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to co-design and co-develop rotary-wing concepts germane to NASA’s Mars Sample Recovery Helicopter mission—a near-future initiative by which a series of U.S. and European spacecraft are to journey to Mars for purpose of retrieving and returning to Earth an assortment of Martian regolith samples. Dedrone announced an expansion to its program under the FAA aimed at mitigating service interruptions resulting from drone flights in the vicinity of an airport. The FAA has invited Dedrone to select another airport from its 5 locales included in the drone program, though the company remains mum on which airport they plan to select. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 05.09.23 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, May 9th, 2023... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Holland Lee, Sophie Hurlock, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, and Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, this episode covers:
- Florida Allocates $25-Million for Replacement of Police Drones
- AeroVironment to Co-Design and Develop New Mars Helicopters
- FAA Expands Counterdrone Operations Program
- Vertical Flight Society 2023 Board of Directors Announced
- Biden White House Eyes Mike Whitaker for FAA Top Job
- Droneup Announces Collaboration on BVLOS with Iris Automation
- A2Z Drone Delivery Unveils Cargo Drone
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