Drone Regulations

CNN Gets First Closed Set Waiver

CNN Aerial Imagery and Reporting (CNN AIR), the media large’s drone division, is the primary group to get a Part 107 waiver for flight over individuals for “closed-set motion picture and television filming.” CNN was required to show security to the FAA earlier than receiving the waiver, which “allows CNN …

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Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team: Working to Improve “Safety Cu…

The Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team (UAST) has introduced it’s most up-to-date exercise: the formation of three risk-reduction working teams. The UAST is “an industry-government partnership committed to ensuring the safe operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).”  Announced final summer season by FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, the group is one other …

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FAA’s Drone ID and Tracking ARC Holds First Meeting

The FAA has introduced that the primary assembly of the UAS Identification and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC)  “advanced key policies of concern to the FAA, industry and law enforcement.” The ARC was fashioned to carry stakeholders collectively to deal with the difficulty of distant drone ID and monitoring.  Potentially, …

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Drone User Group Proposes Changes to FAA Reauthorization Bil…

It’s that point of yr once more – when Congress begins to contemplate FAA Reauthorization (the final extension made expires this fall.)  Last week’s announcement that Rep. Bill Shuster had re-introduced the AIRR Act as “The 21st Century AIRR Act” was no shock, coming after President Trump’s vocal help for …

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What’s the FAA’s Drone Tracking ARC – and Who’s on it?

The FAA’s “UAS Identification and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking Committee,” [UAS-ID ARC] or the “ID and Tracking ARC”, has been a scorching matter on drone regulation boards.  But what precisely is the ID and Tracking ARC, and who’s on the committee?  The FAA has not too long ago printed the ARC’s …

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It’s Not About Burritos: The Life-Saving Aspects of Drone De…

News and Opinion.  While Amazon, Google, Walmart and different large retailers are doing their greatest to publicize drone supply, the concept has a PR drawback.  If drone supply means having drones overhead on a regular basis and loosening rules to permit flight over individuals and down busy streets, the general …

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UTM: The Search for a Global Solution

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialised company of the United Nations, introduced a Request for Information (RFI) on UTM: site visitors administration methods for unmanned plane methods (UAS). The announcement was made to attendees on the AUVSI Xponential 2017 convention.  The company is “soliciting proposals for a global …

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Singer vs. Newton: Drone Pilot Fights Against City Ordinance

By John Phelan (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 ] Oral arguments will happen immediately within the case of Singer vs. Newton, MA; the primary problem of an area drone legislation to hit the courts in Massachusetts. Dr. Michael Singer is a health care provider and drone pilot within the rich Boston …

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