The FAA has followed through on its promise to ease the commercial drone authorization process, publishing more than 200 facility maps this week. “This marks a key first step as the FA... Read more
The FAA is taking steps to improve the processing of airspace authorization requests, by releasing the first set of UAS facility maps at the end of the month. “The maps will depict ar... Read more
FAA‘s chief administrator Michael Huerta addressed the drone industry at the second annual UAS Symposium this week. The event was co-hosted by the FAA and industry advocacy group AUVS... Read more
DJI‘s VP of Policy and Legal Affairs Brendan Schulman testified at the Senate Subcommittee Hearing on drone integration this morning, in support of the industry’s technology solu... Read more
Prominent members of the drone industry will testify at a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation next week titled “Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Innovatio... Read more
The Office of Science and Technology has published it’s Exit Memo, including drone integration as one of 20 personal, local, and national frontiers that Americans must focus on going f... Read more
DRONELIFE has already speculated on what a Trump presidency will mean for the drone industry. But in the last few months of Anthony Foxx’s tenure, the US Secretary of Transportation i... Read more
NASA took drones one step further towards integration into the NAS last week Recode reports, testing flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) at the Reno, NV airport. BVLOS drone flight i... Read more
The FAA has announced the membership and first meeting agenda for the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). The formation of the DAC was announced last spring, as FAA Administrator Michael Huerta... Read more
Commentary. The United States House and Senate have – finally – agreed upon another short-term fix to the problem of FAA Reauthorization; but the compromise doesn’t go as f... Read more
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. “... Read more
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... Read more
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 (... Read more
FAA / Congress Compromise Will Do Little for U.S. Drone Market
Commentary. The United States House and Senate have – finally – agreed upon another short-term fix to the problem of FAA Reauthorization; but the compromise doesn’t go as f... Read more