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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 …

The Drone User Group Network (DUG) has introduced that DUG Director of Policy Kenji Sugahara has been chosen as a voting member of the UAS Identification and Tracking ARC. Sugahara’s appointment is just a little totally different than that of different ARC members.  Joining highly effective businesses and deep pocket firms …

President Trump mentioned this morning that he would push for privatization of Air Traffic Control, taking the practically 30,000 workers from underneath the authorization of the FAA in what’s known as his “Air Traffic Control Reform Initiative.” The proposal isn’t a brand new concept.  Much of Trump’s plan appears to be taken …

By AnonMoos primarily based on picture by Darwinek [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL ] Texas lawmakers have launched a drone regulation invoice to designate farms “critical infrastructure,” and prohibit drone flight over them. Texas HB 1643 provides “concentrated animal feeding structure” to the listing of 14 “critical infrastructure facilities” over which drones are usually not …

Friday’s Federal Appeals Court resolution to vacate the FAA’s drone registration program because it applies to mannequin plane has raised severe questions within the business about what occurs subsequent. John Taylor’s win in his case in opposition to Michael Huerta and the FAA over drone registration for mannequin plane is …

In a shocking defeat for the FAA, a federal appeals courtroom has deemed the FAA’s drone registration program illegal because it applies to mannequin plane. (The ruling doesn’t influence Part 107, or registration for business drones.) The ruling is the results of a case introduced by John Taylor, a leisure drone …

FAA’s Michael Huerta addressed attendees at AUVSI’s Xponential convention final week.  In his speech, Huerta emphasised the trade’s progress and potential. “From its earliest beginnings, aviation has attracted a potent combination of dreamers and doers,” stated Huerta.  “And monumental achievements can occur in the space of one person’s lifetime.” In a optimistic tackle …

The FAA will host the third assembly of the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) as we speak, the place working teams will current their progress.  The group, introduced final May, is designed as a collaborative advisory group to assist the FAA transfer ahead on drone integration. The DAC is led by …

picture: AssureUAS.org A consortium of analysis organizations printed a report final week describing what would possibly actually occur if a drone hit a particular person on the bottom. The report was commissioned by the FAA to assist inform future regulation about drone flight over individuals, at the moment restricted.  The …

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 …