{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2025-11-05","airworthiness_ops":"Unmanned aircraft, research and development","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2020-01-22","city":"LAUREL","country_code":"US","county_code":"033","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"83357","engine_horsepower":120,"engine_maker":"KDE","engine_model":"8218XF","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":1,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-30","maker":"Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Phy","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV APPLIED PHY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"061016U","mode_s_code":"53342571","mode_s_hex":"ADC579","model":"DRAGONFLY","n_number":"N987DJ","name":"JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC","num_engines":8,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N987DJ is a Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Phy DRAGONFLY, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2020. It is unmanned. It is registered to Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Physics Laboratory LLC, an LLC in Laurel, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 22, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated November 5, 2025.","region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":0,"serial_number":"0010","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MD","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"11100 JOHNS HOPKINS RD","street2":"BLDG 17-N238","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01310099","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N987DJ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2020,"zip":"207236005"}