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THE FUTURE OF DRONES: UTM, AI,

AND CYBERSECURITY

AAUS Avalon Conference

Adam Welsh, Head of Public Policy, APAC

25/02/2019

*Data aggregated from flight logs voluntarily shared with DJI and DJI GO 4’s opt-in user experience function

THE PRESENT

UTM – at Airports - Operation zenith

UTM – around Airports - LAANC

Current Coming next week

Changes to DJI Geofencing

UTM – principles

1. Bottom-up

2. Affordable

3. Technology neutral

CARR FIRE

August 2018

230,000 Acres

1,600 Structures Destroyed

6th Most Destructive in CA

$1.6 billion in Damages (2.24 billion AUD)

DEPLOYING AEROSCOPE

Airspace Mitigation

Tracking DJI Platforms

Mini Control Tower

Detecting Unauthorized Operations

CHALLENGES WE ENCOUNTERED

Large Areas of Destruction

Large Amounts of Data

Limited Connectivity

Many Manual Steps in Data Processing

Time Pressure

WHAT IF WE HAD AN A.I. SOLUTION?

CYBER AND DATA SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE NEWS

Washington Post

China hacked a Navy contractor and

secured a trove of highly sensitive data

on submarine warfare

NY Times

Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers

on the Switch at Power Plants, U.S.

Says

June 8th, 2018

March 15th, 2018The Guardian

LEARNINGS: ENGAGE EARLY & OFTEN

Drone Maker DJI May Be Sending Data to China, U.S. Officials Say

NY Times

LEARNINGS: THE FACTS

Independent Study Validates DJI Data Security Practices

IMPROVED TOOLS: LOCAL DATA MODE & NOW FLIGHT HUB EE

Secure Cloud Access

Private Cloud Access

THANK YOU

ADAM.WELSH@DJI.COM