The following is a guest post by commercial drone pilot and writer Terry Jarrell. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed suit against the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) h... Read more
News and Commentary. In a new press release, the FAA has clarified the role of federal and state governments in drone regulation. The FAA has tried many times to emphasize the agency’... Read more
In a conversation with Fortune’s Alan Murray at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech Conference, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao says that drone integration is a top priority f... Read more
If you have registered a commercial drone in the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants your input. Earlier this month, FAA sent out a questionnaire to everyone who has regist... Read more
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has been doing battle with the FAA over drone privacy since 2012, but suffered a loss this week. The D.C. Circuit (the United States Court... Read more
The Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA) met yesterday with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) at the White House. CDA representatives discussed the Alliance positions on t... Read more
News and Commentary. In a widely publicized FAA-funded report titled Assessing the Risks of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and... Read more
What’s the Difference Between a Waiver and an Authorization – and Where’s My Waiver? The FAA Webinar
The FAA is making big efforts to communicate with and educate commercial operators. A part of the program, they kicked off a live summer Webinar series on Tuesday offering insight into FAA... Read more
The commercial drone industry wants safer skies for unmanned aerial vehicles and they’re taking their case to Capitol Hill. The Commercial Drone Alliance, an independent 501c6 non-profit led... Read more
In most places, commercial drone operation requires certification; and in the United States, that’s a Part 107 Remote Pilot’s Certificate from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA... Read more
The following is a guest post by the legal experts at the Aircraft Owner and Pilots Association (AOPA.) The number of pilots certificated to fly unmanned aircraft commercially is increasing,... Read more
NASA Executed UTM TCL 3 Flight Demonstrations Last Week. Here’s What That Means for Drone Operators.
NASA successfully executed TCL 3 flight tests for the UTM program last week. That’s a complex sentence due to the acronyms: simplified, NASA’s testing of drone traffic managemen... Read more
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao addressed the audience at the FAA’s UAS Symposium yesterday. In taped remarks, the Chao told attendees that operations over people, night... Read more
The FAA announced yesterday that the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), which provides real-time airspace authorizations, will be expanded to 500 airports beginn... Read more