FCC OKs Leica Drone Hazard Detection Waiver

The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology approved a waiver request by Leica Geosystems to allow its Ictos radar system on commercial drones (see 1911210063). The system uses multiple radar modules in the 60-64 GHz for hazard detection in flight. OET will permit sale of 400 devices the first year and 800 in subsequent years. “As we will limit the number of Ictos devices per year, the use of the Ictos device will be restricted and contained,” said an order Tuesday in docket 19-350: It won't "increase the potential for harmful interference to other services in the 60-64 GHz band.”