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Policy & Regulatory
OOPs—Where It Is, Keeping Up with the FAA’s Rule Changes
The Federal Aviation Administration takes a crawl-walk-run approach to unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration in the national airspace (NAS). Many…
How You Fly Determines Where You Stand: A RID Comparative
New year, new remote identification (RID) rule. In some respects, the final rule looks a lot different from the Notice…
Drone RID: Solving the Riddle
If Law-Tech Connect columnist Dawn Zoldi and I were successful in covering December’s breaking news about the FAA’s Remote ID…
The BDA of AC-107-2A
In the military, BDA is the post-strike review conducted after the application of force to determine the effects, including damage…
Drones Defend Nature
Drones are increasingly being deployed as part of wildlife conservation efforts.
Research for Rules
In this issue’s Law-Tech Connect™ column, Dawn Zoldi does a great job detailing the large number of organizations involved in…
OOPs…There It Is!
Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) dropped both the much awaited final rule on Remote Identification (RID) and the Operation…
3, 2, 1—Done! Remote ID Rule is Final
Four days before the new year, after 53,000 public comments on the draft rule and almost one year after the…
Schiebel and Nordic Unmanned Complete CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Sniffer Capability Test
Schiebel and Nordic Unmanned recently completed a two-day test in the shipping lane outside Gniben, Denmark, to evaluate the CAMCOPTER…
Draft Remote ID Rules: The Good and The Wait . . . What??
The FAA draft drone remote identification (RID) rules are finally out. They’re well thought out and implementable, except for a few…
RID — Somebody’s Watching Me?
The FAA’s 316-page Notice of Public Rulemaking on the Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems only mentions the word “privacy”…
Future of Automation Emphasizes Connectivity
The CES 2020 session titled What’s Next for Vehicle Automation featured a panel discussion moderated by Finch Fulton, deputy assistant…
Shouldn’t We All Squawk While Flying?
The FAA will undoubtedly require UAM drones to “squawk” (broadcast their ID and position) via drone remote ID gear as…
FAA turns to drone community to develop safety test for recreational flyers
As long as it’s within controlled airspace and in authorized locations, many drones can be flown today in the U.S….
Olli Autonomous Shuttle Receives Approval for Operation in Maryland County
Robotic Research recently received permission from the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration to operate Olli, an autonomous shuttle…
