The FAA has announced that the first meeting of the UAS Identification and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) “advanced key policies of concern to the FAA, industry and law... Read more
President Trump has appointed a new Deputy Administrator at the FAA. Washington veteran Dan Elwell was sworn in this week, taking on the second highest-ranking post at the FAA. The post was... Read more
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved their version of the FAA Reauthorization Bill this morning. Committee Chairman John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota,... Read more
News and Commentary. The FAA Reauthorization Extension runs out this fall – and Rep. Bill Shuster has reintroduced the AIRR Act as the “21st Century AIRR Act“, the FAA Rea... Read more
The FAA’s “UAS Identification and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking Committee,” [UAS-ID ARC] or the “ID and Tracking ARC”, has been a hot topic on drone regulation f... Read more
The Office of the Inspector General of the US Department of Transportation will audit the FAA’s drone integration efforts again. This time the waiver process comes under scrutiny. In... Read more
President Donald Trump was critical of the FAA and it’s implementation of the NextGen system – the congressionally mandated update to outdated systems – at a White House me... Read more
The City of San Diego is among the latest local governments to propose local drone laws. The new ordinance takes an approach that differs from other cities’ attempts to curtail drone... Read more
Drone privacy seems to be a primary concern for lawmakers, as state and local governments rush to propose laws designed to protect citizens from unwanted intrusion by drone. On a federal le... Read more
The FAA has announced that the 2017 Presidential Inauguration Event is classified as a “National Special Security Event,” and has issued a flight advisory. “At the request... Read more
The newest plan for air traffic control for drones comes out of a country that sees a good plan as an urgent necessity: Singapore. The commercial drone industry in Singapore has seen fast ex... Read more
Drone attorney Jonathan Rupprecht has found and analyzed some statistics from the first 2 weeks of the new Part 107 test – and the results are stunning. Over 5,000 drone operators to... Read more
The FAA’s new Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) met last Friday for it’s inaugural meeting in Washington, DC. The committee’s purpose is to provide recommendations to the Fed... Read more
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Part 2 of a series – see How to Pass the Part 107 Test, Part 1. The FAA reports that 88% of participants taking the Part 107 Test on Monday passed it – but reports from the field... Read more