More African use cases are likely to come from the Lake Victoria Challenge — a mission specific drone operator challenge set in Tanzania's Mwanza testing corridor.
In the weeks that followed, Donilon brokered a compromise of sorts: Munter would be allowed to object to specific drone strikes, but the C.I.A. could still press its case to the White House and get approval for strikes even over the ambassador's objections.
This specific drone can fly for up to 3 1/2 hours per charge.
Specific drone applications have given rise to specialized drone providers that can offer solutions tailored to fit a particular industry's needs.
Ryan Calo, an assistant professor of law at the University of Washington who specializes in robotics law and policy, said fewer regulations could benefit some specific drone industries, such as delivery.
It matters because DJI isn't a military-specific drone maker, like General Atomics, which makes Predators — though the chances of a Chinese company ever being so are slim to say the least.
The routing of drones and the allocation of specific packages to specific drones would all be handled automatically, and deliveries would thus be possible over a wide area using a series of hops.
The federal body did agree last week, amid considerable fanfare, to award the company a so-called "experimental airworthiness certificate" that can be used to test a specific model of drone.
