The FCC's drone ban brands ordinary consumer tech as 'military-grade', and 98.6% of respondents to the proposal reject it — even DJI’s main US-based rival Skydio won’t fully endorse it
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Regulators are testing a definition of "military-grade" that sweeps in commodity sensors like LiDAR and thermal cameras — and nearly every stakeholder, including domestic rivals, is pushing back. If your stack depends on foreign-origin components, assume future rules may target capabilities, not brands, and start mapping substitution paths.
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