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By Supermac1961 (Flickr: German flag flying aganist a blue sky) [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Germany is struggling to catch up with drone regulations in anticipation of the 100,000 drones expected to be given as gifts this Christmas, reports DW.com. The director of Germany’s air traffic control agency (DFS) Klaus-Dieter Scheurle, says that …

Today marks the first anniversary of the FAA’s drone registration program, and the FAA is calling the program an “unqualified success.”  But are these numbers really as impressive as they sound? The FAA introduced drone registration for drones weighing more than .55 pounds a year ago, following a collaborative process …

As DRONELIFE wrote earlier today, the FAA – via the Morton County Sheriff’s Office – had earlier refused to grant permission to a drone operator to fly over the DAPL protests at Standing Rock for the purposes of media reporting. But it would seem that the FAA has had a …

Photo credit: Tony Webster, by CC 2.0 News and Commentary. Since the story about the FAA’s Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over the Standing Rock Protests broke earlier this week with John Goglia’s piece in Forbes Magazine and Peter Sach’s Drone Law Journal article, the drone community has disagreed over how …

The FAA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have stepped up efforts to keep drones away from airports, conducting “drone-detection research” near the Denver International Airport this week. The effort is part of a push to determine the best way to ensure that drones do not interfere with passenger …

photo credit: Makayla Wheeler, 2Drone Gals Commercial drone operators hoped that Part 107 would provide some relief from the long and expensive process of receiving a Section 333 Exemption from the FAA.  Certainly, the new rules allow many more drone operators to work legally, and they have created a far …

wp-image-43445″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sweden-1133261_640.jpg” alt=”sweden-1133261_640″ width=”314″ height=”176″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sweden-1133261_640.jpg 640w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sweden-1133261_640-300×168.jpg 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px”/>Sweden, usually viewed as forward thinking and innovative, has now effectively banned camera drones.  A decision by the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court (which can be read here in Swedish) places photos taken by drones in the same category as heavily …

wp-image-42146″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-12-at-9.21.22-AM.png” alt=”Screen Shot 2016-09-12 at 9.21.22 AM” width=”242″ height=”215″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-12-at-9.21.22-AM.png 403w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-12-at-9.21.22-AM-300×267.png 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px”/>NASA took drones one step further towards integration into the NAS last week Recode reports, testing flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) at the Reno, NV airport.  BVLOS drone flight is not allowed …

When the FAA announced the enactment of Part 107, the Small UAS Rule, they also announced that operators could apply for drone waivers – exceptions to the basic provisions of Part 107.  The FAA has issued at least 75 waivers so far, and many operators have applied for exceptions including night …

Autel’s X-Star DJI, the world’s largest drone manufacturer, says a competitor released a new product that looks “suspiciously” like the Phantom flagship line less than a year after hiring hiring away a target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”>DJI engineer. In a patent infringement complaint filed in August, …