The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has been full of interesting news ever since the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act became law…
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FAA Weighs Waiver for Water-Spraying Drone
Aviation officials are considering granting a waiver for a tethered drone that can fly up to 300 meters and deliver…
Oklahoma State University Receives Permission to Deploy Drones in Swarms
Oklahoma State University’s (OSU) Unmanned Systems Research Institute (USRI) recently received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly fixed…
Chula Vista Police Approved for Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Drone Flights
The police department in Chula Vista, California is now the first public safety organization allowed to regularly fly drones beyond…
FAA UAS Symposium Slated for June 3-5 in Baltimore
Presented by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and AUVSI, the FAA UAS Symposium will be held June 3-5, 2019 at…
Drone Pilots Can Now Get Prison Time for Flying Near Airports, Wildfires
The U.S. Sentencing Commission is weighing amendments to its guidelines to put teeth behind a new law criminalizing drone flights…
13 Days in May
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently completed a test using DJI’s AeroScope remote ID system to compare drone tracks detected to manned…
Making Air Travel Safer and More Efficient Through GPS
WASHINGTON – The GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) issued the following statement, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Federal Aviation Administration’s…
New Fast-Tracked Drone ID Rule Takes Effect Feb. 25
Aviation regulators published three rule-related notices Wednesday including a surprise interim rule on drone identification set to take effect February…
Was There an Oops in the Proposed Ops Over People Rules?
A Big Oops | At first blush, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) notice of proposed rulemaking for small UAS operations…
Emergency Drone Response Aids in 20 Arrests
Drones have supported California police in 20 arrests since October as part of a research and demonstration effort supported by…
New Bill Would Protect FAA from Future Shutdowns
A new bill introduced Friday would protect Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) personnel from being furloughed should there be another government…
Feds Directed to Use Drones to Fight Wildfires
Hours before parts of the federal government were to shutdown, the president signed an executive order directing the federal government…
Wake Up Call: Gatwick
The facts are frightening. Gatwick, the second-busiest airport in the United Kingdom, was shut down for more than two days…
More Airport Flights Disrupted by Drones; This Time in New Jersey
One month after drones flying over one of the UK’s busiest airports disrupted service, flights into and out of New…
Trig Solutions Allow Pilots to Take Advantage of the FAA 2020 ADS-B Rebate
As the deadline approaches for ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast) in North America, 2020 is not that far away. Right now…
FAA to Seek Comment on Rules for Flights Over People, Night Flights and Safe Operations
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set to take a key step toward allowing drones to fly over people and…
