FAA Reauthorization

It’s Time to Pay Attention: Industry Leaders Comment on FAA …

News and Commentary.  It’s time for drone operators in  the U.S.- both commercial and recreational – to start paying attention as regulation heats up.  On July 31, the Small UAV Coalition, AOPA and other industry advocates signed a letter opposing an expected amendment from Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) to the …

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When (If Ever) Will Congress Pass FAA Reauthorization?

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 …

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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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Commercial Drone Alliance Lays Out Legislative Priorities fo…

The main drone advocacy group for the drone , the Commercial Drone Alliance, has printed its checklist of legislative priorities for 2018.  Among the highest priorities for the group: widespread sense regulation for hobbyist drones and faster motion on flight over folks, BVLOS flight, and assist for UTM (Unmanned Traffic …

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With Deadline Looming, House Passes FAA Reauthorization Exte…

Current FAA tasks may halt and workers face furloughs if Congress fails to move an extension to the FAA Reauthorization package deal by Saturday. While an try by the House to move a invoice that contained quite a few unrelated “add-ons” failed earlier this week, the House handed laws Thursday …

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With 4 Days Left, House Fails to Pass FAA Reathorization Ext…

With solely 4 days to go till the present extension expires on September 30, House Democrats blocked a Republican push to fast-track one other FAA extension. The FAA Reathorization Act presently in pressure dates again to 2012, and repeated makes an attempt to strive to substitute it have failed – …

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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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