Amazon Prime Air's Gur Kimchi addressed a packed house at AUVSI's Xponential Conference in New Orleans today, as they promoted their concept for drone integration into the NAS. “Airspace is a shared resource – this is really important. Once you take off and fly, you are sharing the air,” says Kimchi. “What’s important is to have a model that is heterogeneous… that enables … [Read more...] about Amazon Promotes Their Plan for Drone Integration
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FAA Expands Forum to Resolve Drone Integration Issues
The FAA, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and NASA have agreed to expand the UAS Executive Committee (ExCom) in a new effort to resolve drone integration policy issues. The UAS ExCom was originally formed in 2009, in order to focus on the Department of Defense's integration of drones into the national airspace. More recently, the ExCom is designed to improve the … [Read more...] about FAA Expands Forum to Resolve Drone Integration Issues
Another Task Force: FAA’s Latest Move on Drone Regulation
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that they will form another task force - this one called the aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) to make recommendations on federal drone regulation. The FAA introduced a proposed rule making over a year ago, and promised to deliver drone regulation by September 30 of 2015: however, … [Read more...] about Another Task Force: FAA’s Latest Move on Drone Regulation
