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By User Eteru of Polish Wikipedia (personal work by Eteru) [Public domain] The City of San Diego is among the many newest native governments to suggest native drone legal guidelines.  The new ordinance takes an method that differs from different cities’ makes an attempt to curtail drone actions past what Part …

Drone privateness appears to be a major concern for lawmakers, as state and native governments rush to suggest legal guidelines designed to guard residents from undesirable intrusion by drone.  On a federal degree, nonetheless, the principles and obligations of a drone operator with respect to privateness might be unclear; the FAA …

Some individuals watch the Tremendous Bowl for the soccer. Many watch it for the commercials. As for me? I’ll be watching right now for the drones. Lady Gaga’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present will characteristic lots of — sure, lots of — of lit-up drones, in line with CNN. Folks within …

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 …

The FAA has announced that the second meeting of the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) will be held on January 31. The DAC was formed last year and held it’s first meeting in September of 2016.  The committee plans to meet 3 times a year in order to help the FAA to …

The FAA has announced that the 2017 Presidential Inauguration Event is classified as a “National Special Security Event,” and has issued a flight advisory.  “At the request of the Department of Homeland Security and as part of the airspace security measures for the event, the FAA will be modifying the …

The FAA and SkyPan International have reached an agreement on the $1.9 million civil penalty proposed by the FAA in October of 2015.  The proposed fine was the largest penalty ever suggested for infractions of drone regulations. In a press release, the FAA says that they have reached “a comprehensive settlement agreement …

The sight of a crash-test dummy being pummeled from the air by a rogue drone may alarm a casual observer; but for researchers at Virginia Tech University, it’s all in a day’s work to improve air safety. The VTU research team recently launched a program, in cooperation with the FAA, …

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 …