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Anzu launches US-based licensed clone of DJI Mavic 3 (therobotreport.com)
4 points by exhilaration on April 30, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


>illegal for DJI drones to use U.S. communications infrastructure

aka prevent from phoning home, sounds surprisingly reasonable!

>Using his network, Warnas reached a licensing deal with DJI to manufacture the Raptor drones in Malaysia, using the core design and internal chipset of the DJI Mavic 3 platform. He could then import and sell the drones in the U.S. under the Anzu Robotics brand.

Upton Sinclair strikes hard here. You are still using Chinese chips and firmware.

>On the software side, Warnas signed a deal with U.S.-based Aloft AI (formerly Kittyhawk) to provide the flight control software on the controller.

What about the other part of the equation - drone radio firmware? Because it does still transmit unwanted things in sideband channels, for example Aeroscope https://github.com/proto17/dji_droneid




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