Rupprecht Law Unlocks Flight Over People with 107.39 Waiver with AVSS drone parachute on DJI M300 RTK for Aerospect Inc.

The FAA 107.39 waiver was approved for the popular commercial drone, the DJI M300 RTK with the AVSS PRS-M300.

With this waiver, Aerospect Inc. will be able to complete key missions in New York City, New York. The waiver application and supporting paperwork were submitted by Rupprecht Law. This 107.39 waiver enabled flight over people and is one of the first approvals for the DJI M300 RTK by the FAA. This approval is contingent on the use of proper risk mitigation planning and having the DJI M300 RTK equipped with the AVSS PRS-M300 drone parachute.

AeroSpect is at the forefront of transforming drone technology implementation in New York City. Just last year, our sister company Xizmo Media successfully challenged NYC’s drone ban, paving the way for a new permitting process that revolutionized the entire drone service industry in the city.

This year, AeroSpect continues to lead with an innovative approach to using drone technology. Over the years, we have played a crucial role in ensuring that building facades across the city meet safety standards, contributing to a safer urban environment. With our latest advancements, including the AVSS parachute system and newly acquired waiver through Rupprecht Law, we can now deploy drones that capture data with unprecedented accuracy, efficiency and speed. These advancements enable our clients to make well-informed decisions swiftly.

We are excited to see how this technology and waiver will redefine building facade inspections ensuring a safer and better-looking city for all. AeroSpect remains committed to shaping the future of drone technology and urban safety in New York City.

“The FAA has been very careful to allow over people operations over the years. Commercial drone pilots need to demonstrate that their operations are safe through data. This is where most industry members have difficulty in obtaining approval because the aircraft and/or parachute system they chose did not have sufficient data on its performance. AVSS provided key data on their parachute system demonstrating that it had a certain amount of kinetic energy. This data was key to proving to the FAA the operation is safe. My next focus is to start applying for more of these waivers and also for over people and beyond line of sight waivers for the DJI Dock 2 and DJI Matrice 3D”. (Jonathon Rupprecht of Rupprecht Law)

Josh Ogden, CEO of AVSS, stated, “this waiver is a testament to the FAA’s efforts in advancing the safe adoption of commercial drones in the National Airspace. Historically, New York City has been a tough market to receive approval to fly commercial drones. With the drone permitting system being launched by the city last July and this recent FAA approval, we believe there has never been a better time for commercial drone pilots to offer their services and for commercial businesses to update their plans to include flights in New York City”.

ABOUT RUPPRECHT LAW:
Started in 2015, Rupprecht Law is a law firm that focuses only on drones. Jonathan Rupprecht, the President of Rupprecht Law, is an attorney, FAA certificated commercial pilot, and FAA certificated flight instructor. As of 7/16/24, Rupprecht Law has obtained for clients 510+ exemptions granted, 160+ waiver approvals (to include BVLOS, over people, over cars, swarming, 400ft+, night for multiple make/models of aircraft), 50+ airspace authorizations, and 50+ operating certificates.

ABOUT AVSS:
Founded in 2017, AVSS – Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. (AVSS) is a Canadian aerospace company commercializing drone technology for Urban Air Mobility. AVSS’s current products are ASTM F3322 parachute recovery systems for commercial drones, independent flight termination systems, and precision-guided delivery systems for last-mile delivery.

AVSS’s retrofit products (DJI M3D and M3TD for Dock 2, DJI M200, DJI MAVIC 3 ENTERPRISE, DJI M300 RTK, DJI M350 RTK) are distributed worldwide through their more than 50 authorized dealer network and sold directly to drone manufacturers across the world. AVSS also provides direct support to drone manufacturers and pilots who integrate the PRS product line for flight over people and BVLOS compliance, such as Skydio X10, Brinc Responder.

ABOUT AEROSPECT INC.:
AeroSpect specializes in providing drone data collection services for surveyors and facade inspectors working with architectural and engineering firms requiring condition assessments for buildings and structures across NYC.  Through our years in the industry, we have developed a patent pending revolutionary user interface that quickly and easily allows for our clients to preview each facade of a building as a high-resolution image allowing for individual members of a team to annotate anomalies and share those annotations with each other through a living digital twin of that building/structure.  Our main goal is to incentivise the repairs needed on a building or structure through the cost savings of using a drone when compared to more traditional methods of inspection/data collection.  Our clientele spans corporate, government and higher education institutions. We are a certified minority and veteran disabled owned business and we take pride in establishing the benchmark for drone data collection services throughout New York City.