Federal Drone Laws

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, …

News and Commentary.  The FAA Reauthorization Extension runs out this fall – and Rep. Bill Shuster has reintroduced the AIRR Act because the “21st Century AIRR Act“, the FAA Reathorization Package that requires privatization of Air Traffic Control. Last 12 months, the AIRR Act did not cross the Senate and …

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 Office of the Inspector General of the US Department of Transportation will audit the FAA’s drone integration efforts once more.  This time the waiver course of comes beneath scrutiny. In a memorandum despatched to the Director of Audit and Evaluation, the audit was introduced: “Given the significant safety implications …

By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America (Donald Trump) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ] President Donald Trump was important of the FAA and it’s implementation of the NextGen system – the congressionally mandated replace to outdated methods – at a White House assembly of airline executives, Politico stories. …

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 …

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 …

Image: Aswan, CC 3.0 The FAA’s new Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) met last Friday for it’s inaugural meeting in Washington, DC.  The committee’s purpose is to provide recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration about fully integrating drones into the NAS. The committee’s membership was announced last week; it includes representatives from government, …

Image: Public domain Part 2 of a series – see How to Pass the Part 107 Test, Part 1. The FAA reports that 88% of participants taking the Part 107 Test on Monday passed it – but reports from the field say that the test was harder than most people …