April 21, 2021 was a big day for U.S. drone regulations: rules that define Remote ID for drones, and allow flight over people and at night took effect. Those rules have been several years i... Read more
The FAA has published new drone rules for Remote ID and Operations Over People. While it will take some time to fully unpack the final rule on Remote ID, the drone industry is weighing in o... Read more
Drone services company DroneUp has been approved for an industry-first FAA Waiver for flight over people and moving vehicles to support drone delivery of COVID-19 test kits anywhere in the U... Read more
Drone Flight Over People: What it Means, When it’s Allowed, and the Concept of “Hazardous Operation”
Part of an occasional series, “Things the FAA Wishes More Pilots Knew.” This article explains what drone flight over people really means, and when it is – and isn’t – allo... Read more
Current drone regulations prohibit flight over people except under very specific circumstances – a serious limitation for many drone applications, especially in populated areas. Fargo... Read more
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 Construc... Read more
In The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, author Malcolm Gladwell defines the tipping point as “the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point... Read more
Now that the FAA has opened the door – if only narrowly – to flight over people, drone pilots are getting ready to apply for waivers. Authorities, at least in the early stages,... Read more
This weekend’s big game between North Dakota State University (NDSU) and South Dakota State University (SDSU) provided a major victory for the drone industry – before the game be... Read more
The UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP) is getting underway, as the chosen partners begin their trials. North Dakota is starting their trials of flight over people with a unique safety tool... Read more
A Virginia Tech study concludes that small commercial drones are very unlikely to cause serious injuries to people on the ground. In January, Virginia Tech described their testing, using cra... Read more