WASHINGTON DC – Customs and Border Protection may change import duty and classification for DJI and other drones currently imported as toys watch out for Unmanned Aerial Photography Aircraft.
2016 was often called the year of the drone by many reporters, tech advocates and news agencies. Many small drone service companies took off the ground, mid-size businesses augmented existing services, and even corporations are now looking to get in the drone game. However, large companies haven’t quite jumped into the market with both feet… yet. That may all change in February when DJI announces a new industrial drone, the DJI Airworks program, and a strategy for exponential growth.
I have my doubts, all because of a possible regulatory curve ball that could drastically slow down the drone industry.
Many industry advocates understand that in order for the drone industry to retain exponential growth, more industries need to jump on the drone train. The roadblock to many industries’ ability to embrace this technology is that they are unable to acquire data that is precise enough to make a liability based decision. This precision is called regulatory grade data and has been previously written about by Patrick Egan. DJI is also aware of the regulatory grade data issue.
This may explain why we saw the unveiling of the Phantom 4 Pro, so quickly after the release of the phantom 4.
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