This may be old news to some however, per Sundance Media Group, on September 18, 2017, the Department of the Army, the sponsor of UAV programming, did certificate the Yuneec platform as a secure system that may be used for VFR DoD activity in accordance with existing COA’s.
https://sundancemediagroup.com/2017/10/01/sundance-media-group-training-with-dma-and-yuneec/
https://sundancemediagroup.com/2017/10/01/sundance-media-group-training-with-dma-and-yuneec/