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!

The presidential administration is calling on congress to expand authority of both federal and local governments to take action against drones.

This action plan calls for expanding fed and local agencies that can track/monitor drones “flying in their airspace”.

It also involves creating a ground system to detect drones that can be used by federal/local governments.

“adopt 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.”

This plan also involves allowing counter UAS operations for certain authorities.

https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-federal-aviation-administration-congress-90c34d902cacb04d0d7369356d9706c1

DJI Inspire 3 reportedly shown in a video

Zenmuse X9

To be released In September  - Before the 16th?

https://dronexl.co/2022/04/22/dji-inspire-3-video-dji-insiders/

Mini 3 release delayed?

According to Jasper Ellens, a longtime DJI Leaker, the Mini 3 will release May 10th.

FLIR has released a new camera!

This camera is a 640x512 Boson LWIR, along with a 64MP EO camera

IP54

56g

60Hz video output via USP or MIPI

Hopefully, we’ll see some cool new thermal drones soon!

https://www.flir.com/products/hadron-640r/

We know you guys have trouble finding a single resource for local drone regulations.

Over the last few months, we have been working hard to create a source that you can edit and update.

We just released our new wiki page which contains not only all the local drone regulations but suggestions for places to fly locally. 

The 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’t find.

Up and down vote locations to fly

Submit a photo and suggest places to fly

Submit new or updated regulation

The Phoenix page is the perfect example of what we will achieve for the rest of the country. 

Check it out at pilotinstitute.com/drones

We’ve also launched Facebook groups for each state! 

This is to help you network and get into your local UAS community.

This is a perfect place to organize meetups and learn about the local regulations and fight existing or new drone laws (alongside organizations like DSPA). 

Join your state’s group!