It's National Drone Safety Awareness Week, hosted by the FAA Safety Team (FAAST), and we're all in. DRONELIFE has teamed up with Dawn Zoldi of P3Tech Consulting and Dave Krause, volunteer FAAST member and co-founder of Influential Drones to bring you a brief 2 -3 minute video on an important safety topic every day. You can check out these videos right here in the article … [Read more...] about National Drone Safety Awareness Week: We’re All In
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AIRT-DRONERESPONDERS Summer 2021 Public Safety UAS Survey Now Open
The AIRT-DRONERESPONDERS Summer 2021 Public Safety UAS Survey is now underway, exploring key issues affecting UAS programs at public safety agencies and emergency services organizations. " The latest non-profit research initiative to explore emergency services drone program growth, livestreaming, FAA, and other issues impacting public safety," says the announcement. The … [Read more...] about AIRT-DRONERESPONDERS Summer 2021 Public Safety UAS Survey Now Open
Drone Operators: NASA UAS Safety Reporting System is Open, Confidential and Nonpunitive
Attention, drone operators: the NASA UAS Safety Reporting System is open: and you can volunteer information guaranteed to be kept confidential, and not to get you into trouble with the FAA. It's Voluntary - But You Should Do It The NASA UAS Safety Reporting System is part of NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS). "The ASRS is a voluntary, confidential, … [Read more...] about Drone Operators: NASA UAS Safety Reporting System is Open, Confidential and Nonpunitive
What Happens When a Drone Crashes into a Windshield?
Researchers at Virginia Tech University, working with State Farm insurance and ParaZero drone safety systems, have finally answered the question of what happens when a drone crashes into a windshield. Data gathered in the study resulted in State Farm® receiving an FAA waiver to fly over moving vehicles as of the end of 2019, prior to the release of the FAA rule for flight … [Read more...] about What Happens When a Drone Crashes into a Windshield?
The FAA wants YOU! Applications now available for drone test admins
The FAA this week announced an open application period for the role of test administrators the federal agency’s Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST). “The FAA will designate qualified third parties to administer the test and make it accessible to all recreational drone flyers,” an agency release stated. “Entities involved with recreational pilots such as educational … [Read more...] about The FAA wants YOU! Applications now available for drone test admins
