2018 FAA Reauthorization

Looking to make the skies safer? Interested in drone safety? Then maybe you have what it takes to become an official FAA UAS test administrator. The FAA this week announced an open application period for the role of test administrators the federal agency’s Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST). “The FAA …

Courtesy of the FAA The FAA is tapping a select squad of drone experts to weigh in on pilot testing and certification. The federal agency last week announced the selection of 12 corporations and groups to advise the agency in developing “test administration requirements for the recreational Unmanned Aircraft Systems …

With a warm shout out to Clement Clarke Moore!  ‘Twas the day before Christmas, when across this great land, Drones were delivering and lending a hand;   I was working my drone job at the ole FAA, Checking out that drone pilots, our rules they obey;   ‘Twas Yuletide, I …

This time it might actually happen.  The FAA has not had a funding bill passed since 2012, which means that they have been working under a series of uncertain extensions for a number of years.  Congress was unable to agree on a package in 2016, when the house called for …

The new proposed FAA Reauthorization package has been made public.  It’s wordy, complex, and confusing – and the headlines haven’t made understanding what’s inside easier.  There are several points of critical importance for the drone industry to understand.  The proposed Repeal of Section 336, the Integration Pilot Program, the “Safeguarding …

The Consumer Technology Association, a trade group representing the $351 billion U.S. consumer technology industry, is backing recently proposed FAA Reauthorization legislation for UAS. As noted by DroneLife Editor-in-Chief Miriam McNabb, “the proposed Repeal of Section 336, the Integration Pilot Program, the “Safeguarding the Skies” Act, the enforcement of drone laws and …

Licensed CCO News and Commentary.  This may very well be the yr – or not.  The FAA has been working beneath a sequence of funding extensions for years now.  A multi-year package deal hasn’t been handed since 2012 – nicely earlier than the drone trade loved monetary affect predictions of …