Elaine Chao

This morning. at CES, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and the U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios discussed the current state of innovation, and recent U.S. Department of Transportation initiatives to support the safe integration of new technologies into our country’s transportation systems. As we have moved from ports to …

With the UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP) well underway and reporting successful tests of a wide variety of beneficial drone applications, Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is giving drones some attention.    While her speech did mention “irresponsible drone flights,” the focus was on search and rescue and first …

At yesterday’s annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced new proposed rules to allow drones to fly overnight and over people without waivers under certain conditions. Chao said that the time was right to move forward on 3 new DOT initiatives …

News and Commentary.  It’s the season for politics.  The top spot at the FAA – a political appointment – is rumored to be announced soon. FAA veteran Dan Elwell has been Acting Administrator since Administrator Michael Huerta left in January of this year, after serving for 7 years.  While Elwell …

In a conversation with Fortune’s Alan Murray at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech Conference, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao says that drone integration is a top priority for the department. Chao emphasized, however, the “proper role of government,” which she says is to be a regulator, but not to attempt to …

The Drone Integration Pilot Program (IPP) introduced by the Trump administration final 12 months has generated large curiosity within the U.S.  Both state and native governments and drone trade gamers have utilized for the chance to have a voice in drone integration: of the tons of of functions the FAA …

Among the massive speeches eventually week’s CES 2018 was the tackle by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.  Chao introduced that drone registration within the United States has topped 1,000,000 – a headline grabbing proven fact that Chao used as an indicator of the success of this system. But Harrison Wolf, Drone …

President Trump signed a directive as we speak to launch the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program.  The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) says in an announcement that this system will “safely test and validate advanced operations for drones in partnership with state and local governments in select jurisdictions.” …

The Drone Manufacturer’s Alliance (DMA) an advocacy group of leading drone makers founded by DJI, Parrot, 3DR, and GoPro, has published a letter to President-elect Trump praising his nonimation of Elaine Chao for Transportation Secretary and asking Trump to support the drone industry. Chao is Trump’s choice to replace current …