News and Commentary. The FAA has announced a NOTAM name change effective December 2: the former “Notice to Airmen” will now be “Notice to Air Missions.” Order 7930.2... Read more
In this column, Steve makes sure drone pilots know how to be compliant with Part 107 visual line of sight (VLOS) requirements. The following is one of an educational series for drone pilots... Read more
The AirMap LAANC capability appears to be off-line currently, and the company name does not appear at this time on the FAA’s list of approved providers. (Image below from FAA website.... Read more
Everybody wants to fly – and licensed pilots need to help promote safe flight and fun in their communities. To finish up National Drone Safety Awareness Week, the Weekend Edition: Saf... Read more
New regulations on Remote ID for drones and operations over people have been published recently – how will you make sure you understand the new rules before you fly? Today for Nationa... Read more
It’s TUESDAY of Drone Safety Awareness Week! Today after 8:00 am, Dave Krause of Influential Drones and volunteer FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) Industry Member is joined by Dawn Zoldi of... Read more
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,... Read more
AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL 2021 kicked off in Atlanta this week, and it’s clear from the buzz that the drone industry is happy to back and gathering again. FAA Chief Administrator Steve... Read more
Massachusetts drone developer American Robotics is joining the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee, according to a company... Read more
In this in-depth interview from her Drones at Dawn podcast series, Rex Alexander of Five-Alpha discusses what it will take to build out vertiport infrastructure to enable urban air mobility.... Read more
Skyward, A Verizon company, announced a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the FAA to test cellular connected drones. Skyward was a visionary company in commercial drone software: the compan... Read more
Drone services company DroneUp has been selected to the FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Committee to advance regulations for flight beyond visual line of sight, the FAA BVLOS ARC. The BVLOS... Read more
The FAA has announced a list of approved organization to administer a recreational drone test, designed to provide recreational drone pilots with “aeronautical safety knowledge and an... Read more
Last week’s virtual FAA UAS Symposium, a joint event sponsored by AUVSI and the FAA, featured a wide range of speakers from the regulatory and drone communities. In “Perspective... Read more