[UAS] DJI ban

[Kamel Didan]

Hello Jeff and everyone else,

Likewise, thanks to Chris and David for making yesterday possible, it was
fun and we should think of expanding this.
Here are the pieces of info that I can share now:
1. There is no official 'federally mandated' ban just yet
2. There are federal agencies who internally opted for a ban on DJI, on a
discretionary basis of the person who oversees their UAS work, and that
affects theirs and their partners' work. To what extent I do not know yet
3. The ban (in place or the one coming if adopted) is still very unclear as
it may mean lots of things (ban on the purchase/use going forward, ban of
everything DJI old and new, or other things)
4. So far this looks like it will be limited to work funded with or related
to federal money. If not federally funded you may get away with it, but I
surmise universities, etc  may adopt a similar stricter band (feds look
into  compliance/that when awarding money)
5. The UofA being proactive (chain of command all the way to the Provost -
see below - I only kept the key sentence ) tried to block the purchase of a
DJI drone recently. The purchase proceeded since then with an exception
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6. What will happen to our assets I do not know? And I believe this is our
wiggle room.

Cheers

K.Didan
UofA




On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 11:02 AM Gillan, Jeffrey Kent - (jgillan) <
jgillan at arizona.edu> wrote:

> Hello UAS Community,
> I very much enjoyed the mini-conference yesterday! It was great to hear
> from all those who presented on a diversity of applications and domains.
> Special thanks to David LeBauer and Chris Schnaufer for putting it
> together.
>
> The news from Kamel Didan about UA possibly limiting our use of DJI
> equipment is a bit distressing. Perhaps we as a group should educate
> ourselves on this topic and involve ourselves in any University policy
> making (if we are able). I am not specifically advocating for one policy
> stance or another, but I think we should be proactive and engage decision
> makers around this issue.
>
> Kamel or anyone else: What information do you have regarding a potential
> ban on using Chinese made drones at UA?
>
>
>
> Jeff Gillan, Ph.D.
> Data Scientist III | Drone Pilot
> School of Natural Resources & Environment
> University of Arizona
> gillanscience.com
> (530)339-5975
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