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Courtesy: AUVSI The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International is urging drone enthusiasts, companies and groups to come to Washington D.C. next month for AUVSI Hill Day (Capitol Hill, that is). The event—March 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.—will educate lawmakers about “how unmanned technology is making a positive impact …

Blue Stahli Luân [CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons] Two House Republicans have a real problem with the Department of Homeland Security’s plans for drone mitigation. This past week. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Rep. Mark Rogers (R-Ala.) sent a letter to Acting Secretary Chad Wolf warning DHS that a …

If there was ever a time to participate in discussions of drone policy, that time is now.  AUVSI issued an announcement this week about their annual “Hill Day.”  If you’ve thought about attending before, this is the year to do it. The following is from the AUVSI announcement: This annual …

Image: Department of Homeland Security, Public Domain News and Commentary. In an editorial revealed within the Washington Post, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen painted a bleak image of drone know-how’s “dark side” and urged lawmakers to present the Department extra powers to cope with rogue drones. …

Current FAA tasks may halt and workers face furloughs if Congress fails to move an extension to the FAA Reauthorization package deal by Saturday. While an try by the House to move a invoice that contained quite a few unrelated “add-ons” failed earlier this week, the House handed laws Thursday …

Small business owners and representatives of the drone industry testified before a Congressional subcommittee about the FAA’s efforts to move commercial drone regulation forward. Speaking before the House Small Business committee, representatives from the FAA, AUVSI, the Small UAV Coalition, airports, and others testified about the need for sensible regulation to support …