Gretchen West has been a drone industry voice for 15 years, working in a variety of advocacy and advisory groups from AUVSI to her last position at Hogan Lovells. Throughout those years, Wes... Read more
It’s a proposal that doesn’t sit well with anyone in the drone industry – and could severely limit the drone industry and benefits to communities everywhere. You can read... Read more
The commercial drone industry wants safer skies for unmanned aerial vehicles and they’re taking their case to Capitol Hill. The Commercial Drone Alliance, an independent 501c6 non-profit led... Read more
One thing that most of the drone industry – and regulators – can agree upon is the need for clear drone laws, enacted as quickly as possible. It’s not an easy task, and am... Read more
Drone security is a critical topic in the commercial drone industry. As FAA Reauthorization packages come up for discussion in Congress this month, the Commercial Drone Alliance has publish... Read more
The Commercial Drone Alliance has announced that Laura Ponto, the Head of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs for Project Wing at X, has been appointed to serve as Chairman of the Board. Th... Read more
Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) submitted the Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2017 on March 15, creating a significant layer of obstacles for drone integration and drone businesses.... Read more
The Commercial Drone Alliance, a non-profit education and advocacy group founded earlier this year and led by key players in the industry, has announced it’s leadership. The roster is... Read more
DroneLife Exclusive – part of the Girls Can’t Drone series. Gretchen West is one of a new breed of business women – smart, effective, and focused on how they can contribut... Read more
Bolstering its position as the premier global law firm representing the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry, Hogan Lovells announced today that Gretchen West has joined the firm’s Gover... Read more
(Source: foreignaffairs.com) In the beginning, drones were almost exclusively the province of militaries. At first little more than remote-controlled model planes used in the World War I e... Read more
(Source: Forbes) Gretchen West, the former Executive Vice President of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has joined DroneDeploy, a provider of commercial d... Read more