U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), John Hoeven (R-ND), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Dean Heller (R-NV) introduced bipartisan legislation designed to advance the development of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and build on the Federal Aviation Admini...
Continue ReadingThe FAA is providing the following updated information regarding the Small UAS Registration and Marking interim final rule as a result of a recent decision (y the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit regarding the small UAS registr...
Continue ReadingThe FAA will strive to review and issue decisions on waiver and authorization requests within 90 days. Processing times will vary based on the complexity of your request. Directions Step 1 Determine the kind of waiver or authorization you need to perform ...
Continue ReadingInterDrone 2017: Learn how to optimize field production time and build a plan to assure the required shots are captured with confidence. This intensive session begins with planning steps for unique shot styles through to editing techniques for the final ...
Continue ReadingPeople will be able to use drones or other remote-controlled aerial vehicles in only seven of the Raleigh, North Carolina’s nearly 90 public parks under a proposed ordinance. The proposed policy pinpoints spaces where people can fly drones in Baileywick...
Continue ReadingApple is cracking down on drone use near its new Apple Park campus in California, Apple Insider reports. Security guards working for the company are telling drone operators around the area that they must take their drones out of the air. For context, Appl...
Continue ReadingDrone operators in Cincinnati, Miami, and Phoenix rejoice: you will be among the first to receive automated authorization to fly in controlled airspace, rather than enduring months-long wait times. Today, flights in controlled airspace, at certain times o...
Continue ReadingCNN Aerial Imagery and Reporting (CNN AIR) is pleased to announce that CNN has become the first organization to be granted a Part 107 waiver by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) over people for closed-s...
Continue ReadingA husband and wife team believe they have the solution to one of the biggest hurdles to drone package delivery. Most unmanned aerial vehicles aren’t unmanned at all. By law in the U.S., a dedicated pilot must maintain a line of sight to the vehicle in o...
Continue ReadingIt isn’t easy being the world’s largest drone manufacturer, at least not lately. On Friday China-based DJI got word that the U.S. Army will stop using the company’s products due to cybersecurity-related concerns. Army units were ordered to remov...
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