Infrastructure management company Woolpert has been hired by Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) to collect drone images and data on so-called haul roads - unpaved roads - throughout the Midwest. The project, titled “Characterization of Unpaved Road Conditions Through the Use of Remote Sensing,” is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). Data will be … [Read more...] about Woolpert Wins DOT Contract for Drone Road Survey
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Drone Privacy: Amendments to FAA Reauthorization
Adding in several amendments from Senator Markey about drone privacy and plane safety, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee passed legislation to keep the FAA running until September 2017. The FAA's authorization is up at the end of this month, and Congress is rushing to get legislation in place to extend their authority. While the House FAA … [Read more...] about Drone Privacy: Amendments to FAA Reauthorization
Is Drone Risk Extreme or Minimal? It’s Past Time to Find Out
Commentary. The Mercatus Center's report released earlier this week stated that the real drone risk posed to aircraft was "minimal." In a paper that was partly research and partly a pointed critique of the FAA's overblown rhetoric on drone risk, researchers took bird strike data and made assumptions about the number of times (very, very few) that drones were actually likely to … [Read more...] about Is Drone Risk Extreme or Minimal? It’s Past Time to Find Out
FAA Reauthorization: Should the FAA Be Privatized?
As time runs out on the current FAA authorization - set to expire March 31 - Congress debates the contents of the next FAA Reauthorization bill, and the FAA is under fire. A recent spate of criticism has prompted lawmakers across the board to demand major reform in the agency. Democrats call some FAA rules "archaic;" Republicans want privatization of the agency; and lobbyists … [Read more...] about FAA Reauthorization: Should the FAA Be Privatized?
CEA Vows to Balance DOT Drone Registry Task Force
A week after the U.S. Department of Transportation released its official statement concerning a controversial new drone-registration proposal, one of the government’s proposed task-force members released their official take on the process. The Consumer Electronics Association, a technology trade association representing more than 2,000 companies – the bulk of the $285 … [Read more...] about CEA Vows to Balance DOT Drone Registry Task Force
