In this week’s column – flying under a public safety COA, the real boundaries of VLOS flight, and the issues of airworthiness and drones. The following is one of a biweekly serieson public s... Read more
Is a Certificate of Authorization (COA) the right way for your public safety department to operate? Here, Steve Rhode discusses when and why it may be appropriate – or not – to... Read more
This interview is part of a larger piece developed by expert Joe Tally and published on Fire Cam’s website – visit Fire Cam for more information on drone programs and equipment f... Read more
A small California city has joined the growing ranks of American municipalities to add firefighting drones to their public-safety arsenal. The Menlo Park Fire Protection District recently ob... Read more
The FAA announced today that they have raised the unmanned aircraft (UAS) “blanket” altitude authorization for Section 333 exemption holders and government aircraft operators, from the prev... Read more
(Source: The Guardian) Google has been quietly testing its drone delivery program in US airspace and is planning further tests in rural California after striking a deal with Nasa, the Guar... Read more
Even though the FAA has streamlined the process of approving drones for commercial use, obtaining a Section 333 exemption requires detailed knowledge of the regulatory steps necessary. Such... Read more
Sky-Futures, a Texas-based company is now one of a select group of UAV companies to be granted an FAA exemption to do business using commercial UAVs. The federal agency on Monday issued a Se... Read more
(Source: USA Today) Four companies won approval Wednesday to fly commercial drones to conduct aerial surveys, monitor construction sites and inspect oil flare stacks, the Federal Aviation... Read more
In a somewhat shocking development for those familiar with FAA’s bone-headed hardline policy on commercial drone operations in the National Air Space, Aerosonde, a small UAS manufacturer ow... Read more
September was in like a lamb and out like a lion for the Federal Aviation Administration. The news was fairly low-key all month until the last few days: Thursday, September 11: FAA darling T... Read more
(Source: planelyspokenblog.com) The FAA made a big splash a few days ago when it granted the first Section 333 exemptions for six cinematography companies. Of course, reading second- and thi... Read more
(Source: robohub.org) With a number of strict requirements, for the first time in the United States, film companies will be authorized to fly unmanned aircraft systems for commercial purpose... Read more
(Source: uasvision.com) The FAA UAS Integration Office issued an email to the industry outlining the requirement for all commercial UAS to bear an aircraft registration number when applying... Read more