Urban Air Mobility - the idea that public transportation systems in cities all over the world will move up, rather than out, to include air transportation such as passenger drones - has been a hot topic for city planners and technology companies. It hasn't been met with equal enthusiasm by regulators everywhere, however, including the FAA in the U.S. But at the recent Uber … [Read more...] about FAA’s Elwell at the Uber Elevate Summit on Urban Air Mobility: “We Either Evolve or We Get Left Behind”
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DRONELIFE Exclusive: The AMA Speaks Out About New Drone Regulations and Reaching Reasonable Compromise
The Academy of Model Aeronautics, the largest and most powerful community-based organization (CBO) advocating for recreational flyers, is fielding a lot of calls these days. Since the FAA announced the enactment of new rules resulting from the repeal of Section 336, there's been a lot of confusion, misinformation, and argument in the drone community over what the new rules … [Read more...] about DRONELIFE Exclusive: The AMA Speaks Out About New Drone Regulations and Reaching Reasonable Compromise
See Amazon’s New Delivery Drone Fly: Will Your Stuff Be Delivered By Drone Within Months?
Yesterday, at the Amazon re:MARS 2019 conference, CEO Consumer Worldwide Jeff Wilkes introduced Amazon's newest delivery drone - and said that delivery would happen within months. That doesn't mean, however, that you can say good-bye to your friendly delivery van driver just yet. Before drone delivery of consumer goods can be implemented throughout the U.S., more testing … [Read more...] about See Amazon’s New Delivery Drone Fly: Will Your Stuff Be Delivered By Drone Within Months?
FAA Issues Waiver for Drones With Parachutes to Fly Over People – and Indicates a Way Forward for New Drone Technologies
In a significant move towards making flight over people more available to companies with commercial drone applications, the FAA has announced that they have issued the Hensel Phelps Construction Company of Greeley, Colorado, a Part 107 waiver to operate a DJI Phantom 4 drone equipped with a parachute over people. The waiver opens the door for other companies to receive a … [Read more...] about FAA Issues Waiver for Drones With Parachutes to Fly Over People – and Indicates a Way Forward for New Drone Technologies
FAA Pledges $6 Million in Matching Funds for Drone Integration Testing Partnerships
At the FAA UAS Symposium in Baltimore, Acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell announced that the FAA would offer new partnerships with the commercial drone industry to help move the integration of drones into the national airspace (NAS) forward. The $6 million program would provide matching funds to qualified companies who can work at FAA UAS testing sites to forward what the FAA … [Read more...] about FAA Pledges $6 Million in Matching Funds for Drone Integration Testing Partnerships
