H.R. 302, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, became Public Law No. 115- 254 on October 5, 2018. The FAA Reauthorization Act repealed Section 336, which protected recreational drones from... Read more
The European Commission (Commission) published it’s latest draft of detailed drone rules last week. Here’s what’s inside: and why the Drone Manufacturers Alliance Europe... Read more
The FAA has announced nine partner additions to its Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) initiative. The collaborative program between the FAA and drone industry st... Read more
The new proposed FAA Reauthorization package has been made public. It’s wordy, complex, and confusing – and the headlines haven’t made understanding what’s inside easier. There are several... Read more
The Consumer Technology Association, a trade group representing the $351 billion U.S. consumer technology industry, is backing recently proposed FAA Reauthorization legislation for UAS. As n... Read more
It’s become clear that drones are a critical tool for Hurricane response – not just during the storm, but immediately after. The FAA has granted major insurer State Farm permiss... Read more
Drone manufacturing giant DJI has hired David Hansell, a veteran on aviation policy – and the National Security Council – as Public Policy Manager. When DJI VP Mario Rebello spok... Read more
India’s Director General of Civil Aviation has announced the country’s policy for drones, effective December 1, 2018. The new policy defines and classifies drones, puts in place... Read more
In an InterDrone panel moderated by the excellent Christopher Korody, author of the Dronin’ On newsletter, a panel of lawyers, industry, and government representatives discussed the cu... Read more
In recent years there have been plenty of headlines highlighting the use of drones to smuggle drugs and other contraband into prisons. And that’s fair enough. It’s a new, interes... Read more
There are two universal truths in the drone industry. The first is that technology companies will file rafts of drone-related patents in an attempt to score easy PR and cover even the most o... Read more
We’re not quite at the stage at which drones are taking an active role in day to day agriculture. Despite hardware releases from DJI and other manufacturers with a view to autonomously... Read more
If there was ever a time to participate in discussions of drone policy, that time is now. AUVSI issued an announcement this week about their annual “Hill Day.” If you’ve... Read more
The following is a guest post by Andrew Elefant, Director of Policy at Kittyhawk.io, an enterprise drone software company in San Francisco, CA. More Clarity on ULC’s Tort Law Relating to Dro... Read more
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