In a scathing response to the FAA's exaggerated reports of drone sightings at airports, drone law researchers at the Mercatus Center of George Mason University have produced a new study about drone risk to airplanes. The study uses bird strike data to estimate the risk of collision with an airplane. While other studies have similarly used bird strike data, but then … [Read more...] about Drone Risk to Airplanes “Minimal”, Mercatus Study Says
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Registration: Researchers Say Benefits are Questionable
Researchers at the Mercatus Center of George Mason University have published public comments to the FAA on the drone registration program, calling the benefits "questionable" and proposing an alternative. Eli Dourado, Director of Technology Policy Program of the Mercatus Center, which studies the impact of regulation on society, and Samuel Hammond, an MA Fellow at the … [Read more...] about Registration: Researchers Say Benefits are Questionable
