Featured – FAA and Regulations

An FAA video for new drone pilots (watch below!) has valuable information about the basic rules.  If you’re getting – or giving – a drone for the holidays, watch this first.   (Written summary below video link: for more information, be sure to visit the FAA UAS page.) For the …

Archer eVTOL Granted New FAA Status by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, Archer Aviation Inc. announced that the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has granted it a Special Airworthiness Certificate authorizing the company to begin flight testing its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Maker aircraft. With this final …

Last night, Dawn Zoldi interviewed Plaintiff Tyler Brennan and Atty Jonathan Rupprecht in their first interview since filing “RaceDayQuads.com v. Federal Aviation Administration,” the first Remote ID lawsuit challenging the newly published rule. Dotting I’s and Crossing T’s – The FAA Remote ID Lawsuit By: Dawn M.K. Zoldi, Guest Contributor  BREAKING NEWS! …

The FAA has announced when rules on Remote ID will go into effect, along with the newly released regulations on drone Operations Over People and Moving Vehicles and Flight at Night.  In a press release published Friday night, the FAA says that the “final rules requiring remote identification of drones …

Automated airspace approval has been a game changer for commercial pilots in the U.S., through the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC).  The digital transformation of a slow and manual process means that drone pilots can get the authorization required within minutes rather than, in some cases, weeks.  Now, …

Aviation Week writes that FAA drone registration is down by 50% – but why is that, and what does it mean for the industry?  Has the use of drones dropped as much as registrations have, or are pilots simply not using the system? The total number of pilots who registered …

The final rule was published last week, and the elimination of the network requirement for Remote ID has been both lauded and criticized.  Drone industry thought leader and Kittyhawk CEO Jonathan Hegranes has written a thoughtful response to the new rule. Kittyhawk has also published a ​whitepaper​ on Remote ID, providing …

The FAA has released the Remote ID for Drones final rule along with a rule on operations over people and moving vehicles, and night operations.  The long-awaited publications will clarify the details of Remote ID, and allow stakeholders from the commercial and recreational drone communities to begin to prepare for implementation – …

The FAA has published new drone rules for Remote ID and Operations Over People.  While it will take some time to fully unpack the final rule on Remote ID, the drone industry is weighing in on the new regulations and the impact that they will have.  (See the announcement with …

Part of an occasional series, “Things the FAA Wishes More Pilots Knew.”  This article explains what drone flight over people really means, and when it is – and isn’t – allowed. This fall, DRONELIFE had the privilege of speaking on a panel with representatives from the FAA.  After some discussion, …