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“Lack of Reliable Data”: GAO Says FAA Needs to Improve Manag…

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has launched a report suggesting that the FAA wants to enhance its administration of security dangers for drones. The 92-page doc, revealed in response to rising concern in Congress and different authorities companies over the unsafe use of drones, says that the FAA lacks good …

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State Drone Laws: Virginia’s HB638 Signed in a Win for the I…

Virginia’s Governor Ralph Shearer Northam signed legislative invoice HB638 final week.  The invoice is a main win for Virginia’s drone {industry}, making a transfer to stop localities from enacting their very own laws and creating the problematic “patchwork quilt” of drone guidelines inside the state. The regulation, which can go …

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Flock Launches Pay-as-you-fly Drone Insurance for Hobbyists

Flock, a UK drone insurance coverage startup, has unlocked its ‘pay-as-you-fly’ insurance coverage and security smartphone app, Flock Cover, to leisure pilots. Before now the Flock Cover app may solely be utilized by skilled pilots and people in coaching. The transfer opens up the platform to hobbyists, who can use …

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Jeppesen and Kittyhawk Partner for LAANC Drone Authorization…

Enterprise drone operations software program specialist Kittyhawk has introduced a collaboration with Jeppesen, a Boeing subsidiary. The pair will start working in the direction of providing digital airspace authorization immediately from the FAA by way of the Kittyhawk platform. Kittyhawk and Jeppesen are aiming for approval from the FAA to …

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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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Here We Are Again: Congress Pushes Off FAA Reauthorization U…

News and Commentary.  At this level, it’s hardly a shock.  The FAA‘s extension of an extension of an extension has as soon as once more been… prolonged. The present extension was set to expire on the finish of this month, however the spending invoice earlier than the President features a …

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Reckless Drone Flight in Las Vegas Raises Concerns

A dramatic video bouncing across the web reveals an FPV pilot flying instantly above a touchdown passenger airplane heading into land at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas. The footage has been broadly shared and condemned by the group. In this business, it doesn’t take a lot to kick off a …

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