Commercial Drone Alliance

What Does the FAA Plan for Drone Regulations?

Commercial UAV Expo is hosting a record-breaking crowd in Las Vegas this year.  At the first keynotes of the show this morning, a lineup of important industry figures gave attendees the insights they’ve been waiting for  – including  the FAA plan for drone regulation in the coming year. Continue reading …

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Commercial Drone Alliance on BVLOS ARC Report

image: Wing The release of the FAA’s BVLOS (drone flight beyond visual line of sight) ARC (Aviation Rulemaking Committee) recommendations last week has led to many responses and comments from the commercial drone industry.  DRONELIFE spoke to Lisa Ellman, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Commercial Drone Alliance, on BVLOS …

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Will the New Administration Leverage the Power of the Drone …

Source: Verge Aero As the U.S. prepares for a new president, industry stakeholders wait to see what will change with the new administration.  Here, industry leader Lisa Elllman discusses how drone technology could be used to address some of the problems the U.S. – and the world – now face. …

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Amazon Clarifies Position on ULC Trespass Draft; Heritage Fo…

  The battle to define drone tort law continues with drone advocates ramping up more opposition to a proposed draft law being considered by the Uniform Law Commission’s Tort Law Relating to Drones Drafting Committee. The draft proposal would define conditions under which a property owner may sue a drone …

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Commercial Drone Alliance Adds Dissent to Draft Tort Law

It’s a proposal that doesn’t sit well with anyone in the drone industry – and could severely limit the drone industry and benefits to communities everywhere.  You can read an in-depth analysis of the  proposed “Tort Law Relating to Drones Act” – authored by a group of attorneys outside of …

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Commercial Drone Alliance Wants Congress to Repeal Sec. 336

The industrial drone business desires safer skies for unmanned aerial automobiles and so they’re taking their case to Capitol Hill. The Commercial Drone Alliance, an unbiased 501c6 non-profit led by key figures of the industrial drone business, known as on Congress in a latest assertion to repeal Section 336 of …

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Commercial Drone Alliance Lays Out Legislative Priorities fo…

The main drone advocacy group for the drone , the Commercial Drone Alliance, has printed its checklist of legislative priorities for 2018.  Among the highest priorities for the group: widespread sense regulation for hobbyist drones and faster motion on flight over folks, BVLOS flight, and assist for UTM (Unmanned Traffic …

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Which Drones Need Remote Tracking and ID? The Argument for I…

Yesterday’s launch of the FAA Aviation Rule Committee (ARC) UAS Remote ID and Tracking report has generated important remark from business stakeholders.  Industry thought chief Lisa Ellman, co-director of the Commercial Drone Alliance and a member of the ARC, dissented from the report as revealed.  She has since revealed an …

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