CCP VC/PRC IPO Social Media Subversion

This statement should be a given for most people with an I.Q. higher than room temperature, but I’ll put it out there for the as-yet-educated drone “experts” and “visionaries.”

The People’s Republic of China is not like the U.S. of A, and I don’t give a rat’s nest what your handlers tell
you. The PRC uses the commercial drone sector to develop dual-use technology. Drone delivery is an easy-to-understand example. The PRC is investing and crafting rules and policies that allow for an economically viable ecosystem. We’re not talking potato chips, toothpaste, and pumpkin spice lattes.

The R.O. on a ridiculously absurd per delivery isn’t a bump in the stock price news story, but logistics on a military resupply scale of 840 kilos flown a few hundred kilometers.

Chinese (CCP/PRC) spying is not a good old-fashioned conspiracy theory or a fringe opinion as much as an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT). Anyone discounting the risk or that the value proposition of drones is benign when a sovereign investor has access to the collected data is either a fool or on the payroll. The forum apparatchiks deigning the obvious will tell you there is no proof of anything. So, with the broad brush, the various branches of the DOD, FBI, DHS, et al. are conspiracy theorists and tinfoil hat-wearing wackos.

Tangible exhibits are shown, and offers to educate the defectives publicly or privately go ignored. Is it strictly for business reasons? They discount the entire U.S. and Western intelligence community, forsake the warfighter, and throw L.E. under the bus for a self-aggrandizing price point. The capabilities of Chinese toys are worth it, whatever the possible security risks and financial support for human rights abuses.

As Dave Chappelle says, “There’s no such thing as a free trip to Hawaii.”

DJI has spent almost $7 million lobbying here in the United States over the last several years and has patents coming out of the wazoo. Yet, people with no public policy, aviation, intelligence, or technology experience parrot the Chinese Communist Party line. I get it; most public “advocates” are returning to being desk jockeys without products from the #1 Happy Goodluck Quadcopter Company. Those same people whinge about U.S. companies lobbying their government.

Caveat emptor when hiring those drone consultants!

Sure, DJI makes good drones at a great price point, but the notion that Americans can’t make good drones is nothing more than weapons-grade bulls#it! I cannot believe I have to do the Let Preserve the American Aviation Sector 1A dissertation. The U.S. has put men on the moon, developed scores of aircraft besides the Century Series, and made technological advances that have undeniably changed the World. The DoD and the American warfighter need Congress to invest in the technology to have every possible advantage on the battlefield.

The solutions section for those not cheerleading for Chairman Mao –

Any policy or rules promulgated for the U.S. NAS influenced or lobbied for by CCP/PRC-funded companies need a forensic audit ASAP!

• Patents should also undergo a thorough audit, and the FAA should immediately implement a Point of Sale (POS) aircraft registration scheme. Even if the Chinese said no!
• U.S. of A. drone companies and their end-users should get front-of-the-line treatment from the Federal Aviation Administration. (waivers, certification, LAANC, whatever)
• We must all agree that employing DJI AeroScope and calling the sheriff makes for a lackluster C-UAS national security plan.
  The U.S. of A. had a very robust drone sector. The autopilot in the A.V. Switchblade was available in 2008. and that is coming from a guy who has been around long enough to remember that you had no choice but to roll your own drone. The current policy stall IRC S174 and wishful thinking in the defense sector amounts to nothing more than the U.S. flirting with disaster.