The Drone User Group Network (DUG) has introduced that DUG Director of Policy Kenji Sugahara has been chosen as a voting member of the UAS Identification and Tracking ARC.
Sugahara’s appointment is just a little totally different than that of different ARC members. Joining highly effective businesses and deep pocket firms like DJI, Intel, Amazon, Google, NASA and the Department of Homeland Security, Sugahara won’t be representing a significant company or authorities company. Instead, he can be representing the over 20,000 members of the Drone User Group – a grassroots, $20/12 months and free to children and college students group who’ve joined collectively round a shared ardour for drones, dedicated to supporting different flyers and the drone group. The DUG is an all-volunteer group. While his colleagues on the ARC can be supported by their workplaces and organizations, Sugahara will take break day from his job and stick with an area DUG member whereas in DC.
A graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Oregon School of Law, skilled drone pilot and CEO of information sensing and analytics firm AriAscend Corporation, Sugahara has spectacular credentials for the job. And the problem is of main significance to DUG membership. “Addressing the issue of in-air identification of drones, the committee will discuss technology, law enforcement, and implementation issues and will make a final recommendation to the FAA regarding the framework for identification and tracking of drones,” says a DUG announcement. ” The suggestions could have far reaching penalties in our industries and our hobbies.”
“It is significant and important that the Drone User Group Network is represented on any rulemaking committee pertaining to civil drone use in both the recreational and commercial arena,” says Steve Cohen, DUG President. “We represent a community that is under-represented in the crafting of regulations that directly affect our ability to recreate or earn income using drone technology. The DUG’s mission is to advocate for the safe and responsible use of civil drone technology and we feel that our participation on the ARC gives voice to our concerns and preferences that would otherwise go unheard in a sea of voices representing corporations and 3 letter agencies.”
“Whether you are a commercial operator, a hobbyist, or a racer, your interests will be directly impacted by the work of this committee. ”
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