A recent Michigan Court Ruling touches drone privacy: and could lead to major problems for the commercial drone industry. An article in JDSupra (worth a full read) explains how the decision... Read more
Around the world, as commercial drone use grows and regulations develop, countries are faced with the problem of enforcing drone laws. In the U.K., Operation Foreverwing brings together the... Read more
Kittyhawk CEO Jon Heagranes announces the newest advances in B4UFLY, the FAA and Kittyhawk.io airspace intelligence tool: B4UFLY Web. “B4UFLY Web enables convenient pre-flight plannin... Read more
The Drone Service Providers Alliance (DSPA) warns that drone federalism – the idea that states and local government should share control of the airspace – could be added to the b... Read more
Proposed Mississippi drone laws are extremely problematic for the drone industry – and the Drone Service Providers Alliance (DSP) is calling on all operators in the state to educate th... Read more
Recent research from the Mercatus Center argues that drone highways situated over existing public roads could be the fastest way to full integration of commercial drones. The Mercatus Center... Read more
Following the publication of the final rule on remote identification for drones last week, the industry has voiced opinions both for and against the concept of Remote ID as well as the actua... Read more
At InterDrone, the last big virtual drone show of 2020, FAA Executive Director Jay Merkle engaged in an open discussion with audience members on the future of drone regulation in the U.S. Wh... Read more
Is your drone registration expiring soon? Here’s what to do. The FAA’s drone registration program went live on December 21, 2015. A lot has happened in the five years following... Read more
By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill A recent decision by a federal judge will allow a lawsuit, challenging the constitutionality of Texas drone law, to move forward. On November 30, US Dist... Read more
Updated December 1, 2020 to reflect map changes. Surfshark, a digital security firm, introduces Mapped: The state of drone privacy laws in (nearly) every country. Drone privacy is serious bu... Read more
Drone Flight Over People: What it Means, When it’s Allowed, and the Concept of “Hazardous Operation”
Part of an occasional series, “Things the FAA Wishes More Pilots Knew.” This article explains what drone flight over people really means, and when it is – and isn’t – allo... Read more
An op-ed from former Reps. Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Jeff Denham (R-CA), published in Morning Consult today, spoke directly to drone legislation which seeks to limit purchases of drones based... Read more
Commercial drones can be used unlawfully. Terrorist incidents over oil and gas infrastructure have led to concerns that commercial drones pose a threat to any protected site. The U.S. Nucl... Read more