Regulatory gridlock in the U.S. risks losing the drone arms race • Hacker News Board

Re: Regulatory gridlock in the U.S. risks losing the drone arms race

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Post by ecshafer » Tue, Mar 04, 2025, 7:08 PM UTC

Jtsummers wrote: post #97

I'm surprised no one else noticed that this is a submarine article for Anduril and called it out. "Sean's Substack" was created 2 days ago (at the time of writing this comment) and has just this one article, no history to establish credibility either. The main story is about Manna, an Irish company, but that doesn't help the US itself as they aren't made in the US. The article is advocating for a similar regulatory r…

So? It might be a submarine article for Anduril, but their point still stands. The FAA regulations on Drones needs to be rewritten to allow innovation for both commercial and defense purposes.

Re: Regulatory gridlock in the U.S. risks losing the drone arms race

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Post by moregrist » Tue, Mar 04, 2025, 9:06 PM UTC

ecshafer wrote: post #101

Jtsummers wrote: post #97

I'm surprised no one else noticed that this is a submarine article for Anduril and called it out. "Sean's Substack" was created 2 days ago (at the time of writing this comment) and has just this one article, no history to establish credibility either. The main story is about Manna, an Irish company, but that doesn't help the US itself as they aren't made in the US. The article is advocating for a similar regulatory r…

So? It might be a submarine article for Anduril, but their point still stands. The FAA regulations on Drones needs to be rewritten to allow innovation for both commercial and defense purposes.

I tend to think that it’s not too much to ask a company to engage in transparent advocacy as opposed to astroturfing.

Re: Regulatory gridlock in the U.S. risks losing the drone arms race

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Post by officeplant » Tue, Mar 04, 2025, 10:21 PM UTC

dani__german wrote: post #93

hkpack wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is more complicated than that as the roles are very different and you need both. You just cannot substitute one for the other. DJIs with their high zoom ratios and quality stabilised cameras just allow for wide area monitoring which killer drones relies on. Video from surveillance drones are usually streamed to a teams of analytics far away from front lines for analysis of situation change. People analysing the vi…

tell me more about the video streaming and communication aspects of this. Just skype (haha), zoom, and text messaging/phone calls?

There's been images showing both Ukraine and Russia using Discord. IIRC including video streaming drone kills. Not sure if anyone is piloting over the streams.

Re: Regulatory gridlock in the U.S. risks losing the drone arms race

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Post by Braxton1980 » Tue, Mar 04, 2025, 10:53 PM UTC

ecshafer wrote: post #101

Jtsummers wrote: post #97

I'm surprised no one else noticed that this is a submarine article for Anduril and called it out. "Sean's Substack" was created 2 days ago (at the time of writing this comment) and has just this one article, no history to establish credibility either. The main story is about Manna, an Irish company, but that doesn't help the US itself as they aren't made in the US. The article is advocating for a similar regulatory r…

So? It might be a submarine article for Anduril, but their point still stands. The FAA regulations on Drones needs to be rewritten to allow innovation for both commercial and defense purposes.

What evidence exists to show FAA regulations are hampering innovation?

Re: Regulatory gridlock in the U.S. risks losing the drone arms race

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Post by Jtsummers » Tue, Mar 04, 2025, 10:55 PM UTC

ecshafer wrote: post #101

Jtsummers wrote: post #97

I'm surprised no one else noticed that this is a submarine article for Anduril and called it out. "Sean's Substack" was created 2 days ago (at the time of writing this comment) and has just this one article, no history to establish credibility either. The main story is about Manna, an Irish company, but that doesn't help the US itself as they aren't made in the US. The article is advocating for a similar regulatory r…

So? It might be a submarine article for Anduril, but their point still stands. The FAA regulations on Drones needs to be rewritten to allow innovation for both commercial and defense purposes.

Do they need to be rewritten? And if they do, is a thought piece by someone with no prior connection or history in aviation the person to make the case for it?