In a first, FAA rescinds DJI drone’s Remote ID compliance status

Last year, DJI became the first drone manufacturer in the world to submit and earn US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for Remote ID protocol compliance. At the time, as many as seven of its popular drone models secured the FAA nod for adequate compliance with the Remote ID rule. Today, that list is much longer. But now, in another first, DJI has also become the only drone maker to have a previously-approved compliance status rescinded by the FAA.

According to the FAA, it has rescinded the declaration of compliance (DOC) for the DJI Mavic Pro Platinum drone with immediate effect.

But why did the agency take this drastic decision? Here’s the whole, rather curious story…

The FAA has established a set of rules using which drone makers use to ensure their products meet the minimum performance requirements of the Remote ID rule. The agency, in turn, relies on a DOC produced by the manufacturer to ensure everything is in order.

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