Textron awarded $279 million in patent infringement case against DJI.
Bell Textron has won a $279 million lawsuit against DJI for patent infringement in their hometown. The lawsuit was based on four patents related to drone technology, including a control system for causing a vehicle to have a selected position or selected velocity relative to a reference vehicle, a system for achieving and maintaining a circular flight path around a selected fixed or moving point, flight control laws for automatic hover hold, and an aircraft visual sensor system. This win could potentially lead to Bell Textron going after all Blue sUAS companies.