(Source: motherboard.vice.com) What is the Federal Aviation Administration doing with drones? No one knows—it doesn't even know. Maybe that's by design. On Friday, the agency said that AC 91-57, the 33-year-old document that guides drone operation in the United States was canceled. Today, it's back on the books. This is the latest in a very long string of completely … [Read more...] about Is the FAA Purposefully Trying to Confuse Everyone About Its Drone Rules?
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Keeping Up With the FAA: July 2014
Last month when we published Keeping Up With the FAA: June 2014, we kind of assumed the early days of summer had been a particularly messy stint in the ongoing saga of regulating commercial drones. It seemed like an outlier rather than a pattern. And yet, here we are. July is winding down (WHERE HAS THE SUMMER GONE!?) and instead of quieting down, the madness continues. Here … [Read more...] about Keeping Up With the FAA: July 2014
FAA: We Plan To Meet Sept. 2015 UAV Integration Deadline
from precisionag.com When Jim Williams, manager of the FAA’s Office of Unmanned Aerial Systems Integration, spoke at the Delta AgTech Symposium at the Memphis, TN, Agricenter on Tuesday (July 8), UAS enthusiasts had their questions ready, reports website UASVision.com. Williams, a veteran of the aerospace industry and NASA who took over the Office of UAS Integration two … [Read more...] about FAA: We Plan To Meet Sept. 2015 UAV Integration Deadline
UAV Integration Manager Says FAA on Track to Meet 2015 Deadline
from deltafarmpress.com Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or System enthusiasts have been chaffing at what they perceive as the slow progress being made by the Federal Aviation Administration in issuing the rules for commercial use of UAVs or drones. So when Jim Williams, manager of the FAA’s Office of Unmanned Aerial Systems Integration, spoke at the Delta AgTech Symposium at the … [Read more...] about UAV Integration Manager Says FAA on Track to Meet 2015 Deadline
Could Implementing Section 333 Expedite Takeoff of Commercial Drones?
On Thursday a the sUSB Expo in San Francisco, the FAA's Jim Williams gave a presentation 'updating' the unmanned aerial systems community about the progress the federal administration has made towards regulating the national airspace for commercial drones. The part of his speech that got the most attention was the revelation of a near collision between a drone and a commercial … [Read more...] about Could Implementing Section 333 Expedite Takeoff of Commercial Drones?
