Drone News: 2022 DJI Drone outlook, DJI Blacklist, Flytrex Expansion, Drones for good

This week in drone news; a leak has shown possible new DJI drones
in 2022, DJI also to be added to an investment and export
blacklist, Flytrex expands their drone deliveries, and drones are
being used to recover from the Kentucky tornados.





New DJI Products and their associated release dates have been
leaked online We’re possibly looking at Mini 3 in April FPV Mini
in July Inspire 3 in September
https://dronexl.co/2021/12/09/dji-drones-in-2022-inspire-3-mini-3-fpv-mini-and-more/ 





DJI will be added to the investment and export blacklist The US
Department of Commerce will put DJI along with more than 24 other
companies on the entity list that restricts American exports and
investment. The US Treasury Department will also put DJI and
others on the “Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies”
Blacklist.
 https://dronexl.co/2021/12/15/dji-to-be-added-to-investment-and-export-blacklists/ 





Flytrex has received approval to expand the delivery area for its
operations to 1 mile from all of its NC locations. This expansion
will allow Flytrex to reach an additional 10,000 households
Flytrex partners with both foodservice and retail establishments
to provide UAS deliveries.
 https://www.avweb.com/recent-updates/unmanned-vehicles/faa-approves-flytrex-drone-delivery-service-expansion 





Drones are being used as part of the recovery efforts for the
Tornados in Kentucky. We know a few folks who are out working on
these operations  Shout out to StormPoint, SkyeBrowse, and
other First responders in Kentucky.
https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/12/11/1063367722/drone-footage-captures-devastating-aftermath-of-mayfield-kentucky-tornado