Drone News: Texas Law unconstitutional, NY Rec Pilot Fined 15K, TBSRRS, South Florida Drone Meetup

This week in drone news: Texas law 423 has been found
unconstitutional by a federal judge, a recreational pilot in New
York was fined more than $15,000, an update from our travels to
the Texas Public Safety Robot Response Summit, and an upcoming
South Florida Drone Meetup.


Texas Drone law 423 was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge


The law restricted drone use and distribution of images captured
via drones. 


“The challenged Texas statutes prohibited legitimate
newsgathering that causes no harm, and unconstitutionally drew
distinctions that disallowed journalistic drone photography but
allowed the exact same drone photography when done for other
favored purposes. Judge Pitman properly found that these
distinctions were improper and that the statutes were so vague as
to be unconstitutional.”


https://petapixel.com/2022/03/30/stringent-texas-anti-drone-law-overturned-in-federal-court/





A drone pilot from NYC was fined by the FAA over 15k last
December.


The pilot stated they were operating under 44809 but did not meet
the requirements.


The operator was issued a $15,205 fine.


The FAA issued fines for three flights, including 


107.12, No remote pilot certificate, 


107.13, drone not registered,


107.19(c) Posing a hazard to people, aircraft or property,


107.23(a) Flying at night without a waiver (Prior to new rules),


107.29(a) Flying over people without a waiver (Prior to new
rules),


107.41 Flying in controlled airspace without authorization,


107.65 No 24 month recency of knowledge.





Brinc Drones and ICOR robotics have partnered to save
lives. 


This partnership will enable ICOR robots to deploy Brinc aircraft
into structures.





DroneSense has launched remote drone operations geared towards
public safety.


This allows an operator to remotely pilot a drone in order to
respond to emergencies.


The web-based interface allows for near-real-time control with
minimal video latency. 


https://www.newswire.com/news/dronesense-launches-remote-drone-operations-software-designed-for-21667096





New firmware update for EVO Nano and Lite Series drones


Dynamic tracking of video subject (person only) on EVO Lite+


160Mbs video and image downloading from drone to phone via Wi-Fi


8-bit Log video


HDR video


More enhancements and issue fixes





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