u.s. drone regulations

When the FAA released the Remote ID rule late last year, it left the drone industry with as many questions as answers.  What about new hardware and remote ID solutions?  How will manufacturers comply?  Will drone owners be able to receive a simple firmware update?  Will the solution require a …

The latest executive order on drones may require federal agencies to replace – or at least review – their current fleet of Chinese- or other foreign-manufactured drones. BREAKING – Show Me the Money! Adversary Country Drones To Be Replaced?  By Contributing Editor Dawn M.K. Zoldi* Up until now, most of …

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 – …

image: public domain In response to concerns about “malicious drone activity” the FAA has announced new airspace restrictions over 60 facilities – most of them federal prisons.  Reports of attempts to make deliveries to prisoners or otherwise interfere with federal prison operation with drones have increased: earlier this year, a …

The Senate Appropriations Committee authorized the fiscal 2019 Transportation-HUD spending invoice by a unanimous vote: however criticized the Department of Transportation for diverting Department funds to pay for the UAS Integration Pilot Program. The Senate invoice rejected most of the Trump Administration’s solutions, together with funding for many areas that …