“It’s a good day for the drone industry in Europe,” says Paula Iwaniuk of Drone Manufacturers Alliance Europe (DMAE). The European Parliament has voted in favor of the Eur... Read more
News and Commentary. Recent publicity over drone “incidents” – and the related threats of more regulations – have led some commercial operators to call for better en... Read more
As the two year anniversary of Part 107 rolls around, those drone pilots who were quick to take and pass their test and receive their certifications will need to get ready to renew. Question... Read more
The Drone Integration Pilot Program (IPP) announced by the Trump administration last year has generated tremendous interest in the U.S. Both state and local governments and drone industry p... Read more
Tomorrow, May 5 is International Drone Day, and in conjunction with that event leading AI-enabled airspace awareness and intelligence firm Fortem Technologies released its consumer survey fi... Read more
Manufacturing giant DJI has announced the launch of the Alliance for Drone Innovation (ADI), an effort to broaden the support for the goals of the former Drone Manufacturers Alliance origina... Read more
The AMA has issued a strong response to yesterday’s call from the Commercial Drone Alliance for repeal of Section 336, the law which protects model aircraft from FAA regulation. Sectio... Read more
Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) announced last week that she has introduced the Safeguarding America’s Skies Act, which would allow federal authorities “to detect, track, and enga... Read more
News and Commentary. At this point, it’s hardly a surprise. The FAA‘s extension of an extension of an extension has once again been… extended. The current extension was s... Read more
Confused about how to find local or state ordinances that apply to you? You are not alone. Our AirVuz video of the week is a news piece on progressive drone laws of 2018 – an importa... Read more
A guest post by Kittyhawk Co-founder Josh Ziering. This is the second FAA UAS Symposium I’ve attended and the contrast between the two has been so dissimilar that it feels like I may need a... 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
