commercial drone regulations

A current article printed on Recode.web speculated that the privatization of air site visitors management, as introduced by President Donald Trump earlier this week, might really velocity up drone integration – and the business purposes that may’t be utilized till it’s full, like drone supply. “The proposal to privatize air traffic …

AUVSI President and CEO Brian Wynne and Shyam Chidamber, drone supply firm Flirtey‘s “Senior Advisor and Chief Evangelist,” testified earlier than the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on “Delivery to Consumers.” Wynne and Chidamber joined representatives from Postmates (a platform for native couriers) and Georgetown University.  Each panel member …

Delair-Tech Long Range Surveillance Drone The drone business isn’t restricted by know-how.  The know-how exists to make use of drones to hold individuals, issues, and instruments: the number of payloads and accessible is beautiful.   But not all of this know-how can be utilized.  Commercial functions are restricted primarily by …

The FAA has adopted via on its promise to ease the industrial drone authorization course of, publishing greater than 200 facility maps this week. “This marks a key first step as the FAA and industry work together to automate the airspace authorization process,” says the FAA. “The maps will help drone operators improve …

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The FAA is taking steps to enhance the processing of airspace authorization requests, by releasing the primary set of UAS facility maps on the finish of the month.  “The maps will depict areas and altitudes near airports where UAS may operate safely,” says the company. “They will help drone operators improve …

Drone operators who want that they had the alternative to communicate with the FAA – in particular person – can have their probability.  The FAA and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) have introduced  that registration is now open for the 2017 UAS Symposium.  The symposium is scheduled to happen at …

NASA Senior Flight Engineer Dr. Ricardo Arteaga and Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson on-site for beyond line-of-sight testing at NASA Armstrong, Image courtesy Vigilant Oklahoma-based Vigilant Aerospace has completed successful beyond visual line- of-sight (BVLOS) flight testing of its new FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid collision avoidance system for drones at the NASA Armstrong …

Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc. has released a list of all commercial drones currently available in the US market that have the flight and communications range to be flown beyond line-of-sight (BVLOS), including some aircraft with ranges of many miles.  As the FAA begins to consider and issue waivers to commercial drone …

Despite the FAA’s warning that state and local drone regulations would create an industry-stifling “patchwork quilt” of regulations, new drone ordinances, regulations, and laws continue to be introduced across the country.  The situation creates a challenging environment for commercial operators trying to operate legally, requiring that they be cognizant not only …