Since at least 2013 when DJI first released its Phantom drone in the United States, the company has made it difficult for drone operators to fly DJI drones over restricted areas. The software on ...

FAA does not allow drones to fly in certain airspace DJI created geofence in 2013 to stop drones from going to these places Company says it's getting rid of geofence after FAA introduced Remote ID ...

This week DJI, the world’s leading drone manufacturer, announced a new policy removing enforcement of its “No Fly Zone” geofences in restricted areas. The sudden shift may lead to more ...

it does not dispute that DJI has eliminated the feature that prevents the vast majority of US drone pilots, by default, from flying over airports, power plants, active wildfires, military bases ...

China-based drone manufacturer DJI has changed geofencing restrictions on its drones in the US, removing no-fly zones from its software after having them in place for about 10 years. The company ...

A larger drone could have done far worse damage. A DJI drone which crashed on the White House lawn in 2015 due to the operator flying under the ... [+] influence. There are other sites where ...

In late December, the agency designated the skies above 22 communities in New Jersey as “national defense airspace,” immediately preventing drones from flying there. However, DJI voluntarily ...

DJI software previously stopped drone operators from flying into restricted areas or No-Fly Zones in the US by making the drone hover in place around a geofenced area, but will no longer do so.

These so-called no-fly zones are currently GEO-coded into DJI drones, which means the flying cameras would automatically steer clear. They did in the US, at least. Last year, DJI switched those ...